Today starts a new chapter as I retired from my full-time job with HCA Healthcare yesterday. I’ve served in San Antonio and Nashville, and it has been the bulk of my pharmacy career; 23 years of the 43 I’ve been in practice.It has been a time the past few months during the pandemic of looking back over my adult years and since I’ve worked full-time continuously since my graduation, many of my memories center around the people and places associated with my employment.There are memories of my first job as a Night Pharmacist in Oklahoma City and then advancing to a new position of ICU Pharmacist. At a different hospital I have great memories of the people and the excitement of working in the first OR Pharmacy and being present for the first heart transplant in Oklahoma. I remember the kindness of people helping me to learn and making me feel appreciated for my small contributions to healthcare.In San Antonio, Texas I worked with great people at Baptist Medical Center and then on to the st
