NO NO NO !!!

Did anybody watch the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics ?

And yes, I watched it and I'm posting this after watching the lighting of the cauldron.


grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrowls

I need to check my email more often ?? hahaha ..Sorry

(no idea if these are true, but they're fun)

Embarrassing medical exams :)

1. A man comes into the ER and yells . . .'

My wife's  going to have her baby in the cab.'

I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's 
dress and began to take off her underwear.

Suddenly I noticed that there were several cabs - - - 
and I was in the wrong one.

Submitted by Dr. Mark MacDonald,
San Francisco
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2. At the beginning of my shift

I placed a stethoscope on an elderly

and slightly deaf female patient's anterior chest wall.

'Big breaths,'. . .  I instructed. 
'Yes, they used to be,'. . .replied the patient..  

Submitted by Dr. Richard Byrnes, 
Seattle ,  WA
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3. One day I had to be the bearer of bad 
news when I told a wife that her husband had 
died of a massive myocardial infarct.

Not more than five minutes later, I heard her 
reporting to the rest of the family that he had 
died of a 'massive internal fart.'

Submitted by Dr. Susan Steinberg
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4. During a patient's two week follow-up
appointment with his cardiologist, he informed 
me, his doctor, that he was having trouble with 
one of his medications.

' Which one ?'. . . I asked. 'The patch....

The Nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours
and now I'm running out of places to put it!'

I had him quickly undress and discovered what I hoped 
I wouldn't see.

Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body!

Now, the instructions include removal of 
the old  patch before applying a new one.

Submitted by Dr. Rebecca St. Clair, 
Norfolk ,  VA
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5. While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient,
 I asked, 'How long have you been bedridden?'

After a look of complete confusion she answered . . .

' Why, not for about twenty years - when  my husband was alive.'

Submitted by Dr. Steven Swanson- 
Corvallis ,  OR
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6. I was performing rounds at the 
hospital one morning and while checking 
up on a man I asked .. . .' So how's your 
breakfast this morning?' ' It's very good 
except for the Kentucky Jelly. I can't seem 
to get used to the taste.'. . . Bob replied.

I then asked to see the jelly and Bob produced 
a foil packet labeled 'KY Jelly.'

Submitted by Dr. Leonard Kransdorf, 
Detroit  ,
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7. A nurse was on duty in the Emergency Room 
when a young woman with purple hair styled 
into a punk rocker Mohawk, sporting  a variety 
of tattoos, and wearing strange clothing, 
entered . . . It  was quickly determined that 
the patient had acute appendicitis, so she was 
scheduled for immediate surgery.. When she 
was completely disrobed on the operating 
table, the staff noticed that her pubic hair had 
been dyed green and above it there was a 
tattoo that read . . .' Keep off the grass.'

Once the surgery was completed, the surgeon 
wrote a short note on the patient's dressing, 
which said 'Sorry . . . had to  mow the lawn..'

Submitted by RN no name
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AND FINALLY!! ! . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .

8. As a new, young MD doing his residency in  OB.

I was quite embarrassed when performing female 
pelvic exams.... To cover my embarrassment 
I had unconsciously formed a habit of whistling softly.

The middle-aged lady upon whom I was performing
this exam suddenly burst out laughing

and further embarrassing me.

I looked up from my work and sheepishly said.  . .
' I'm sorry. Was I tickling you?' 
She replied with tears running down 
her cheeks from laughing so hard . . .

' No doctor  but the song you were whistling was . . .
' I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Wiener.' '

     Dr. wouldn't submit his name...

Ode to Forgetfulness

got it in an email, hadta share ... do you relate ? hahaha

It's easy to spot Orion's Belt in the night sky .... it's holding up Orion's Pants ;-)

A Sunday afternoon :)

Billy is the type of kid that as hard as I try to keep a secret, he seems to know what it is anyways. He could also be outside playing, and without wearing a watch, if there is something on tv he wants to watch, he will come inside at just the right moment. Sometimes, it's really spooky the way he does that. Very intune with us and himself? The first couple times we tried to surprise him with something, when he was younger, his dad and I thought that maybe he had over heard us talking. So we started being careful of when we talked about some things. When he was outside playing or if he was bowling, we went outside to talk about 'it'. Whatever way it happened, he couldn't be within ear shot at all. He had to be totally elsewhere or we did.

I was never sure if he hoped for what he got for his birthday or for Christmas, or this 'thing' he possesses had something to do with it. But the odd time, he seemed to know. Even if you put a box inside another box to sort of disguise what it might be. He knew anyways.

Today was no different.

I never said a word about the parade I was going to take him to today. Not one word. I heard about it on the radio in the car the other day. Checked the towns website today to find what the parade route was while he was in the shower. About ten to one, all I said to him was "we're going to go out in the car shortly. Make sure you wear a sweater."

So what does he do ?

He signs Santa Claus. (the motion of a man running his hand down his beard)

geeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz Before we even get out the door ? So not fair but I should have known he would 'know'.

Grab hot chocolate and off we go. Took a few minutes to find a parking spot as everybody else in the county had the same idea of going early and finding a parking spot. Lock up the car and we start walking to downtown Collingwood.

Was only there a couple minutes, sipping our hot chocolates, finally convincing Billy to put on his gloves and toque when his friend Paddy came up and signed 'hi'.

Cooool. Hi Paddy. And there's mom and dad right behind him. Billy bowls with Paddy Sunday afternoons (cancelled today because of the parade) and Paddy's dad always picks up Billy and drops him back off. And this family has had Billy over for dinners, parties, and sleep overs many times too.

We all moved off the corner Billy and I were standing on, hoping for a spot where the wind wouldn't whistle through us. No such luck though. Seems the wind was howling all the way down that street, leaving us nowhere else to go as that was the parade route. The bands and walkers in the parade were walking into the wind, so that must have been rough for them. It would have been a nice day, -1c low 30's F, if it wasn't for that wind. Instead, it felt a lot colder.

Paddy doesn't talk and wears hearing aids, so he and his parents are pretty fluent in sign language. Paddy's hands are flying as each float goes by, so I picked up a couple new signs. One being fire truck :D

The parade had been passing by with assorted trucks hauling trailers decorated with trees, fake snow and kids, local high school band, gymnasts etc etc .. you know how it goes. I did feel bad for the two bagpipe bands wearing their kilts. Bare legs and that wind? brrrrrr. And me being me (weird? lol), I had hoped they thought to put on warm shorts under their kilts at least. No leotards or anything for them. Hardy bunch of people you could say, when everybody else was bundled up in their snowsuits etc.

The parade had being going on for about forty minutes when Paddy's mom, Roseanne, asked if I thought Billy would like to go home with them, have dinner, stay over, and she'll take the two boys to the life skills program tomorrow as she is off work tomorrow.

Awwww that's real sweet of you. I don't have a change of clothes or anything for Billy with me. She says that's ok as Billy and Paddy are about the same height and size, if I was okay if Billy wore something of Paddy's.

So, after Santa finally went by at the fifty minute mark of the parade, I asked Billy what he thought of going with Paddy to his house .... big smile out of Billy ... sleep over ........ still smiling ... and Paddy's mom would take him to life skills tomorrow.  The kid never quit smiling ! He might love his mom but .............. hahahahaha

Needless to say, I left the parade by myself, walked to where I parked the car and came home to an empty place after a couple quick stops.

Which I didn't mind in the least. It's awesome that Billy has Paddy for a friend. They get along so well. And Paddy's parents have truly taken Billy into their home and their hearts. Which I will always be very thankful for.

Are we confused a bit or ? Knows I am.

Soph1951 on YouTube

I think this lady is pretty cool. Found her by accident on YouTube one day looking for something else. Soph's page on YouTube says she is genetically hearing impaired, so I'm not sure if she actually hears the words and music, but she does a great job interpreting some songs for the deaf community.

Her first video was this January past and over the months, she looks like she has gotten a lot more comfortable signing in video's. A few songs I watched has her smiling, an eye brow lift, a bit of twinkle in her eye lol.

I'm not fluent as she is, so has been a challenge at times keeping up with her. I've learned a few new ones watching the video's, which I pass on to Billy. Just a matter of keep on doing signs to remember them.

Of course, some signs in her songs are done for dramatic effect, depending on the song. For instance, in one, she signs 'dark' for night but it worked well with the song. Signing 'night' wouldn't have been the same lol

She has so many over there, it was hard to pick out just a few, but I present you with just a few .... for now. No guarantees I won't post more of her videos *wink* lol


If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot


Lady In Red by Chris DeBurgh



Don't Stop Believin' by Journey




Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton



Cool Change by Little River Band