For the record Dad...

I tried to post about a week ago but my computer was giving me trouble. Anywho, this past week was the first week of my second semester in nursing school. I have so much to do. It's a little over whelming, but I get to do alot of fun stuff as well. We are required to do about 56 hours of clinicals, half in OR and half in Med/Surg. It's gonna be so cool and I'm so ready to get my hands dirty... or my gloves anyway.

Just like last semester I have a lot of reading to do and I was excited to get a jump on it, but the day before school started I got sick. Not only with cold like symptoms, but with some serious goop coming out of my eyes. Ever since Tuesday afternoon I have had fluid in my left ear that has yet to drain. Thursday morning I woke up to find the goop in my eyes turned green so I decided to go to the doctor. I am on two types of antibiotics and lots of Excedrin and Sudafed. I am feeling a little better, but still have so much sinus pressure. Needless to say it was very hard to pay attention in class this week. Just hoping next week will be better.

This week in lab we learned how to start an IV. I thought it would be as easy as drawing blood, which I did last semester, but man was I wrong. I did not realize that once you hit the vein you then have to push the catheter in as you pull the needle out. That it's easy to think you are in because you got a flash of blood in your needle, but you just went right through the vein. And just because you got in the vein does not mean that the catheter is going to stay in. I started to get nervous as I watched so may of my classmates try and fail. And of course how much pain their lab partners seemed to be in. But by the time I decided that I just needed to go for it we ran out of time and I could not stay late because of another class. My teacher said not to worry though, I will have opportunities in the OR.

All in all I very much looking forward to this semester. As long as I stay healthy I will make it out alive!