my thursday county

ok, so.....the people who work everyday at my thursday place of employment have gone off the deep end....for starts...2 of the 50-something nurses have gotten into internet-dating....and discussed their on-line conversations with these eligible men a little too loudly for my level of interest......these would be the same women who moved my stuff from my original office to another location.....unceremoniously moved my stuff......which meant that i spent over an hour sorting through and rearranging materials on shelves and in drawers......oy!......on the other hand....i did learn a thing or two today......a client with hepatitis c was told by her doctor that she shouldn't breastfeed, and i went right online and showed her that his rec. was unfounded...........sadly, i was asked by another nurse to give a second opinion with a 2 month old baby who weighs only 10 pounds.....this child cannot keep down her 4th formula, and so far her doctor has done nothing more than prescribe different formulas, and hasn't actually asked to see the child in the flesh......whereupon he might have noticed that this child has got a greyish skintone...and her facial bones are pronounced, and she looked 3rd-world......i was also surprised that the mamma, who has older children, hasn't been in her doctor's face wanting to find out what is wrong.......the technical term is failure-to-thrive......the nurse told this mamma that if this formula doesn't work by monday, to change doctors........i was glad that the nurse said this.....because it was in my mind....and then there were moments of joy...when i spoke to a 44-year old woman who just found out she is expecting her first child.....after a disastrous first marriage where she always assumed it was her fault that they couldn't conceive......granted, she is starting out at 275 pounds.....no wonder she is too tired to eat......but she is so thrilled to be having a baby it brought tears to my eyes.......oh yeah, and i ate most of a container of cottage cheese with my fruit and rye krisps.....and i am reduced in bulk by another whopping 1/2 pound.....god bless cottage cheese.....