Today I met Ethan Maddy. 7#5oz in Jones. It was a delight to see such a joyful baby being brought into the world. He is my cousin Darcee's son and he was delivered last night. I held him today and realized how great tiny babies are. I cannot wait to have one for myself...until then, I have some other issues in life. :)
So far, clinicals are going great. I have my fun days and my get-me-home asap days, but I am just soaking up everything and enjoying life to its fullest. God has blessed me with an amazing family, a fantastic sister that is moving right along in college, a strong and dedicated boyfriend, great roomies, and a schedule that is finally under control (somewhat), a job at B & N, and this week some babysitting jobs...praise Him because He is faithful in every way.
5 Happy Things about Today:
1. I made a poster for our career fair at Harris tomorrow, and the entire staff loved what I put together.
2. I got to see Ethan and Darcee, and Darcee was so happy!
3. I get to babysit the sweetest kiddos tomorrow night and Friday night!
4. Less than two weeks until I visit Nac!
5. Maddie's chocolate chip cookies are delicious!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Friday, September 7, 2007
as the days fly by
As time just keeps going by (hello...it's Friday!), I soak up the blessings that God has given me.
I finished my cancer/HIV rotation at Harris, and now I am moving on to Nutrition Support (Tube feeds, Parenteral and Enteral support, etc.). I'm growing closer than I thought to the patients and staff at the hospital...which is great news. My heart is there. Finally.
I got to tell one of the diet techs yesterday (as she mentioned that I didn't have to pay attn in the staff mtg) about what Lynn (a TCU friend) told me a couple of years ago: "when you go somewhere, be all there. otherwise, you should have never shown up." I've taken this and run with it. It makes me excited when I get to share it with others, too. I think too many times we go and do go and do, and never realize what we're going and doing. If we'd just slow down and realize the steps that we take each day, I bet we'd live richer more plentiful lives.
Speaking of plentiful lives...I was asked on my post test yesterday what I thought a quality of life meant. I was given a case study where a pt had decided to go on Hospice due to her incurable dx and her multiple poor rxns to trxs. She felt the need to continue pain meds but terminate her chemo and radiation trxs to try and live the rest of her life comfortably instead of going through sickness and alt rxns. Here's what I wrote:
A quality of life is truly a choice by the person undergoing trxs (esp chemo for CA pts). In my opinion, we all choose the quality of life that we live and although this lady has chosen hospice, she can still live each day to the best that she can. Trxs and sickness would be a burden to her and her family, but sometimes we have to make decisions like refusing radiation and chemo to move on with our lives and live the best we can with what we have. We all will die from something one day, but it's not how we die, but how we live that truly matters.
After the day was over, and I was about to go home. My preceptor read my post test and told me that the last case study was her mother. Sometimes we are just blessed.
I finished my cancer/HIV rotation at Harris, and now I am moving on to Nutrition Support (Tube feeds, Parenteral and Enteral support, etc.). I'm growing closer than I thought to the patients and staff at the hospital...which is great news. My heart is there. Finally.
I got to tell one of the diet techs yesterday (as she mentioned that I didn't have to pay attn in the staff mtg) about what Lynn (a TCU friend) told me a couple of years ago: "when you go somewhere, be all there. otherwise, you should have never shown up." I've taken this and run with it. It makes me excited when I get to share it with others, too. I think too many times we go and do go and do, and never realize what we're going and doing. If we'd just slow down and realize the steps that we take each day, I bet we'd live richer more plentiful lives.
Speaking of plentiful lives...I was asked on my post test yesterday what I thought a quality of life meant. I was given a case study where a pt had decided to go on Hospice due to her incurable dx and her multiple poor rxns to trxs. She felt the need to continue pain meds but terminate her chemo and radiation trxs to try and live the rest of her life comfortably instead of going through sickness and alt rxns. Here's what I wrote:
A quality of life is truly a choice by the person undergoing trxs (esp chemo for CA pts). In my opinion, we all choose the quality of life that we live and although this lady has chosen hospice, she can still live each day to the best that she can. Trxs and sickness would be a burden to her and her family, but sometimes we have to make decisions like refusing radiation and chemo to move on with our lives and live the best we can with what we have. We all will die from something one day, but it's not how we die, but how we live that truly matters.
After the day was over, and I was about to go home. My preceptor read my post test and told me that the last case study was her mother. Sometimes we are just blessed.
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