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The Veterans Memorial Hospital Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, March 16 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital.

This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or has a friend or loved one with diabetes. For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, call Teresa Myers, RN, C.D.E., Diabetes Educator, or Angie Mettille, RN, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon at 563-568-3411.
 

Veterans Memorial Hospital will begin the next Prepared Childbirth Education classes (formerly called Lamaze) Monday, April 10, and that class will continue for two more consecutive Monday evenings beginning at 6 p.m. in the Large Conference Room.

The Prepared Childbirth Education classes at Veterans Memorial Hospital are offered in three sessions that allow the expectant parents to choose which topics they wish to learn more on. They may choose to attend one, two or all three sessions. Session 1 covers labor, delivery and the postpartum period following delivery; Session 2 includes relaxation, breathing and pain management; and Session 3 covers infant care. Tours of the OB Department are available with each session as well.

Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon will sponsor a Babysitting Seminar Saturday, March 25, from 8:30 a.m.- 12 Noon. The class will be held in the Large Conference Room located on the lower level of Veterans Memorial Hospital.

Intended participants are individuals 10 years of age and older who are responsible for their own care after school until their parents come home from work, and individuals who care for other children in or outside of their own home. Girls are not the sole babysitters in today’s society. Boys are also welcome and encouraged to attend.

Topics to be covered include fire and personal safety, accident prevention and emergency actions, nutritious snacks and basic care of children.

Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon has begun to transition to a new electronic medical record system as of March 7. This new system will now link to all departments, encompassing all areas of the hospital, including the billing department.

With this change, patients will see a new statement following any hospital service which will be a completely different look from what they are used to receiving due to the use of a new vendor. In addition, patient account balances will also be handled by a new system that will be unfamiliar to the current patients.

Since this transition will take place over the course of a few months, the hospital wishes to inform patients they may receive statements within just a few days of each other. Also, the statements from the two different vendors do not look alike, which may also cause confusion, and the hospital wishes to apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Memorials were recently received by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation in memory of Dick Delphey by Carol Paus and Dane Zarwell, Scott and Sandra Zweep, Betty Staggemeyer, Pearson Families, Keith Pearson, Agnes Pearson, Kent Pearson, Marjorie Pearson, Richard and Joan Leiran, Evelyn Burke, Brian and Karen Burke, Mike and Heather Hanson, Ray and Mary Ann Burke, Rosanne Sweeney, Mavis Berns, Don and Dawn Blocker, Betty Hogan, Jim and Margo Sweeney, Kevin and Kaisa Norwood, Jim and Dolores Schmitt, Harold and Marlene Payne, Jim and Sallie Driscoll, Randy and Amy Densberger, R. and Ann Deames, Mike and Diane Bols, Ed and Janey Schulte and Mary Kay Delphey.

Micah and Emily Boyum of Elgin announce the birth of their son, Benjamin Andrew Boyum, born February 22, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. and measured 20-1/4 inches in length at the time of his birth.

Grandparents are Michael and Kimberly Boyum of Ossian and Erika (Andrew) Ciszewski of West Union.
 

Zack and Chelsey Woodbeck of Waukon announce the birth of their son, Greyson Charles Woodbeck, born February 22, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 8 lbs. 6 ozs. and measured 20-1/2 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a sister, Kinley (2).

Grandparents are Robert and Peggy Woodbeck of Waukon and Richard and Kathy Speicher of New Hampton. Dana Waters of Waukon is a great-grandparent.
 

David and Amanda Reinhardt of Waukon announce the birth of their son, Nolan Dean Reinhardt, born February 24, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 8 lbs. 5 ozs. and measured 22 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a sister, Charlie (1-1/2).

Grandparents are Rick and Cindy Reinhardt of Waukon and Randy and Lori Hover of Dorchester.
 

by Jeremy Leitz, Allamakee County Executive Director (563) 568-2148

This past month has been filled with solid manure applicator trainings. We’ve had the opportunity to have Drs. Antonio Mallarino and Mazhar Haq, ISU agronomy department, present their work on phosphorus management. This presentation was extremely informative with discussions relevant to balancing fertility management and water quality challenges, why transport factors need to be considered along with soil test concentrations, and it had specific information relevant to manure application decisions and phosphorus management. A couple of which we wanted to specifically point out.