Two Weeks Down

After the second week and the first day of clinic at WSU I am feeling like I am back in the swing of things already. It actually feels like I never left. We had class on Monday and it was a short day so that was neat, we only had our first class because we went to the library and learned how to use the search engines to find articles for our research class. So that is why we did not have our second class. Tuesday and Wednesday were my favorite days of the week because I did not have VA, clinic, or class so I just stayed home and played. Well I really didn't play I worked a lot but I didn't have to drive to Ogden for school so it was fun, but it was really hard to get ready to go back to school after such a long break during the week. Then on Thursday I was pretty nervous to see my first patients of the year at WSU clinic. I had a class 5 and a class 1B, I was able to get both of them done OD and all. Neither of them needed x-rays though so I didn't get any of those done. I was kind of frustrated at the end of the day though because there were several people that found mock board patients already!! I am already feeling like I am behind!! Oh well, it was a good first clinic and I got 8 quads doen so I guess I can't complain. Oh and Friday was my ultimate favorite day of the week, we got our syringes out for the first time and put them to use. We got to practice on CHICKEN LEGS!!! It was super fun. we practiced aspirating in "bloody water" okay it was just water that was colored red but it was actually really great to be able to see how little we had to pull back to get the positive aspiration. We then stabbed the chicken legs, practiced aspirating on them and then injected them with lidocaine. I'm pretty sure if my chicken were alive his leg would probably still be numb, I think I gave him 4 carps!!!! I had a great time and it was very educational as well, double bonus! Anyway, now I am at the end of week two and this weekend is Labor Day weekend so I am looking forward to a long fun weekend.