Peggy's on You Tube!

For those of you who missed the KGMB story on Peggy a couple days ago...you can watch it on You Tube! Wow! Just paste the link below into a web browser to check it out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrSvvrYS4XU

Coverage for Lehua and Other Stuffs

As some of you know, Lehua Silva sliced her finger on her dominant hand on some glasses at Chili's last night (her other job) and had to go to the ER and get stitches. She is OK, but is not going to be able to work for a while - plus she's on vicodin for the pain. I've been working on covering her shifts over the next few days and have gotten GREAT response! Kelly is covering tomorrow 10 to 2pm and Hanna is covering Monday AM shift, BUT WE STILL NEED TO COVER:

THIS SUNDAY 10 to 2 am or even Sunday evening 6 to 10 and I can switch Marvel to 10 to 6pm. Let me know if you can help out!!!!!

HCA has found coverage for Sunday and Tuesday, so that's great. Michelle is taking Tuesdays and Misty and Cathy are splitting Sunday nights. Phew. But I'm still looking to train others as back up. I'm thinking we're going to need to find another private hire to train for daytime back up as well. Let me know if you have any leads.

I have both kids here with me today. Indy is watching 101 Dalmations with Peggy right now and Sawyer is at my feet eating Baby Wipes. By the way...it is Kelly's birthday this coming Saturday!!! Happy Birthday Kelly!

Happy Hump Day

Did anyone see KGMB 6pm news last night? They did a story on the HPU documentary about Peggy. I missed it, but Peggy saw it and some others did too. Hopefully it will show up on Oceanic's News On Demand soon.

Today was a productive day for me. I got lots of office work done since Eric had Sawyer this morning and then Karen, Kelly, and Peg's Legs have been playing with him a lot. So awesome. I feel so blessed!

I've been on the phone a lot today. We had a hunch, but just found out for sure that today was Helena's last day. This means that we need to find coverage for Sun and Tue overnight. HCA got Michelle to take the Tuesday shift and are working on convincing their Eric to take Sunday. This would mean that he would be working overtime. It also means that Eric and Michelle would be the only 2 HCA nurses covering Peggy's shifts. I find it troubling to have all our eggs in one basket like this, so I have been working with Attention Plus and NurseFinders to train some back up folks. I feel very hopeful after talking with NurseFinders - they sound very optimistic about staffing.

One last thing - some of you may have seen the email that went out, but I'll post it here too:

Our wonderful Peg’s Legs private hire, Hanna, is looking for a place to rent. She would ideally like to rent a single studio (house/not apartment) with a yard for her adorable medium size dog GoGo. She’s hoping for a bathtub, utilities included, near Kaimuki/KCC/Kapiolani Park area for $900 or less a month. She’d love a washer/dryer, but can always find a laundromat...the most important thing for her is to find a good place for GoGo. She’s even up for rooming with non-smokers as housemates, so long as there is a yard...She is looking to move out either at the end of this month or the end of July.

Hanna would be a wonderful tenant. She is very responsible, hardworking, and an all around GREAT person!

Please spread the word and help Hanna find a new pad! :)

Tuesday Update

We had a little celebration for Lolo today when she came into work. We had some cupcakes, cocoa puffs, coke (the can kind not the white kind), and presents waiting for her when she arrived at 2pm. It was a nice surprise for her!

I spoke to Marvel today who is doing much better. Lolo graciously switched shifts with her so that Lolo will cover for tomorrow and Marvel will take her double this Friday. That will Marvel a few more days to get back on her feet.

Peggy was supposed to have her doc visit today, but Dr. Davis stood her up :) Boo! Hanna had such a cute costume for her too.

And some great news that I will finally make OFFICIAL by posting - Kelly is pregnant!!! Yes, you read that right - our charming former cottage dweller is HAPAI! Yay! Congraulations, Kelly - we are so happy for you!

Touching Base...

Indy was home sick again today so I was not into work, but I know a few things have been going on. Lehua told me that today Peggy's cuff was bothering her. She had Helena call Denise to see if she could deflate/reinflate and she got the OK. Helena only got 11 ccs out. She put 15 cc back in and Peggy said she felt better.

Marvel is not feeling well. She had to leave her shift earlier today - thankfully the AMAZING Pat Gamble came to our rescue and covered the last part of Marvel's shift from about 7 until 10pm. If anyone would like to trade some shifts with Marvel, I'm thinking she could use a break for a few days at least. Let me know...

I'll be back into work tomorrow. The kids and I are doing much better and I know Indy will be ready to return to school tomorrow. I hear Elroy is sick too. Sheesh. What's going on?! Take your vitamins everyone!

Meez

The kids and I have been under the weather the past couple days...but I've found the best new way to pass the time...Meez! See the new animated me on the blog! You guys have to try it! Go to meez.com - it is FREE and you can create a little animated you doing whatever you want. You can dress yourself up in outfits, try different hairstyles, make yourself dance, sing, cook, surf, even get captured by Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow (Pat Lokatos, we know you're gonna try it now!)

Tomorrow is Lolo's Birthday!!! Happy Birthday, Lolo! Hope you get some R&R - you deserve it! We love you :)

Getting our Dancing Feet Back on the Ground

Peg's up in the chair today sorting costumes and sending them back up to the attic. Getting organized - love it! Peggy's toe doc appointment went well on Monday - hopefully we won't have anymore toe funk.

Tomorrow Hawaiian Island Medical will be picking up the bed and some other stuff we've had around. Also, Yosca and her cleaning crew will be back again tomorrow at about noon or so. Yay!