Blog 10. Old Albums, New Art.

The wall behind our living room TV is decorated with 15 album covers. Collecting them with husband was way fun but they smell old, as did our hands after digging thru hundreds of albums. Now we have 15 records with and no record player. Anyone want some Dolly Parton or Stevie Wonder?

Blog 9. Summer in a Nursing Home.

I just completed 5 weeks of interning at a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility. After day 1 I wanted to cry, because 'adults are not for me'. My opinion changed drastically by day 2, I love it! (shocked? So am I.) Here are the most notable points of my journey thus far:

1. I got a lesson in ALWAYS looking at charts/24 hour reports before seeing patients. Day 1, patient 1, my very first elderly patient ever was no where to be found because he went to be with the good Lord, which we would have known had we looked at his chart.

2. An 84 year old can be just as stubborn as a 4 year old. Seriously.

3. I can handle a child's mucus but not an adults, no matter how hard I try.

4. One day, while trying to do swallowing exercises with a patient, she yelled as loud as she could "I don't want this Aryan touching me, get away!!!" (she used a few harsher words...)  I learned my blonde hair and blue eyes may not always work in my favor.

I experienced something I never in a million years thought I would like as much a pediatrics, but I love it. Who knew.