How about asprin, Tums, Pepto, Bengay, bandaids, wrist braces, and frozen
dinners (for all the times she'll work mandatoroy OT and is too tired to
cook)


On Thu, 04 May 2000 07:36:59 -0500 (CDT) Becky Scholes
<raws43@hotmail.com> writes:
> Lynn,
>
> What wonderful "fun" ideas for the future technician!  I think they
> would be
> great retirement gifts, too.
>
> Becky
>
>
> >From: Lynn Gardner <lynn-gardner@uiowa.edu>
> >To: Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> >Subject: Gift for Histotech
> >Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 18:01:20 -0500
> >
> >I thought of this of course after I deleted the message so this is
> for the
> >Histotech that has the technician that is leaving and wants a
> unique gift
> >for them.
> >
> >What about a histo survival kit you could go serious and put in:
> disposable
> >blades, small bag of paraffin, slides, coverslips, or other various
> things
> >we use in the lab
> >
> >OR
> >
> >Go goofy with things like: make a paraffin hand (fill glove with
> paraffin
> >solidify) tape a note to it saying "Helping hand", Spell out
> letters with
> >tissue (take unused tissue ready for disposal and carve letters,
> process
> >and embed them in paraffin cut them and put on slides spell out
> "Farewell"
> >or something like that mix the slides up on the tray and make up a
> bogis
> >report to go with it that has his/her name on it but under the
> Microscopic
> >have everyone express how they will fill when this person is gone
> and under
> >diagnosis say something like Wishing you well. Have one of or all
> of the
> >pathologists and/or technicians make a tape of funny things that
> have
> >happened in the lab over the years. If you have someone that does
> >impressions have them do a funny dictation, my favorite is Mr
> Rogers does
> >dictation. Make some kind of ornament or mobile out of lab
> materials.
> >
> >That is about all I can come up with for now. Hope this helps. Have
> fun
> >with it if the person has a good sense of humor.
> >
> >Good Luck,
> >Lynn Gardner, HT(ASCP)
> >
> >
>
>
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