Last Blog post

This summer has been a really interesting one. This was one of the first online classes that I have taken and I has been an extremely interesting experience. At times the instructions were unclear and there was a few times I was going to drop the class, but needless to say I made it through.

This past weekend I went home to Saint Louis and I had a great time. I got to go to my best friends mom's 50th birthday party and it was a great experience. I was able to spend time with some very successful and very happy 50 and ups. It really changed my perspective on getting older. I know that 50 isn't really that old but for 20 year old me that's more than double my life.

I was able to see some lifelong friends reunite and see that there is life after 40. These "old" people had a great time and really know how to party. They danced and sang all night and I even was ready to go to bed before them. That was crazy for me because I expected the opposite. I was also able to catch up with some friends and family which was great as well.

Next week I will be attending my first leadership conference and I am extremely excited. I have never experienced anything like this and I dont really know what to expect but im excited. I have the opportunity to represent Missouri State University at this conference and I will do my best to be the best student leader I can be.

Last days at the hospital

Im coming up on my last days at the hospital and im kind of sad about it. I had to cut my hours dramatically to focus more on school because I know that I will not be in phlebotomy all of my life. I must BECOME A DOCTOR. IF not for myself for all the people that I plan to help. Im sure people probably get tired of hearing me talk about becoming a doctor, but its my passion and therefore its my life.

I will never stop talking about it until I reach my goal and then I will be the best Doctor in the world. That's a goal of mines too!

My Holiday Weekend

I hope everyone had a great 4th. Personally I enjoyed myself. I did what I love to do! I worked. It was great working in the emergency room over the holiday weekend. I promise there is nothing like it! Of course I expected to see many firework injuries, and as grim as it may sound I was excited to see what was going to come in. I think that all people in the medical field don't really want people to get hurt, but we feed off of the adrenaline and the opportunity to help someone get better. Clearly that's the entire reason you decide to go into this line of work.

One injury in particular I found really interesting. Some one was brought into the emergency room with an injury to the hand. I wasn't sure how bad it would be, but after all of the minor injuries we had come in I wasn't expecting much. Boy was I wrong. The patients had had been completely blown off. The only thing left was broken bone and a lot of blood, tissue, and tendons. It was so bad that the doctor decided to not really focus on the hand since it couldn't be saved. Instead we were to focus on the other injuries.

Being a health care worker sometimes it is easy to get caught up in the science and excitement of the injury and you loose the patient. In some situations its okay to loose the patient because it allows you to not get too involved or too personal. I began to think about how this patients life will change drastically when they wake up in recovery from their surgery.

Its amazing how this person was trying to put on a show for others and one simple mistake will change his life forever.

Opps

I really must have been confused the first time I read the assignment because I wasn't aware that we were supposed to be writing a journal everyday. I guess this does however set me up for a great first journal entry.

This screw up clearly shows how overwhelmed I have become by this summer. I know that most students take their summer to enjoy family and friends and just time off from school. I decided to work full time and take 10 credit hours of summer classes. While I know this is a decision that I made I am beginning to regret it almost. I just really dislike the fact that I have not had anytime to enjoy my summer.

I do understand why i'm taking the classes and maybe that understanding should make it easier for me to deal with it, but all I see is that my friends are back home having a great summer and I am here taking classes and working. All of the classes i'm taking are needed for medical school and that is my ultimate goal. I just wish that I was able to make myself understand the importance of that.

While I haven't really had the chance to enjoy my summer I do know that once I complete these classes it will all be worth it and I will appreciate all the hard work that I put into them. Maybe I am just to mature for my own good? I'm kidding but I must admit giving up a summer of fun for class and work seems pretty "grown-up" to me.  I guess we all have to grow up eventually.

I have a full life ahead of me hopefully and many years to have fun summers but this is the time where I have to crack down and get into medical school. I know that everyday it seems to be more and more overwhelming all I can do is remember that we are in week 5 and I have almost completed all three classes. I'm currently in the home stretch and if it was too much to handle I would not be at this point right now. So I can close saying to myself, "suck it up and finish STRONG".

TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY

I really enjoyed my day today. Besides the fact that I had a very large anatomy test today I was happy that I was able to make it through the test with no issues. Its one of the best feelings in the world to be able to say that I have completed another challenging test and now I only have one left. Thank God!