Thursday, August 13, 2009
NO HEP C
Got a call from the hospital this afternoon. My blood test came back negative! I do not have Hep C!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Prayers for Kristen
Since I know everyone is not a Facebooker, I would like to urge you all to join me in prayer for Krsiten. I have formed a Facebook group and have asked them to write out some prayers for Kristen that I can print off and send to her. I have already sent a letter to her sharing with her about the only one who can really defend her, Jesus Christ. I am hoping that we can share God's love with her and show her that no matter what that Love will not change. So I'm asking, if you could respond to this entry by writing a prayer for Kristen. I would love to overwhelm her with prayers written by people from all over. I also ask that you join me in daily prayer for Kristen.
Monday, August 10, 2009
News Article about Kristen Parker and the Hep C outbreak
This is a news article that I found that gives some good details about the case. It is also one of the only ones I found without offensive language or graphic pictures from her myspace page.
I urge everyone even as they read the article to pray for Kristen. She's made some bad choices, but with prayer and love she can make the ultimate Good choice!
21 Hepatitis C Cases in Colorado May be Linked to Indicted Scrub Tech
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I urge everyone even as they read the article to pray for Kristen. She's made some bad choices, but with prayer and love she can make the ultimate Good choice!
21 Hepatitis C Cases in Colorado May be Linked to Indicted Scrub Tech
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Waiting for Results
I sit here this morning waiting anxiously for a phone call from Colorado. I'm sure many of you remember the surgery I had in January in Colorado to remove my extra rib. I received a certified letter in the mail a month ago. I got nervous when I saw it was from Colorado, wondering if we had somehow missed paying a bill. I immediately opened the letter to find out what was so important. It was a letter from Rose Medical Center, the hospital were I had my surgery, requesting that I take a Hep C test. They informed me that a terminated worker had been diagnosed with Hep C and that a cluster of cases had resulted with former patients who had also been diagnosed with Hep C. The hospital was running test to see if the two were related. They provided a lab to get free testing, I just had to set up an apt. As soon as I was done reading the letter I got online and made an apt. I talked with Josh about it and he couldn't fathom how anyone could get Hep C in surgery unless the infected person bleed into the patient. I was slightly comforted.
I go to my apt. I had scheduled it before work and brought Makayla and Caroline with me. I sit in the chair and wait. The technician had trouble reading the test required as it did not come up in their system. She told me that she would find out what was going on and to come in later that day. That was a Tuesday. I wasn't able to come in that day, so I made another apt for Friday. I come in Friday, alone this time, and am greeted with an, "Oh, no one called you?" Apparently this Hep C test is very special and they don't have it in stock, so they had to order it and it wasn't in yet. I tell them to call me as soon as it gets in and I will come. I get a call later that day saying that the test can't be performed on a Friday because the results are frozen and mailed. I left for camp the next day, having the wait out the week while I was in Mocksville.
When I return from camp I finally get to making an apt., knowing that they needed notice that I was coming to prepare the test. I made an apt for last Wednesday. Not being able to call anyone and actually tell them that I'm coming, I stop by on Tuesday to let them know I am coming to next day. I am dismissed by a technician, who was talking on her cell phone at the receptionist desk, saying that if they had my paperwork everything would be ready. Big shocker, the next day when I show up to the apt, this time with Josh in tow for backup, they were not prepared. I waited anxiously in the chair as the technician is talking with Colorado getting instructions for how to package the test. At this point, I am still not understanding the urgency of this test and really just complying because they asked me to. Finally the sample is drawn and we are on our way.
I don't even think about things until last night when I was cleaning off the kitchen table and find a letter addressed to me from the Department of Justice. I few thoughts run through my mind, I had recently received ticket, but at second look saw that the letter was from the Colorado Department. My second thought was again we must be delinquent on a payment. I hurriedly open this letter to see that it's a letter informing me of my victim rights in the case of Kristen Parker. I am given a victim code and pin to which I can check on the DOJ website and get the case details. Kristen Parker is accused of 1 felony count and 21 counts of knowingly spreading a life threatening disease. This sounded pretty serious, so I did what anyone else would do and googled her. I figured that if this was as big as it sounded than it had to have been hot news in CO. Sure enough, tons of info. Kristen Parker has admitted to using the drug Fetanyl (sp?). Not just that, but she would take the drug, replace it with saline, and then put the used needle with the saline back on the operating tray. So, not only was she assisting with an operation high on pain killers, but she was passing on her Hep C through every used drug needle she replaced.
As you could guess, this was very shocking information for me. Josh says that God was looking out for me that I read the letter last night and didn't have to wait the whole weekend to call the hospital to find out what's going on. I just had to make it through the night. Somehow the migraine that was starting took a turn for the worse and I had to go to bed.
With the time difference, I had to wait a bit this morning for my call to Rose Medical Center. The people there are very nice. Unfortunately, the help line couldn't answer my questions, but is passing on my call to someone else. I shared with them my concern of the test even arriving there since I had such difficulty just getting the test done.
So now, here I sit, just waiting for results. Waiting for a call at least to assure me that they have received my blood sample. Waiting...
I figured that all of this wouldn't fit in a status update, hence the note. I post the results once I hear them.
I go to my apt. I had scheduled it before work and brought Makayla and Caroline with me. I sit in the chair and wait. The technician had trouble reading the test required as it did not come up in their system. She told me that she would find out what was going on and to come in later that day. That was a Tuesday. I wasn't able to come in that day, so I made another apt for Friday. I come in Friday, alone this time, and am greeted with an, "Oh, no one called you?" Apparently this Hep C test is very special and they don't have it in stock, so they had to order it and it wasn't in yet. I tell them to call me as soon as it gets in and I will come. I get a call later that day saying that the test can't be performed on a Friday because the results are frozen and mailed. I left for camp the next day, having the wait out the week while I was in Mocksville.
When I return from camp I finally get to making an apt., knowing that they needed notice that I was coming to prepare the test. I made an apt for last Wednesday. Not being able to call anyone and actually tell them that I'm coming, I stop by on Tuesday to let them know I am coming to next day. I am dismissed by a technician, who was talking on her cell phone at the receptionist desk, saying that if they had my paperwork everything would be ready. Big shocker, the next day when I show up to the apt, this time with Josh in tow for backup, they were not prepared. I waited anxiously in the chair as the technician is talking with Colorado getting instructions for how to package the test. At this point, I am still not understanding the urgency of this test and really just complying because they asked me to. Finally the sample is drawn and we are on our way.
I don't even think about things until last night when I was cleaning off the kitchen table and find a letter addressed to me from the Department of Justice. I few thoughts run through my mind, I had recently received ticket, but at second look saw that the letter was from the Colorado Department. My second thought was again we must be delinquent on a payment. I hurriedly open this letter to see that it's a letter informing me of my victim rights in the case of Kristen Parker. I am given a victim code and pin to which I can check on the DOJ website and get the case details. Kristen Parker is accused of 1 felony count and 21 counts of knowingly spreading a life threatening disease. This sounded pretty serious, so I did what anyone else would do and googled her. I figured that if this was as big as it sounded than it had to have been hot news in CO. Sure enough, tons of info. Kristen Parker has admitted to using the drug Fetanyl (sp?). Not just that, but she would take the drug, replace it with saline, and then put the used needle with the saline back on the operating tray. So, not only was she assisting with an operation high on pain killers, but she was passing on her Hep C through every used drug needle she replaced.
As you could guess, this was very shocking information for me. Josh says that God was looking out for me that I read the letter last night and didn't have to wait the whole weekend to call the hospital to find out what's going on. I just had to make it through the night. Somehow the migraine that was starting took a turn for the worse and I had to go to bed.
With the time difference, I had to wait a bit this morning for my call to Rose Medical Center. The people there are very nice. Unfortunately, the help line couldn't answer my questions, but is passing on my call to someone else. I shared with them my concern of the test even arriving there since I had such difficulty just getting the test done.
So now, here I sit, just waiting for results. Waiting for a call at least to assure me that they have received my blood sample. Waiting...
I figured that all of this wouldn't fit in a status update, hence the note. I post the results once I hear them.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Triathlon Training
While Josh was finishing up with nursing school I decided that it would be fun to train for a Triathlon once he's done. Well, he thought that was a great idea and wants to join in the fun. I found a simple training schedule online and we are going for the gold! Actually, we just want to finish, just doing the Triathlon is winning for us. So today was my first day of actual training. Let me tell ya, I got a loooooong way to go! This is going to be a long journey, but very fulfilling.
In other news, Caroline is mastering her grouchy face. She works so hard at it, it is very hard not to laugh! She has just taken off with her speech! She is talking all the time and explaining every event in detail. So now we have two little commentaries. We don't miss a beat at our house.
Joe the Puppy is doing well. Some days he goes potty outside, some days he only goes potty inside. We hope to start puppy training on Saturday, so I'm looking forward to learning how to work with a puppy.
Oh, Josh has also set a date for the NCLEX. It's really gonna happen! August 20th. It's a little sooner than we thought, so he's having to up the studying a little bit, but we are getting the test out of the way before our Disney trip. Once that's over it's a month of fun family time!
Sorry there are no pictures today!
In other news, Caroline is mastering her grouchy face. She works so hard at it, it is very hard not to laugh! She has just taken off with her speech! She is talking all the time and explaining every event in detail. So now we have two little commentaries. We don't miss a beat at our house.
Joe the Puppy is doing well. Some days he goes potty outside, some days he only goes potty inside. We hope to start puppy training on Saturday, so I'm looking forward to learning how to work with a puppy.
Oh, Josh has also set a date for the NCLEX. It's really gonna happen! August 20th. It's a little sooner than we thought, so he's having to up the studying a little bit, but we are getting the test out of the way before our Disney trip. Once that's over it's a month of fun family time!
Sorry there are no pictures today!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
A New Start
So, it's been quite a while since my last post. Life has been busy, busy, busy. Two weeks ago I took the girls with me to Carolina Bible Camp. This is where I grew up going to camp. It was so much fun to introduce them to everyone and have them experience luxury camping at its finest! My biggest complaint for the week was that the cabins were too cold at night :) We made some great friends the first few hours we were there, so Makayla and Caroline were happy. We went swimming everyday, made crafts, learned Bible stories and pretended to be like the "big" campers. The girls held up pretty well for a whole week at camp. It was fun to get away for a little while and relax in the country.
Of course, while we were relaxing, Josh was studying for his last exams. Once we returned from camp Josh's family arrived and we started celebrating his graduating from Nursing School. It was a nice weekend with a sweet ceremony at UNC and fun bonding with family and friends afterwards.
When Josh's dad arrived he brought with him our new dog, Joe. Josh's dad bred their Golden Retriever and let us choose a puppy. Of course, our "little" puppy came to us at 10 weeks old weighing 20lbs! He's adorable and the girls just love him. Now if only the cat did.... Hopefully we will figure out how to upload some footage of Joe and Mason (the cat) "playing" together.
So now Josh and I are enjoying the time that we have together until his new job begins September 21st. He still has to take and pass the NCLEX (state board exam for nursing), so he does have to study some and I do have to work some, but other than that, we are going to just relax and have fun, and of course...go to Disney World!
During the week Beth and I competed to have our kids look the cutest. Beth tried to sabotage the competition one morning by putting tons of bows in Caroline's hair. It backfired, everyone thought she was cute anyways :) I think we know who won the competition!
Makayla's hair all braided for her first slumber party
Makayla's kinky hair in the morning. Too bad it only lasted until we went outside!
Big fun during craft time!
The fish was a hot item in the pool!
Group shot at our last meal at camp
This picture is fuzzy, but all the pre-campers are singing "Jesus Loves Me" for the campers. Makayla and her friend Kaylyn liked to sing solos for the campers at meal time, so at lunch on Friday all the pre-campers sang together.
Of course, while we were relaxing, Josh was studying for his last exams. Once we returned from camp Josh's family arrived and we started celebrating his graduating from Nursing School. It was a nice weekend with a sweet ceremony at UNC and fun bonding with family and friends afterwards.
When Josh's dad arrived he brought with him our new dog, Joe. Josh's dad bred their Golden Retriever and let us choose a puppy. Of course, our "little" puppy came to us at 10 weeks old weighing 20lbs! He's adorable and the girls just love him. Now if only the cat did.... Hopefully we will figure out how to upload some footage of Joe and Mason (the cat) "playing" together.
So now Josh and I are enjoying the time that we have together until his new job begins September 21st. He still has to take and pass the NCLEX (state board exam for nursing), so he does have to study some and I do have to work some, but other than that, we are going to just relax and have fun, and of course...go to Disney World!
Here are some of the highlights of our week at camp. I will post graduation pics and dog pics soon!
Caroline lookin' cool in Beth's glasses and Aleena's Shoes
Caroline lookin' cool in Beth's glasses and Aleena's Shoes
During the week Beth and I competed to have our kids look the cutest. Beth tried to sabotage the competition one morning by putting tons of bows in Caroline's hair. It backfired, everyone thought she was cute anyways :) I think we know who won the competition!
Makayla's hair all braided for her first slumber party
Makayla's kinky hair in the morning. Too bad it only lasted until we went outside!
Big fun during craft time!
The fish was a hot item in the pool!
Group shot at our last meal at camp
This picture is fuzzy, but all the pre-campers are singing "Jesus Loves Me" for the campers. Makayla and her friend Kaylyn liked to sing solos for the campers at meal time, so at lunch on Friday all the pre-campers sang together.
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