If it's Friday, it must be time for the blog-land version of TGIF. Trust, gratitude, inspiration....and it's Friday.
I'm trusting that I'll get my very lengthy pre-France work-related to do list accomplished. It's quite a list, but with a little dedication (but adhering to my no nights/ no weekends commitment) I think I can get the key things knocked out before I go.
I'm grateful for another 6 weeks away from my clinical life. I love it when it's time to go back, and while I love what I do most of the time it's been a tough run. For those keeping score, 32 cases (several actually IN the ICU), 15+ admits, 6 consults (including the most "interesting" consult of my career), over 200 hours of critical care billing, 2 deaths. Yep, another long, strange 21-day trip.
I'm inspired by the people I've spent the last 3 weeks spending most of my hours with- patients, families, and (most importantly) staff. I have seen kindness, grace, compassion, patience, thoughtfulness, generosity.....all of those things we all like to believe are still out there. They are still out there, sometimes at the most unexpected times. I'm blessed to be part of and witness to that.
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