Day one. Noon meds.

Morning instructions were over and the bell rang. I pulled the three kids out of the lake so we could get ready for lunch. By this point all three of them had prune-like fingers and toes, were shivering and waterlogged but very happy. We trudged up the hill and then up the three sets of…

Day one. Aftermath of the "missing camper".

Ooops! David, my little sick camper in the infirmary, was the missing camper! I wondered if I had missed something? Was there some form of communication that I had failed? Should I have found out David’s next instruction and gone to tell the instructors?I quickly stood up and ran up the stairs to the staff…

Day one. Morning instructions.

After I had finished up my documentation I perused the list of meds for after lunch. Only a couple, so that would be easy. I pulled them, placed them in med cups and penciled the campers’ names on there. Now I would be ready to go after lunch.I skipped up the back staircase to my…

Day one. Morning meds.

After breakfast I turned the kids over to child care. They took the kids back to the rooms to get them changed into their bathing suits, covered in sun block and get them all ready for their swimming lessons. Meanwhile, I would go to the health office and see kids who needed their morning meds….