Just a few days until we depart for some sunshine in San Diego. B is stalking the forecast out there, but I keep telling him those weather experts won't know next week's weather until next week. In the meantime, school has kept me running around like crazy:
Tuesday I stood-in on a surgery for my adult health clinical! I saw a hip arthroscopy! It's a pretty easy, fast out-patient procedure, but still very amazing to see firsthand. I got to pass tape to the resident, see a camera inside a joint, andhold down the patient's arm when he woke up from anesthesia. What a strange, amazing thing! I really enjoyed it, but I don't see myself as an OR nurse. It was still a cool adventure and I brought home one of the special pens for marking surgical sites. (I'm totally plotting what to do with it now...) My patient was up and moving quickly after surgery -- they don't mess around about early ambulation.- Wednesday B heroically got me to school in time for a 7:20 a.m. quiz when I woke up at about 6:50 thanks to a dysfunctional alarm and my wacky schedule of late. We zoomed safely to school on time for my quiz and ready for the rest of my class day. Phew!
- I got a 100 on my Community Health Exam. While I can be incredibly intimidated by tests I can also rock out at them. Community Health is stuff I know -- school nursing details, what government does for health and how worker's comp works. Hooray for a good grade and the esteem boost!
- Tomorrow I go see my little one with asthma for Community Health. I got her mom a notebook for jotting down questions for the doctor, details from appointments and any concerns she has -- hopefully this helps. I've found that carrying a pad of paper to help a lot. It shows that you are paying attention and think about your health besides the 20 minutes at the clinic. And, if you go to my doctor you can write a grocery list or doodle instead of reading a Newsweek from 2008.
Happy Leap Year!
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