Beechwoodfan

We live on a short street with 8 children who are neighbors. I make each child a baggie of goodies, including candy, Halloween pencils and some other trinkets. The few other kids who come by get to choose from a mixed bag of mini candies.

Huge loss for the Tigers. Last year at the state finals, Mitchell played even though he had the flu. You would never have known it though. Don’t know him personally, but those that do say he is a class act on and off the field. Wish him well on his future in college baseball.

Years ago, my family went to Florida to stay in a condo that my in-laws owned (they were snow birds and it was summer). Their car had been sitting for a few months (car battery hooked up to a charging device). We got into the car, started it and heard a crunching noise followed by all kinds of debris coming out of the AC vents. Turned out there was a nest of mice under the hood. Never did get that smell out of the car.

I sobbed when I dropped my first baby off at daycare. Struggled when I dropped my second born off. By the time I had my third, I dropped all 3 off and hit the pedal to the metal to get to work, singing all the way. I totally get where you are. You are earning your parental stripes. It gets better. Your baby will adjust better than you will. FWIW, these painful moments are the best times of your life.

Yep. He is out for the season.

What kind of injury did Mitchell have?

Stupid question. I want to buy the game to watch on TV but it only gives me the $35 option. How do I buy the single game?

Great Somerset stream on U Tube. Enjoyed watching the Tigers in the comfort of my chair.

Have the game on Jumpers UTube. Looks like great coverage. Go Tigers!

Beautiful field!

Prayers for a speedy recovery for both of you.

Go Colonels! Love our Dixie Highway opponents (except in Sep of course),

I just don’t understand why someone who spent years on the sidelines would sue a school like that. If anyone would know the inherent risks on standing on the sidelines, he would. Additionally, I would think he would have a love of the game and it’s players. Doesn’t make sense.

Any chance it will be in Mixir?

Yes, we are forced to wear masks in health care facilities, and so is anyone who enters one. Most of the nurses I know hate it. On a second note, nurses (and other hospital workers)who test positive for Covid are forced to take time off and use their own vacation time to pay for it (at least in my hospital and I have heard it is the same at others) Since most recent cases are cold or flu like, guess what? Some nurses will downplay symptoms and are not getting tested. I know several nurses who had to cancel vacations because they were out of PTO. Most of us are done with it. i have to admit, if I had minor Covid symptoms, I would not get tested and I assure you that I am not the only nurse who feels like this. Enough is enough! We saw a horrible plague go through here, but the death rates have dropped dramatically. I understand the hesitancy to relax mask usage in health care facilities, but I think we have a handle on Covid now and it’s time.

1000 Island is my favorite, but a good homemade ranch is good too.

Saw in the paper this morning that he is going to Highlands, but word in Ft. Mitchell is that he is going to Beechwood.

Very sad for the families of the victims. They won’t get any closure. Hope he is somewhere very warm right now.

I do think that bullying has gotten out of control, and plays a part in some of these shootings. I will never understand why bullying occurs, but it always has. It is so much worse with social media because kids aren’t safe from it in their own homes. There is no getting away from it.

Guru, we do not have the power to stop an officer from signing a hold. I have however, I have on occasion asked an officer not to sign a hold, usually when I know the patient is a “frequent flyer” and is just looking for a bed for the night. Sometimes they are ok with that. The law says that once a patient is on our property, and wants to be seen, we have to do it. It’s a good law, but also allows all kinds of abuses of the system. I feel bad for your experiences. I am pretty sure I work in a different state than you did, so the laws are different. I like the way we handle things way more. Overall, I really love and respect the officers we come into contact with. I only see a small bit of what they have to deal with on a daily basis.

I totally get what you are saying, and I certainly didn’t mean to malign the police. I think most police officers are great and handle our mentally ill patients well. I totally understand that their hands are tied once someone says they are suicidal and have no problem with that. The officers who bring our patients in are in and out in 5 minutes. They sign the psych hold and are gone. There is no waiting around. I think our hospital has a very efficient way of doing intake from them. We have our own security officers who help us with restraints. We do, however, often get patients who are brought in after committing a crime. They may have assaulted someone, broken into a home, created some disturbance, destroyed property, set fires, or get caught driving under the influence. It frustrates me that this happens on daily basis and, more often than not, no charges are ever filed because they are “mentally ill.” I am not solely blaming the police because they know how it will play out. Why bother when they know that prosecution will likely never happen? Often, their victims don’t want to press charges either. In all fairness, we do occasionally get drunks, who never claim to be mentally ill, brought in by the police. They sign the psych holds saying that they are unable to care for themselves. I once had an officer bring a man in who just got off the Greyhound and told the officer he was homeless. The officer thought we would find him a place to live. Admittedly, these kind of incidents are a small percentage of cases, but they do occur. As far as my personal assault. The officer adamantly refused to press charges. The head of my department got involved trying to get him to arrest this guy, but he refused. I did have to drive to the police department, with a black eye to press charges. The detective on my case was really nice, but pretty much told me how it would play out and he was right. It is a federal offense to assault a health care worker, but good luck getting anyone to prosecute. I had a coworker who managed to successfully get someone to trial for assault, only to be told by a judge that getting assaulted is an unfortunate part of his job. That’s why I said there is a problem with the judicial system overall. I am certainly not saying that mentally I’ll people should all be locked up, but mental illness should not give people a free pass to break the law repeatedly with no consequences.

Well, this is right up my alley as I have worked in this field for over 20 years. I could talk all day on the problems with mental health care but will try to get it down to a few bullet points. 1) Money. Insurance companies don’t want to pay for quality mental health care. We used to be able to keep truly mentally ill people for a month to get back on their meds. They were able to take day trips before discharge so families could see how they were doing and/ or case managers could establish them in group homes or apartments. These days it’s 3 days to a week and then people are thrown back on the streets and expected to navigate a very difficult, understaffed out patient mental health system. End result is a revolving dysfunctional door of the same people coming and going which costs more in the long run IMO. 2) Abuse of the system. You would be surprised how many people want the mentally ill label so they can get a check. They show up with all kinds of made up symptoms and drain already scant resources. 3) Drug/alcohol abuse. Not a day goes by that we have 6-12 people show up in our psyc ER “ drunkacidal or drugacidal” Some are so out of it the police bring them in as psychotic or unable to care for self. Usually the police mean well, but sometimes they use us as a drunk tank so they don’t have to arrest them. Quite often drunk/ drugged homeless people will call 911 claiming to be suicidal. They are rarely mentally ill. They are just trying to find a warm bed to crash in. Amazingly, the next day, they wake up sober demanding to be discharged. It is not unusual to see the same people show up 2-3 times a week. By law, we cannot refuse to see them, and we obviously cannot put them out once they come. We do find rehab beds for those who truly want drug/alcohol care, but they have the same money problem as point #1. We occasionally force repeat offenders in rehab in an effort to stop the cycle, but forcing someone into rehab when they don’t really want it is futile. 4) The justice system. I will say that the police/judges overall mean well, but they are very reluctant to arrest or incarcerate mentally ill people. The vast majority of mentally ill people are not dangerous, but some are. Of the ones who are dangerous, most are perfectly capable of making rational decisions. They are violent because they know they can get away with it. Conversely, those who are violent, who cannot help in in the moment, should still be held responsible for their actions as well. A couple of years ago, I was punched in the face by a very manic young man. When he is on his meds, he is the nicest guy you would ever know. He just refuses to stay on his meds. I was the 4th health care worker that he assaulted in the last 2 years. I am a firm believer that patients who are known to be violent, have the responsibility to stay on medication, or suffer the consequences for their behavior when they do not. I cannot tell you how difficult the police made it for me to press charges or how reluctant the DA was to prosecute him. Ultimately, he was never arrested or prosecuted. His cycle of violence goes on. 5) Long term care. Back in the 60’s-70’s, most long term mental health facilities were shut down due to horrific abuse of patients. In a well meaning move, mentally ill people were “mainstreamed” into society. Mainstreamed is a kind way of saying that they were dumped in the streets and left to navigate an underfunded and over stretched out patient system. Some patients do quite well, but some do not. It breaks my heart to see how much some of our patients struggle to make it in the real world. They are simply too sick, regardless of whether they are on meds. I would love to see humane long term facilities come back. 6) Evil does not equate with mental illness. People who shoot up schools/grocery stores are evil. Yes, they likely have been involved in the mental health system due to past bad behaviors. I have met/interviewed a handful of truly soul less, evil people who have zero empathy for anyone. Most are a product of a terrible upbringing, but some are just born that way. There is no fixing evil. If they have the organizational skills to plan and carry out these horrific crimes, they definitely know right from wrong. They just do not care. Whew! Sorry for the length of this!

Finally! A benefit to being old!

I didn’t take it back then, but got Cincinnati, Louisville, and Lexington which is pretty accurate for a Northern Kentuckian.