Work went decently well last night. I was concerned because when I was in the middle of getting report the CNA’s brought a woman in her wheelchair who was complaining of not being able to breathe. She kept saying, “Please help me. I can’t breathe.” She had been outside with her son-in-law for much of the afternoon and someone thought perhaps she was hot. Allergies have been bad lately as they can be this time of year.

She eventually was okay. And then around 3:30 one of the aides came and said a resident wanted her oxygen saturation checked. There was a big to-do and within the hour she was being sent to the hospital where she was later admitted for having a lung full of fluid. But after that things settled down and it was a fairly pleasant and regular night. I know there’s an element of having to expect that people are not always well.

I started meeting with my kid groups tonight. So far it has mostly been meeting with kids, moms, and family groups but not really doing anything official. I wasn’t really doing anything official this time either. We were going over group rules and what is expected of the kids when we’re in group. You’ve got the ones who are angels and seem to have no problems at all sitting still and listening. And then there are the ones who struggle.

We are going to talk about mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health. It’s a mental health program that I’m doing this for so I figured that needs to be at least part of the focus. Today we talked a little about knowing and believing that we are valuable. Good mental health is based on the foundation of having a sense of self-worth. I wanted each one to think of something they liked about themselves and then share.

I stayed for four hours. It was actually more like three hours and fifty-two minutes but I decided to round. The teacher said that you can count billing hours as hours, which would include a 45-50 minute time slot. I came home and Dad was out for his evening walk. He was replying to an email about retreat information. Midnight, Casper, and Shadow were also around. Elianna came outside too and the boys were downstairs.