I know that I haven't blogged in a very long time. I just want to say that I am very sorry to all my readers. School was ending and I had so much to do and I couldn't find the time to blog.
Well, instead of just picking up where I left off and writing another extremely long blog, I will just tell you about this past week. As most of you know, my sister is in Australia, so I have been home alone for the second week of June. This past week I got the opportunity to do my clinicals for my Certified Nurse Technician training this week. I worked three twelve hour shifts. I thought that it would be extremely long and probably pretty boring. Actually, I learned quite a lot. There were three people who I met that really have a special place in my heart now because of this experience. One lady that I worked with is 102 years old. I was assigned to feed her, even though it was eluded that she never ate anything. At that dinner service, she ate 75% of her food and drank all of her liquids. Everyone was absolutely amazed. Another lady, I call her the Dr. Pepper lady, was just so sweet. After talking with her, she found out I was going to school to be a doctor and throughout my last day she called me Dr. Jillian. She was so sweet, and boy did she love Dr. Pepper. The last person was a lady that I met. Let me call her Ms. H for now. She was such a sweet lady. She had no use of her legs and no significant use of her arms. On Friday (my last day) she was assigned to me during the morning shift. I was able to do all of her care (that should be done everyday) and even rearrange and organize some things in her room. We talked about everything. She was so patience and kind. Because she was a nurse, she was able to walk me through every step of a lot of the skills that I needed to complete my clinical rotation. She holds a special place in my heart for teaching me more that any of the nurses or nurse technicians that worked in the long term care facility.
Right now, I am in Cancun, Mexico on a much needed vacation!! We got in later today, so most of the day was waiting and flying. Some of you might be thinking, "Why is she blogging on her vacation?" Well, I about almost ready to go to bed and I just had this on my mind and I wanted to write a blog about it while it is fresh in my mind. Anyway, tomorrow is going to be a day lounging around the pool. Hopefully, I will blog sooner than I did last time.
Have a great week!!!!
