Some baby ducks to brighten your day! Some baby ducks to make you forget that I posted this two days late! Some baby ducks that I didn't exactly take a picture of on the 24th. But they're cute, right?
Well, well, well, well, well. I think 5 wells are enough. I haven't blogged in over a year. I am only here because facebook reminded me that my blogiversary was this week. I even took the picture a day away from the blog and did it on Instagram in 2021. HOW DISLOYAL! I spent this last year getting my feet wet in urgent care. What a mixed bag of a career path. Why not blog about all the crazy things I've seen? I'm not sure. One reason is I have a constant fear of HIPPA violations while working within my community. Don't worry, I do have a list of funny things that have happened written down that I should entertain you with. I would like to blog again as I've learned is that I need a creative outlet. I need a stress relief. I need a project. I had (self diagnosed) depression earlier this winter as the covid positivity rate in my practice went from acceptable to probably 80-90% and I cance...
I have the immense privilege to be sitting right across from Maddog Medic in the flesh. We aren't speaking, though he is listening to me. Want to solve this riddle? He is transcribing an interview he did with me for his blog at this very moment. And I too am blogging at this very moment! How crazy?! I am stationed this week at the EMS today conference to stock up on professional wheelings and dealings and learn some stuff. This is a wonderful conference full of networking and new products and I learned already that one dose of glucagon costs $130. That's out of control! I cannot wait to catch up on disaster literature and EMS tricks of the trade and get as many free pens as I can at the expo tomorrow. As for now, I'm headed to a class on smart stuff and pediatric breathing problems. I am surrounded by EMS nerds and I love it! I spent the day learning about things above my pay grade such as how to read a chest x-ray and how to differentiate between subarachnoi...
I am happy to report that I officially got my "C" last week. PA-C that is, after stumbling through a five hour, life-changing exam. A few weeks ago I was really feeling fine about it until my neighbor said "Oh you're test is soon? Pretty cool as it's like the culmination of two years work right?" I left the conversation wide-eyed thinking, yes, two years of work. Although that isn't so accurate. Really, it's been like three years of taking prerequisites, re-teaching myself chemistry, saving money, boosting my resume, applying, being rejected, applying again, waiting to start, then 26 months of studying and scraping by, moving twice, working all of the holidays, first days, feeling intimidated, scrubbing in, fitting in, moving on, conferences, studying, studying, studying. As I walked away and all of this sank in, I started to panic, and panic studying gets me nowhere. What did I do with the last few months? Why did I re-w...
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