30 Something Baby Doc

Fuck , I'm tired, no sleep last night. 12 deliveries and 1 cesarean section of twins in a 12 hour period. Still nothing compared to what the health care staff at Charity Hospital are going through right now. I've been reading alot of blogs regarding the crisis in the gulf coast. The blame game is at it's height. But the crisis in New Orleans emphasizes a reality that exists in the United States every day...Rampant poverty in the inner city. Elderly dying from heat exposure, families living in unsanitary overcrowded conditions and infants delivered still born secondary to insufficient pre-natal care. This stuff occurs every damn day in our wonderful country ( plus or minus the natural disaster). It's just really hard for us to accept when it plastered all over CNN and Yahoo News for 5 days straight. We can find these conditions in each and every major city. I just hope our sympathy and generosity doesn't deminish when this crisis is resolved.

My friend is currently between jobs and called me today to tell me she was strongly considering traveling to Louisiana to volunteer her nursing skills. I'm so proud of her for taking such an tremendous initiative. I want to volunteer my time with her but my patient care responsibilities won't allow such flexibility..... BUT that doesn't mean I can't volunteer my skills/time to local homeless shelters. After this crisis is over , the disease of poverty in the country will still exist

I'm off to bed. (and off my soap box)