This is so important. I’ve taken care of children who didn’t die from their vaccine preventable illness but instead -lost limbs -developed kidney failure requiring dialysis -had strokes and permanent deficits Death isn’t the only bad outcome. And sometimes it may not be the worst one.

#HCWvsHunger #KidVengers #bladesandbougies Donated today to Feeding America and recorded it for #KidVengers Recorded a monthly donation to #Harvesters and assigned it to #bladesandbougies. It has been a great event!

Just did my next #HCWvsHunger I donated locally, to our local food bank distributor. I logged it for #KidVengers.

#HCWvsHunger #mealioidosis Today’s donation is to mealioidosis since anti vax nonsense is again in the news. Fighting hunger and giving vaccines!

#HCWvsHunger #KCKidsHemeOnc Today’s donation was logged to KC Kids, since I live in KC. I have worked in health care over 50 years, and in many different areas, so I give to different groups.

Logged my first donation for #KidVengers #HCWvsHunger Always glad to be a part of this!

Happy Nurses Week, picture is of my mom and my aunt, definitely both badass nurses.

#showmeyourknits Baby bonnets for friends and family

Since I am retired, I don’t have a badge to put pins on, but I put them on my purse. The safe pin is from the organization Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic. The I ❤️ Vaccines pin and the You are Safe with Me pin are from Pin Pen Merger on Etsy by @clairezagorski.bsky.social

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social Hank and John Green, I got this tee from the DFTBA shop some years ago (before Covid). It might be a good time for it to be available again.

I need to dig this tee out!

Well the MMWR finally came out, but with the tag that it is being modified per EO. #NurseSky #MedSky

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #nursesky #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇 web.archive.org/web/20250131...

Just found #blueskyisforknitters 🧶 Anyway here is my current project Eascain scarf by Carol Feller

My heart is broken. There is not much I can do, but I will not be silent. If you are Gay, lesbian, bi Trans, nonbinary Black, brown, or any other color Female Undocumented OR ANYONE ELSE WHO IS SCARED I love you. I am here for you. I will fight for you. I will not be silent.

Beautiful artwork from @nasugraq.bsky.social arrived today. Thank you Nasugraq!

Got my #HCWvsHunger mug today, yay!

I hope everyone celebrating Christmas had a good day today. If you celebrate Hanukkah, have a wonderful celebration. My cat Trixie has enjoyed the tree.

Another beautiful drawing [email protected] !

#HCWvsHunger #KidVengers Today’s donation went to Harvesters, the major food bank in KC. It supplies many of the neighborhood food pantries. And I am wearing my very comfy new sweatshirt!

#HCWvsHunger Today’s donation went to Care, logged for #BladesNBougies. I have worked in SICU,PACU, and at my last job had responsibility for Sterile Reprocessing Services. Logging donations is quick! Thank you to the tech team!

I can’t do cartwheels, but I do have this hand knit bonnet if the #KidVengers co-leads would like to offer it as a prize. It is a newborn-baby size #HCWvsHunger

Today’s donation went to World Central Kitchen and was logged under #CureRNHunger #NurseSky#1 #HCWvsHunger

Logging your donation to the #HCWvsHunger portal is quick and easy! The teen tech team is amazing. In over 50 years of working in healthcare, I have cared for folks from 10-100+, so i give to different teams. Today is #ComfortFood. #NurseSky#1

Got my Thanksgiving donation in for #HCWvsHUNGER for #Kidvengers Yippee

Happy Thanksgiving! It is almost time for HCW vs Hunger! #NurseSky#1

Good morning! Thankful for all of you turkeys out there but especially those that want to help us feed others. #HCWvsHunger 2024 starts tonight at 6pm EST. You can help in many ways 🍎 post/repost 🍎 donate to any org fighting hunger & log donation at HCWvsHunger.org 🍎 invite everyone you know

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Vaccines against COVID-19 saved over 20 million lives in the first year alone, according to a study in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Anti vaxxers conveniently ignore such stats.

Relaxing pic for today, a hand sewn Irish Chain quilt in the quilting frame, ready to be hand quilted. The squares were pieced by many women years ago, but were just assembled this year.

To preserve it over here on 🦋, and to again reiterate that the Public Health measures taken back then to save lives were 💯 worth it, I repeat: 🧵An ICU nurses' response to that terrible article: 👉The 77 things I hated about what COVID did to the human body. 📸 Heather Patterson Photography

Happy Veterans Day to all the Veterans! Here is a picture of my dad, circa 1944-1945

My cat loves to ‘help’ me with my projects. I was attempting to finish the binding, but she needed to get cozy.

Thinking it is time to be creative

My cat always hunts out the comfy places.