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From: Jerry.Pickup@p33.f1.n360.z1.fidonet.org (Jerry Pickup)
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Subject: How do =YOU= use a comput
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

In a message to Frank Whitney <14 May 90  0:23:00> Ed Dobie wrote:

 ED> Well, I just got back from the hospital.  We had to rush Jill back
 ED> due to an OD of Baclofen.  Seems that our nurse gave about a
 ED> weekends supply all at once.  This RN earning $15.00 has only one
 ED> patient, and a =very= easy regular schudule to work.  I've been

 ED> Incompetence is the bigest problem we seem to face.

It's everywhere!  I am a C-1&2 incomplete quad and one of the best
things they taught me where I did my rehab was that nobody else
should be trusted to know what they're doing.  If they screw up,
I'm the one who suffers so I'm the one responsible to see that
things are done right.

They taught me to always know exactly what medications I'm supposed
to be taking, what doses and when.  Many times both in the hospital
and out I've had to correct someone who would have given me a wrong
dose.  I guess it all boils down to the fact that you still have to
be in charge of your own life whether or not you can physically do
what needs to be done.

It's harder for children to do because they are used to trusting
adults and following instructions, but for a child who is a quad it
is never too early (in my opinion) to star learning to be in
control.

                                -Jerry

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