A Little Chicken Soup

For the ICU Nurses Soul: This lovely arrangement (complete with mylar balloons) just arrived in the ICU – the head nurse brought it to our room reminding us that there are no flowers allowed in the ICU.  I nodded, but I had already seen the envelope as she handed the flowers to me. Never to…

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House of Muppets

Dare I say it, so far Klaus is having a good day today.  He is on a lot less medication than before, and he has opened his eyes a few times.  I’m only sitting a few feet away from him, so whenever he does that I throw down the laptop and run over to try…

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Oops I Did it Again

Oops, I Did it Again… Slipped into the ICU… And licked daddy’s hand… Oh baby, baby… Ah yes, your eyes do not deceive you.  Bogart made a return engagement to the ICU this evening for some much-needed thairepy.  And this time he was even more affectionate toward Klaus than the last. Marge, one of the…

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Th-aire-apy for Klaus

Last night I received an amazing gift.  The team of fantastic nurses here at the hospital have been listening to me yak on and on about Bogart, and the special relationship that he and Klaus share.  If there is one thing a nurse understands, it’s the power of positive therapy, and what could be more…

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