Wow.

So, today was a great day. I am kind of getting tired of looking at Vagina's so, today I decided that I was going to try to find something new and fun to do. There was nothing fun going on in The Spine and Total Joint Center so, I decided to venture up to L&D to see if there were any C-sections going on. There were!! I got to stand in on two of them today! In between the two cases, I went back down to the total joint center and got to witness a total hip replacement. The patient was so funny. He was a 60 something year old man that hopefully was getting some of his youth back. He was singing the bear necessities to me. Clearly, his pre-op meds were kicking in. He was too cute.

All in all, it was a great day. Went back to school, signed loan paperwork and found out that my school finally wrote off the last $2500 that I owed. Incredible. It really was a great day!

Interesting Docs!

Today was a great day. I did a total Shoulder and a total knee. For the first time, I say a doctor flip off his assistant, not once but twice AND told him he had shit for brains. It was hilarious. He flipped off my preceptor too and in turn my preceptor flipped off me. It doesn't seem as funny when I type it but if you would have been there, it was hilarious.

I am getting more and more confident every day. I feel good. Like I was supposed to do this job. Life is good.

What a Whirlwind it has been!!

The last month has been a pretty amazing time. I have seen guts and intestines, the inside of someone's brain and a whole lot of other stuff. I wanted very much to blog on a daily basis but, I am just too tired. My case range has been crazy- anywhere from Gyn stuff to urology from Brain surgery to total knees! I have seen a thyroid removed and put my fingers on someones trachea. I touched a carotid artery pulsing away in someones neck. I am fascinated and amazed on a daily basis. I know that I gross people out sometimes and I don't mean too. It is not that I want to - I am just so excited about all that I am doing every day so, apologies to you if you are one of the ones that I have grossed out.

I have decided to move forward with my education and enter the Surgical Assisting Program. I am looking very forward to it and am super excited. I need to find another surgeon to sign off on my skills and I am fairly certain that I know who it is. I need to find out tomorrow when she will be at the hospital next and chat with her then!!

Ok. Going to try to blog more often, not that I have anything that excited that anyone really wants to hear about it but, I like trying to keep tabs on my own life since I feel like it is flying by in front of me - without me. LOL