Nurse: Hello, I’d like to call in a new prescription. Me (Pharmacist): Ok, patient’s name … etc. And the medication? Nurse: We want to prescribe tramadol, POINT 50 mg. Me: Ok, well do you mean tramadol 50 mg? Nurse: I don’t know what you are asking. Me: I’m sorry, I thought I heard you…
I’m sleepy. I’m tired. I have clothes that need to be washed and dishes that need to be put away. My refrigerator is almost empty. When I walked across the kitchen floor earlier, I felt something sticky on the bottom of my sock. Whatever it was, it’s still there. I’m already planning to cancel…
A few years ago, I received news that the parents of one of my husband’s students had been murdered! Yes, murdered! I struggled in my efforts to process the news. It hit closer to home than I was used to. I’d never seen a picture of a couple on our local news station who were…
Fun Fact: the image for the movie “The Truman Show” looks really pixelated, right? Turns out, this image is made up of tiny clips from every scene in the movie. How creative is that! If you zoom into any one section you will see that no scene was left out. It was all used to…
My 4-year-old was making a list of the things she wants Santa to bring her for Christmas 2018. (Yes, in January, she’s planning for December. I find this both impressive and concerning.) She asked her sister “What do you want?” The 7-year-old said she wanted two books, Rags and Riches and A Christmas Carol. She…
I remember a professor telling our graduating class that we can never lose our degree. We may lose the license to practice our craft, but once that degree has been issued, that’s it. This was not new and profound information. But just hearing him say it made the absolute nature of this truth more vivid…