Thanks for all the suggestions. I suppose I will have to start forwarding all these notes to back to myself. I had been trying to avoid that solution because I detest leaving significant amounts of work till later -- oh, well.
You don't really have to leave them until later. I will sometimes forward the chart from one child and switch back to the another child (often sibling) finish the note and go back. Doesn't really take that long. It just protects your note. If I walk out of the room and will be back in say 30 seconds, I will lock the screen. Kids like to play and can change a lot of things. So can your staff

I rarely leave the office with unfinished notes. It may take 2 seconds to save and 2 seconds to open, that's a lot better than having to restart a note, or pull it from the deleted catagory.