thank you Steve

ok, someone prayed the wrong prayer

The surveyors didn't make it in today, they misjudged their travel time by 4 hours They'll be in tomorrow

arrghhhh.... long day more to come tomorrow

I'm like Avis, I'll try harder.....


still prayin!

Thank you to everyone who prayed Several times today it looked like there was no way we would pass, there was just way too much to get done (the corporate office had changed names after they had drawn up all the contracts with our vendors and before we were actually in business - we had to get everyone of them re-drawn up and re-signed by our CEO, myself, and the admins from the vendors ( did I mention that for a lot of them we were in 3 different states? )... plus a lot of little things had to be done on many of our policies and procedures so they met texas's standards as well as national standards - in other words a lot of stuff we could do nothing about). Anyways, it seemed like there was no way we were gonna pass, and if we didn't, it coulda been 90 days before we saw them again

But then God.../ we just kept after it and all the things began falling into place - everything was complete except for one contract with the hospital and I talked to someone at church tonight who will probably be able to get us moved to the top of the COO of the hospital's stack of things to do

I gotta head to Biloxi in the morning for some meetings, will be back saturday evening. I'll probably be online in the evening as all there is to do is gamble in the casino (we're staying at the isle of capri hotel )

thank you again

I love/hate ( ) it when God lets you know that if He wasn't there what kind of fix you would find yourself in!!!!

Praisin Him for being just who HE is!! Thanks God!

We had a referral called in for this 97 year old lady with 'advanced aids'. We pondered for several days while waiting for the paperwork on how in the world a 97 year old would have hiv. Even is she was the first person in the US to get hiv, she woulda still been in her 70's or so

We finally decided either she got it through a blood transfusion, or she was living in a rather liberal retirement home

OMG... I spit my coffee out on that one...

My IT guy is gonna be so miffed... ROFL! You should see my keyboard...

This has been the day from hell If you think of it, please pray for the families of 2 of our patients who passed away in the last 12 hours under some bad circumstances

Sorry to hear Big Al ..will certainly add them to my prayer list....

Sorry to hear that Allen. That's sure a tough job you've got. My prayers are with you.

Bless you Allen for all you do, my prayers are with you too.

Will do Allen, I'll include staff too.

I am praying for all involved. I'm sorry for you, Allen. I know how hard these things can be.

Call me if you wanna chat. You know how much I hate to bother you at work...

Praying!

Thankyou guys... I know the job will have days like this, the circumstances just could have been better. Funerals are the next couple of days, we'll be attending and working with the family over the next year or so for bereavement.

God Bless you and thank you for the work you do Allen. Hopefully you will be able to build staff and get volunteers so you don't burn yourself out. At Angela we have a seperate crew to deal with bereavement which frees the caregivers up to do just that if they want/need to. I'm glad to hear that there will be follow up for the family. That too is handled by our bereavement team. A hint, most every volunteer and there are over 500 of us had a loved one in hospice care. It's our way of giving back. There is a mandatory year wait after the death before a volunteer can be trained. One more hint, just in case it's not been covered for all. Whoever does the bereavement should refrain from ever saying, "I know how you feel or I know what you are going through." The person saying that only knows what they felt and experienced. It's quick way to lose the person grieving. Also, LISTENING is of utmost importance. This is about them telling their story, Not hearing about someone else's. It's rough to do it right in the beginning.

Thankyou Thom

Came in handy today/tonight. We had a couple on hospice, she had a brain tumor and he had copd. Both weren't doing well, but he seemed sicker. She died unexpectedly this morning, he died tonight, 12 hours later. He wasn't very lucid, but I'm sure he could tell her spirit had left the room and decided it was time to go too. Neither struggled, just stopped breathing and that was it...

Anyways, please pray for the family, thank you.

Will do and you to!

Your work amazes me. I don't know that I could do what you and Thom do!

I'm praying too.

It can't describe what I feel about your post, Allen. I guess I wish that someone could love me so much as to "know" my spirit had gone and want to go now too. Made me weep for their love.

God is so good.