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Wofford

@wofford

I am a nurse, wife, mother and grandmother with a variety of skills and interests. My parents thought I should be an author. But I don't like to be alone.

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Wofford
@wofford Jul 1, 2018, 3:12 PM UTC

My darling granddaughter is moving to Korea

My heart is aching. I will miss her and her parents so much!

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Wofford
@wofford Feb 11, 2018, 11:46 PM UTC

Hidden people

When I read the hospital record of the patient who I was going to visit next, I couldn’t decide whether I was more frightened of where he lives or who he was. I was going to have to drive into the wo…

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Wofford
@wofford Jan 29, 2018, 5:39 PM UTC

My baby’s baby

My daughter’s baby girl is named Hannah. Her father is Burmese, so Hannah has darker coloring than her mom but the same curly hair and sassy attitude. In Texas, calling a girl “sassy” is a compliment…

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Wofford
@wofford Jan 27, 2018, 6:05 AM UTC

How can she smile? She's bedridden!

I paid a nursing visit to a young woman who cried when she told me her story -- How frustrating and lonely it is to be stuck at home; How her whole life was changed by an illness she never could've i…

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Wofford
@wofford Jan 26, 2018, 2:06 AM UTC

To the nursing home, or to Paris, France?

My patient has jet black hair with 3 inches of white roots showing. She weighs 300 lbs (136kg) and gets around in her wheelchair by pushing herself with her bandaged feet. Huge metal oxygen canisters…

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Wofford
@wofford Jan 21, 2018, 9:45 PM UTC

Charlotte's first birthday

My little granddaughter Charlotte actually has 3 first birthday parties. The first one was with her Korean church and she had a traditional Korean party with a lot of food. The second one was at home…

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Wofford
@wofford Jan 14, 2018, 5:02 AM UTC

Texas Hispanics may surprise politicians

I have been driving around the poor neighborhoods of DFW for the past month, seeing patients again, after a year of absence. Let me tell you what I notice: lots more Spanish signs and businesses ever…

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Wofford
@wofford Jan 14, 2018, 12:51 AM UTC

Texas tornadoes

Three years ago, powerful tornadoes tore through my brother's Texas neighborhood. I've lived in Texas all my life, and tornadoes are a fact of life here - rare but regular disasters that affect a few…

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Wofford
@wofford Jan 6, 2018, 5:19 AM UTC

Baby chicks - I'm awe-struck!

Our Australorp hen has been sitting eggs for the past 22 days. Two chicks died in the shell, and I was nervous that the rest of the eggs wouldn't hatch either. But tonight when I went to the backyard…

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Wofford
@wofford Jan 4, 2018, 1:43 AM UTC

My hen is broody and I am nervous!

I have 11 hens and one rooster in my suburban backyard. Four weeks ago one of the hens went broody. I wasn't that interested in having little chicks to care for in the middle of winter, but I couldn'…

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