The best day...or close to the best week.
(DISCLAIMER: I wrote this post about a month ago but it didn't publish. Way to go, Blogger.) Been a busy week clinical wise. On top of Mountain Day, mom visits and other tidbits of happiness, it has really been a busy week! Thursday was rather busy for us Jackson County folk; we helped run a flu shot clinic! Woohoo. It wasn't as busy as I had hoped it to be, but that was because a lot of the community had already gotten their flu shots somewhere else. I can't begrudge these individuals for already getting them, but we could have sure used the service. :] We started out at a local business and gave the vaccines to some of the employees. They were such good sports; laughing and joking around with us and poking fun at their buddies. Sure took the tension off of me; I hadn't given a flu vaccine in a few months. We must have the magic touch or something; nobody flinched, screamed, cried or passed out. One lady said when I gave it she didn't even feel it! Check plus! Once the clinics were over, we ventured back; it was pretty quiet for the rest of the place. So we all took off a bit early for some lunch at a super local place! Don't know what's going to happen next week; but that's the fun of it!
Onto yesterday! It was by far one of the best clinical days I've ever had!!!! I was in the nursery and got to see a baby from a family that I know. A family that I know quite well and have known for quite some time now since I've been here at Berea. That actually hasn't happened to me since I started clinicals in which I've known somebody. I think the pressure is greater when you know the people; you want to in a way show off and say "look at what I do now" and you of course don't want to hurt them or do/say anything that could put things off. But anyway, there's my spiel. Things later in the day got a bit quiet, considering there were 8 babies that we started with. That was nuts. It's not so bad to have one baby take the lead in a screaming/crying fest, but with 4 or 5....geesh. And it never failed...when one would start, pretty soon another would start. I always said that babies don't talk back to you; sure they don't because of course babies can't speak. HOWEVER, I must confess that I now do believe that there are multiple ways that they do, just non verbally. In a way, it's their way of "talking back" because things didn't go their way. (I'm kidding, of course).
Well that's enough about my joying and gushing about babies! More clinical nonsense and happiness awaits!
Onto yesterday! It was by far one of the best clinical days I've ever had!!!! I was in the nursery and got to see a baby from a family that I know. A family that I know quite well and have known for quite some time now since I've been here at Berea. That actually hasn't happened to me since I started clinicals in which I've known somebody. I think the pressure is greater when you know the people; you want to in a way show off and say "look at what I do now" and you of course don't want to hurt them or do/say anything that could put things off. But anyway, there's my spiel. Things later in the day got a bit quiet, considering there were 8 babies that we started with. That was nuts. It's not so bad to have one baby take the lead in a screaming/crying fest, but with 4 or 5....geesh. And it never failed...when one would start, pretty soon another would start. I always said that babies don't talk back to you; sure they don't because of course babies can't speak. HOWEVER, I must confess that I now do believe that there are multiple ways that they do, just non verbally. In a way, it's their way of "talking back" because things didn't go their way. (I'm kidding, of course).
Well that's enough about my joying and gushing about babies! More clinical nonsense and happiness awaits!
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