(For the audio version of this blog post, visit christywilliams.org) I remember going through this phase with my youngest daughter where I wanted her to sleep without a nightlight, but she totally disagreed! I figured if she woke up to a completely dark room, it would send a signal to her brain that it is still “night time” or “too early to be up time” and she would go back to sleep like everyone else in the house rather than walk to my room and ask me for a banana at 5am! I Continue Reading
Doing Daily Things Daily
One day a lady called my pharmacy to ask for a refill of her high blood pressure (HBP) medication. I looked in the computer and noticed that she was several days past due for a refill. This suggests that she may not be taking her medication daily as prescribed. So I asked her, “Ma'am, are you taking your HBP medication every day?” She said, “no, my blood pressure is not high every day.” (Well, I guess she told me!) I imagined that each morning she checks her blood pressure and if it is Continue Reading