Most of the camp Kesem’s I have attended have done warm and fuzzies for the entire camp. So instead of writing Nurse Pooh a small snippet on a piece of colored paper, I’m dedicating this blog to her.

Last winter Dr. Heavey gave his vacation dates and so I went on Kesem’s website to see what camps were available for the week. I stumbled across UT Austin so I applied thinking I was going to Utah. I then conned Ricochet into doing this camp with me. So he informs me we are going to Texas. I’m like it will be 120 in July but I will prepare for excessive heat.

Right before the start of camp they told us there would be a third nurse. Anyone who knows me, knows I don’t do well with last minute change. Her name was Nurse Pooh. Now as an endo nurse I could hardly keep a straight face even though I was positive it was in reference to Winnie the Pooh. Even my husband got a kick out of it and said she was number two. Everyone knows the Moles are real mature.

So Pooh is the same age as everyone else, mid twenties. Within thirty minutes I knew she was one of my peeps. She reminds me of the endo girls whom I love. She attended week one and it wasn’t long before she told us about that experience. I had total anxiety while she told Ricochet and I about it, and will probably have anxiety writing about it.

She was asked to do camp two days prior to the start of camp. There is pre camp training computer modules that are to be completed before camp starts. I did mine back in April and have done them for five years. She didn’t see any of this. She did not receive the packing list and basically went into a camp with 100+ campers blind. I have only done three camps with 75 or more kids and they are rough in that check in and check out is mass chaos. The other nurse she was working with was also in the same boat, had never done camp and received no training. Neither could get out of the nurses station all week because it was non stop campers needing to be seen. This is why week two had three nurses.

After Ricochet and I listened to this we both said you are going to every activity and do not need to be in this nurses station. The best part about camp is being out and about with the kids. She did state she has an anaphylactic allergy to ants so we then said stay out of the grass. The camp had a golf cart for her to ride in to avoid the ants.

I’m so glad she agreed to come back for the second week so that I could meet her. I would be thrilled to be co workers with her. She just moved and will be starting her next job soon. She will be a huge blessing to all of her patients. I had an absolutely amazing week and may just tell the endo doctors one of them will need to take vacation for UT Austin camp next year

Mole Moral ~ Last minute changes to the schedule can bring about huge blessings.