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Greg's Journal: My Favorite Part Is Waking People Up

People often ask Greg what it's like to put someone to sleep. But if he's honest, that's not his favorite part. In the thirteenth entry of Greg's Journal, the CRNA reflects on waking patients up, the beautifully ordinary good days, and the four words he loves saying most.

Greg's Journal: Trust Is Always Earned

One of the things that surprises people about Greg's job is how quickly trust has to be built. In the twelfth entry of Greg's Journal, the CRNA reflects on the minutes before surgery, the airway that always gets his attention, and why trust is always earned.

Greg's Journal: I Joined the Marine Corps

People sometimes assume Greg joined the Marine Corps because he came from a military family. That's only part of the story. In the tenth entry of Greg's Journal, the CRNA reflects on why he really enlisted at eighteen, what boot camp taught him, and the lessons that still shape his life.

Greg's Journal: My Father Never Told Me to Become a Nurse

Greg's father never told him to become a nurse. He didn't have to. In the ninth entry of Greg's Journal, the CRNA reflects on growing up Navy, on watching his father care for people, and on the lessons that are taught not by words but by example.

Greg's Journal: Why I Created Silent Night

People sometimes assume Marion and Greg sat down one day and decided they needed a sleep spray. In the eighth entry of Greg's Journal, the CRNA behind Silent Night walks through why he made it, why the beakers came out, and why he made the scent stay quiet.

Greg's Journal: The Day I Lost My First Patient

Before Greg ever gave anesthesia, he learned a lesson that has stayed with him for the rest of his life. In the sixth entry of Greg's Journal, the CRNA reflects on losing his first two patients on the same day in nursing school, and the philosophy of care that day shaped.

Greg's Journal: For the Quiet Hours

People often ask Greg what "For the Quiet Hours" means, expecting him to explain a sleep spray. Instead, he usually ends up talking about life. In the fifth entry of Greg's Journal, the CRNA behind Silent Night reflects on the moments before sleep that shape a life.

Greg's Journal: I Never Planned to Become a Lavender Farmer

If you'd asked Greg twenty years ago what he'd be doing today, growing lavender would not have been on the list. In the fourth entry of Greg's Journal, the story of how a schoolhouse, a lawn mower, and a farmers market slowly turned into a family business.

Greg's Journal: The Patient Who Quietly Changed Me

There are patients Greg remembers because of how sick they were, and others because of the complexity of their care. And then there are the few who stay with you for reasons that have nothing to do with medicine. In the third entry of Greg's Journal, the story of Mr. Mitchell and the lesson in gratitude he never intended to teach.

Greg's Journal: The Most Important Promise

Every morning, Greg asks strangers to trust him. In the second entry of Greg's Journal, the CRNA behind Silent Night reflects on the promise he makes to every patient before they close their eyes, and how the same mindset shapes everything we make at Bloomfield.

Greg's Journal: Sleep Is Recovery

As a Marine, an ICU nurse, and now a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Greg Wiggins has learned one lesson that has stayed with him through every chapter of his career. Sleep isn't wasted time. Sleep is recovery. The first entry in Greg's Journal, on why the quiet hours matter more than we think.

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