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My Favorite Things…

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Back in November I got to spend nearly a week hunting Mule Deer in Western South Dakota with my dad. On my way home I took a few pictures of my favorite memories from the many trips with my dad. The first are of an old Minuteman Missile Silo just a few miles from where we stay. The gate was open, so I helped myself to a tour…

Next is an old Sears and Roebuck house on the land we hunt. It is like a lighthouse overlooking this wide open stretch of prairie. I’ve been enamored with this house since my first hunt out there 15 years ago.


And a few of a long vacant motel just off the interstate.


Finally, a pic of my little guy at one of his favorite places

Posted by on July 9, 2011 • Filed under: husband, Kids, Life

The Waiting Game

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Asher had another VCUG and Lasix renogram today for his hydronephrosis. Won’t have results for a day or two, but it looked like it always did… delayed draining of the left kidney. Hoping they find something diagnostic soon.

Until then, here is a pic of the little monster(who does not like anesthesia… fought it really hard).

After a dose of chloral hydrate and 2 doses of versed… the walk BACK to PEDS is what put him to sleep… Stinker.

Posted by on February 22, 2010 • Filed under: Asher, father, Heart Strings, Home, Kids

It started

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With Ninja Medic. Then Epi followed suit. 


Really about once a month one of my fellow EMS bloggers(and I’ve done this too) eludes to one of the many stories of terror that haunt our Nightmare Bank. 

There will always be a few memories of calls past that will NOT go away.

The irony for me is that tomorrow I am teaching a SIDS portion of our refresher as well as a Neonatal Care refresher. 

More than a few things are ironic about this:
  • My haunting pt is just a wee 18mo baby. Helpless. 
  • We talk about CISM(Critical Incident Stress Management) in both classes–how often do we actually use those tool? How many systems HAVE them?
  • I’m about to have a baby. A helpess baby. I know far more than I wish I did. 
Be safe out there, all. Godspeed. 
Posted by on January 24, 2009 • Filed under: baby, Coping, Heart Strings, Kids, Life, Pediatric, Stress, Wow. • Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Baby

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Baby M3 is coming…

Soon…

We had a checkup today, with ultrasound—concerning the size of baby’s kidneys per the last two ultrasounds. The left Kidney is still measuring a few millimeters(seriously, millimeters!?!?!) too big and thus the OB/GYN has recommended a visit to the perineonatologist(try saying that 1234 times fast. Or 1).

We are to go Thursday morning—hoping I can get a few hours off from work to be able to make it to this appointment.

Possible results could be a few simple procedures after delivery, or an in-utero procedure. Early induction of labor could be a possibility too. There is a pretty good chance they won’t do anything at all and I will just get closer to the deductible that much sooner!

Further, we attended a Breastfeeding class tonight. While it wasn’t information heavy on things I could possible understand—it did teach me that my wife is amazing—well, more amazing that I already knew!

I will let you know when we have more info!

Posted by on January 7, 2009 • Filed under: Home, Kids, Life • Tagged: , ,

Wow…

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My mother in law is soooo afraid of us picking a horrible name for our baby…

At least I’m not this father douche bag.

Here is a preview of what you get by clicking the above link…

The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, denied a birthday cake with the child’s full name on it by one New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance. Heath Campbell and his wife, Deborah, are upset not only with the decision made by the Greenwich ShopRite, but with an outpouring of angry Internet postings in response to a local newspaper article over the weekend on their flare-up over frosting.

"I think people need to take their heads out of the cloud they’ve been in and start focusing on the future and not on the past," Heath Campbell said Tuesday in an interview conducted in Easton, on the other side of the Delaware River from where the family lives in Hunterdon County, N.J.

"There’s a new president and he says it’s time for a change; well, then it’s time for a change," the 35-year-old continued. "They need to accept a name. A name’s a name. The kid isn’t going to grow up and do what (Hitler) did."

No, but he isn’t going to win many awards for having the most peaceful name in history either…

The Campbells’ other two children also have unusual names: JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell turns 2 in a few months and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell will be 1 in April.

Do you ever just think to yourself…. "WHAT THE F#@K?!!"

Posted by on December 17, 2008 • Filed under: crazy, creepy, Kids, Moron, Wow. • Tagged: , , , ,

Meet Baby CD!

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21 Weeks. 1 lb exactly. Still scared.

Posted by on September 24, 2008 • Filed under: Kids, Life • Tagged: ,

Good News all around…

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So… I’ve made it through 2 days of practicals at school. It is definitely weird to be in class again…

We took a 210 question test yesterday that is supposedly very indicative of the pass rate with registry. I got an 80%. Not thrilled, but it helped me identify some areas I need to study.

Next… I found a job. It’s with the service described below. I’m pretty excited about it. Now all I have to do is actually become a paramedic…

We found a house in said town too. Pretty nice older house, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, blah blah. It’s cheap, nice, and only a block from the station.

Finally, the exciting news. We’re expecting! Not real far along right now, but we couldn’t be more excited. And terrified. We have dogs–but that doesn’t exactly equate to children…

Anyways… time to do a little studying(by osmosis), get some rest, and get at it again tomorrow…

Posted by on June 18, 2008 • Filed under: FirstTime, Home, Kids, Life, Stress • Tagged: , , , ,

Worth the read–and 10 bucks

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Shelly over at The Eclectic Life has proven herself an incredible person once again. Last year she started working with Share a Square with a goal of making afghans for kids. This year she wants to send 140 kids with cancer to summer camp!

Obviously with a price tag of $21,000 she can’t do it on her own. She needs our help. I’m broke as all hell. But I assure you, I’ll do a little to raise some money and we should all take the time to round up a few bucks to send to her.

She’s on the up and up. A few phone calls was all it took to confirm that. Do what you can. Send what you can. Pester your friends/family/coworkers/neighbors/postman/cashier/bartender/whatev. Just take the time to check out her work and think about doing what you can for a great cause.

Sure, there are like 234,234,235,643,123,134,642,212,352.43 Trillion “good causes” out there. But when you see kids that need help–on our own doorsteps–then you realize that maybe it’s time to actually do something about ONE of those good causes.

My few days on the streets have taught me more than I wanted to learn. The hardships that people–especially kids go throuh in our VERY OWN COUNTRY is disgusting. While we need to help people far and abroad, we need to adress some issues right her that just aren’t acceptable.

No, handouts won’t fix it. But accountability will. What will you be accountable for?

Check out her blog and take the time to consider helping her help others.

Posted by on April 10, 2008 • Filed under: Blogroll, Kids • Tagged: ,

Do Parents not PARENT anymore?

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So Today was a day that I can bet won’t ever repeat itself. At least that’s what I’m hoping.

It was really a pretty slow day. 8 hrs, 4 calls, nothing serious–well, that depends on your definition of serious. Calls 1&2 were run of the mill.
Calls 3&4… Well, they make me wanna hurl.

Dispatched code 3 to an Elementary School–on a psych. 11 year old girl who wanted to kill herself. She has made suicide gestures, had a plan(posted on myspace.com) and was very, very depressed. She’s FUCKING 11 YEARS OLD! What the hell is going on here? What happened to 11 year old girls playing dress up, house, reading cute books with pink covers and harassing little neighborhood boys?

To make it better, Dad(the sperm donor) could care less and wouldn’t be coming to the Hospital. Mom–well, she’s in prison–obviously more part of the problem than the solution.

Her aunt is the only one who seems to care enough to come… So she’s getting checked into a Pediatric Psych unit on a Mental Health Hold and she’s all by herself. Why do I see this ending badly. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, or next month. Eventually though the system will be done failing her and One of us will get to scrape her off the floor somewhere.

Absolutely disgusting.

Call 4. Code 2, same god damn school. Apparently they have a hold on the niche for kids with overwhelming psychiatric issues.

This one is 10. Yeah, that’s right. 10 god damn years old. He is “diagnosed” (by an overwhelmed, over-eager family practice Doctor, no doubt–not a psychologist or psychiatrist(Don’t get me wrong. I love doctors. They are smarter than me. But Family Practice doctors have as much business diagnosing and treating mental illness as I have treating cancer)) with ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder(my fav… so he doesn’t like authority… find me a kid who DOES).

He decided teacher was pissing him off, so he kicked, screamed, bit, clawed, spit and threw a chair at him. Then the principal. Then PD.

I told him he had to go with one of us. Either with us in the ambulance with cool toys or the Police car with Handcuffs and a spit hood. He calmed down(like most people do when confronted with this situation) and walked out with us. Mom was no where to be found. She is an aide at another school in the district and was on a “personal” day. PD and school staff tried to locate her at home, friends, family. No luck.

One of the more memorable parts of that call–asking if he knew what meds he took. Benedryl. Every night. What could that be for?!?!?! Hmm…. Good Night.

What are our kids being thrown into psych facilities so often now? Case 1 was legit. She needed help. Case 2 needed parents who actually parented. We are failing our kids. We’re failing the future. I’m actually scared out of my mind about it.

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Posted by on April 9, 2008 • Filed under: Cats, Failure, FirstTime, Kids, Psych • Tagged: , , , ,