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Philowena

10/17/2012

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Cassidy and I were talking yesterday about bringing in all of the donations for Alec's Birthday into the clinic.  She was wondering if every one would remember her and wanted me to remind her of everyone she knows at the clinic. So as I started naming everyone, there was usually a sweet or funny ritual Alec had with some and Philowena was one of them. I don't know Philomena's official title, I think she is the ultimate coordinator for the Doctor's and Nurse Practitioner's, Nurse's and Patients. She keeps every thing going as planned as is possible, with boundless energy and a beautiful smile and a sense of humor.  (She'd always mention to Keith  "Bulmer's" beer.)   Her name is really Philomena but Alec called her Philowena and she chuckled every time he said it to her.  I said to Cass, "Remember Abracadabra Philowena?", she  remembered Philomena but not the Abracadabra part,  so I told her.
Alec's port did not always work as it was suppose to unfortunately.  It was hard enough to get one needle in his port on his clinic day or hospital trips, but often Alec's port didn't work which meant he needed 2 or more needles and special medicine to make it work which we'd have to wait for it to work and cross our fingers hoping it would.  Alec always worried that it would not work and one day he asked Philomena if the blood would come out of his port, or as Al called it, his "Nort".    And Philomena said to Alec as he was about to get his port accessed or a needle in his arm for his bloodwork, "Abracadabra make the blood squirt out",  in her adorable

Irish (i think) accent.  Alec loved this because 1.  he loved Philomena, 2.  because it made him smile,  and  3.  he mostly loved it because it worked.  Every time she said it,  Alec's port worked. Philomena told Alec that he could get her anytime he needed her to say this or call her anytime he needed her magic words. And we did call her when we were at the hospital, and she would say on speaker phone so Al could hear her,
"Abracadabra make the blood squirt out" .
It really was magical because Philomena's magical words worked.                                               She's a sweetheart.

I just heard on TV, GMA, Good Morning America that they are giving away tickets to see Taylor Swift, you can enter a contest on www.goodmorningamerica.com to win. You can only enter today and tomorow.
Sure would appreciate if anyone can enter for Cassidy -- Thank you

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barbara pellicio
10/16/2012 10:54:35 pm

Hi Laura, I just wanted to tell you that I have been reading all of your blogs. I hope this is helping you. The stories are great, some funny and some sad. I never knew Alec and this is helping me get a better picture of him.

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Holly
10/17/2012 05:11:13 am

I love this story. :) It made me smile and I could just picture Al when reading it.

p.s.
I entered the GMA contest last week for Cassidy! (fingers-crossed!)

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