Here to There

Friday was supposed to be a short day, with class only from 9-11 but we had anatomy review in the room with the skeletons and bones from 1-3, for extra time with it. But it paid off! I studied a bit over the weekend, though not Davis Library kind of studying. And I made an A on my first exam! Bones just come easy to me now, for some reason. I don't have the same feeling about this next section, but I do feel better about it now that we are a couple days into it. I did get up an hour early (6:00!) to go early and study, but it turned out well. However, Monday was such a long day because I did get up early, I had my exam, right after the exam we went to the cadaver lab for the first time, had class from 1-3, and then CPR training and certification from 3:30-7! But I can save your life now, if you happen to fall out while I'm around. We even learned how to use the AED (automatic external defibrillator). It was such a long day, all I wanted to do when I got home was veg out. Which kind of happened while I was trying to read for Tuesday's anatomy class. But once I got through that, I started reading about Positioning Principles! That is some stuff that I can get into, because it actually will apply to my daily life.

The cadaver lab was something...We were only in there for about 15 minutes, because we had just taken an exam. My body didn't like the smell, though. I was fine, until the professor said that if you feel faint, just sit down or you can leave. Right then, I felt faint and lightheaded. So I got a stool and sat and was fine after that. I still refused to touch it or get extremely close to the cadaver, though. Today was much better! We were in there for a little over an hour, and though I still didn't touch, I did get pretty close and the smell didn't bother me too much. Except the male cadaver. Today we did the female first, and she was fine, but then we moved to the male to check out the pelvic region and he was kind of rank. In all seriousness. I do have to admit that it is fascinating, but maybe we can invent a way to do it so their smell is contained and I don't have to touch.

We had our first exam today in Patient Assessment and Care, Infection Control, and Medications and Contrast. I wasn't sure how I felt about it before we went in, but while I was taking it and right after I felt really good about it. But then I realized I think I was the first to leave. Which may not matter but I don't ever really like to be the first to leave. But I was. Whatever. Hopefully we'll get those back soon. After the exam I bought some scrub bottoms from the heatlh affairs store (carolina blue!) to wear to the cadaver lab. I don't do laundry enough to wear jeans there everyday! And in doing so, I think I might have found the style and size I need, and I can order my scrubs from allheart.com! I'll do that soon because I have to get them embroidered with the RadSci logo.

I'm going to veg out now, until 6:15 when I'm going to Zumba!!!