Monthly Archives: February 2008

I have two statements based on the comments entered recently:

I am trying to monitor the ‘spice’ = heat that is being applied to the food,  I still want it to be ‘spicey’ as in herbs and spices, but not as ‘spicey’ = hot!  Yes I also want to control or decrease the heat in some of our food items.  We are trying to be more conscience of this.

Also, we are talking about and discussing the need NOT to feel like everything needs to be cooked to ‘death’ so to speak…one of the things that really… READ MORE!

This morning in the breakfst line, one of the nurses said “I heard you are allergic to beef, so am I. I have never met anyone else with an allergy to beef.” So there it is. I am not the only one in the world with an allergy to beef… READ MORE!

Happy Valentines Day!!! I have yet to spend time with my precious hubby yet today, but I hope to later in the evening. I feel like it has been so busy lately. Last night we had a medical reception the us nurses had to serve at and Tyrone had to make some of the food. They invited many nurses, Dr.s and hospital personnel to let them know what we do and don’t do so referrals will be handled properly. My friend Vera and I stood at the top of the gangway and greeted our guests. We even wore official uniforms… READ MORE!

In an earlier blog post I stated that “I don’t usually have foods out at the end of a meal that were different at the beginning of the meal” if I could help it, and if it wasn’t a ‘leftovers’ meal.

BUT what I failed to mention is I was ONLY pertaining to dinner/supper NOT lunch.  Lunch is a great way to use up leftovers, recreate new dishes from cooked foods we already have, or even use multiple items of small quantity to ‘push thru’ so to speak. So in that aspect yes, you will get different foods from time to time at the beginning and… READ MORE!

Tonight we had about 20 different activities set up on the ward for the crew to come down and participate in. We had a photo booth to have your pic taken as a surgeon or patient, you could learn to suture, intubate…etc. There was also a really funny relay that the crew could pretend to be a nurse… READ MORE!

Here are some pictures of our lovely hospital. It is now nice and clean and ready for open house tonight and for patients next Thursday… READ MORE!