Working On Saturday

As it turns out, I've worked two Saturdays now. After my previous post, with a bit of a whine about being on the go for work from 7 am to 6 pm, you might think I'd not like this a bit. But it actually is a good feeling to be there to support Kathi, our Head Nurse and Team Leader of the H1N1 Vaccination Teams. Kathi thought she was retired from nursing and hospital administration, until we caught up with her. We needed someone to manage the teams of nurses and clericals who would go out to the schools in the 5 northern counties of Idaho that encompass our health district, and give the vaccinatons to the students who comprise one of the largest target groups of the H1N1 vaccination effort. Of course, school kids are the little incubators who get and spread any flu virus to their peers, their teachers, their parents, and thence to the population at large. So they were a major focus of our vaccination effort. Anyhow, I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Kathi, who managed several hospitals in the Los Angeles area before "retiring" to Northern Idaho, or so she thought, as I said, until we got her! So after Saturday's clinic, the teams presented a "comfort basket" for Kathi comprising all sorts of niceties that would take her mind off work: chocolate, teas, candles, bath goodies, quilting books, fabric, etc. Here's a picture of those who were still here at the end, along with Kathi and the basket.

With Kathi's direction, the clinic on Saturday worked very smoothly and was the best yet! So working on Saturday was a good thing :-)