tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13213326.post1447055278381036242..comments2024-01-04T05:34:30.384-05:00Comments on My Life as a Semicolon ; ): Radical AcceptanceKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066973128278570732noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13213326.post-48668980972997517302010-12-09T17:45:14.324-05:002010-12-09T17:45:14.324-05:00I guess that means that Ken doesn't get to pic...I guess that means that Ken doesn't get to pick at his scab. I love hearing Ken's humor in bits of the blog. Understated and funny. <br /><br />All the best,<br />TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13213326.post-47333111752725204472010-12-09T02:20:38.318-05:002010-12-09T02:20:38.318-05:00Again, don't feel at all bad about monitoring ...Again, don't feel at all bad about monitoring people's comings and goings and how they handle infection control in the room. "Did you wash your hands?" is just a question. "Is that sterile?" is just a question. You can't be there all the time, but you can create an atmosphere when you are there that will be communicated from shift to shift and that will become a voiced expectation. And don't be afraid to let the nurse manager know if someone isn't following infection control protocol. Noone will lose his/her job. It will just raise awareness. Again, thank God that Ken is young and strong and has you and humor and loving family on his side, not to mention a bunch of Catholics in New Jersey and a few nuns and a priest in Maine. Tess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13213326.post-63510361985174357322010-12-08T22:43:31.239-05:002010-12-08T22:43:31.239-05:00To ask you to like any of this ordeal would be ask...To ask you to like any of this ordeal would be asking far, far too much . . .<br /><br />This radical acceptance sounds like a difficult thing for my Western non-Zen mentality to do. I tend to rail against that which I perceive as unfair. That circumstances cannot be changed is altogether too apparent; that the brain's plasticity and Ken's recovery is a daily undertaking of faith and hard work cannot be doubted. That you both inspire us all daily with your fortitude and humor and dignity and courage and grace, that cannot be said enough. THAT I can accept.<br /><br />love, Amy & EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com