Nine more days!

Nine more days till I get to go hoooooome! I have the worst case of cabin fever.

I had my first palliative care patient last week (palliative care means that we're just relieving the symptoms, not treating the actual disease. It doesn't always mean that the diagnosis is fatal, but in my case, it was). I had a really hard time coming to grips with the fact that my patient was dying and all I could do was give her pain medication and hold her hand while she received plasma replacement therapy. I thought I would have been able to handle that type of situation better, but I guess nobody is ready to see anyone who's dying. I'm sad to say that it's going to get easier to handle these types of cases.

Last Wednesday I made an impromptu trip to go visit my BFFL in his college town (I couldn't stand to be in NewTown one second longer!). We had dinner together and watched the original Karate Kid. Then I went and visited my other friend at his apartment. We cooked kabsah, smoked too much hookah, and watched a movie. I didn't get home till 4 that morning, but it was so worth it! I really enjoyed getting out of town and being with similar company.

Unfortunately, my happiness was short-lived due to a very nasty cold that stuck around from last Thursday until today. I haven't been that sick in a loooong time! I didn't get a lot of homework done, which certainly put me behind. The worst part about being sick was that I had to miss clinical, my favorite day of the week! Thank goodness I'm feeling much better.

My parents are coming in on Saturday to visit for the weekend. I'm kind of excited to see them, but at the same time it's going to take away from my weekend study time. Then after that will be a weekend trip to Iowa with my friend, and after that will be a whole week off for Thanksgiving! I plan to be in the big city every night! I CAN'T WAIT!!

Wise words of the post:

"He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses." I see this more as a "hold no grudges" type thing. I used to have the worst time letting go of grudges, and have gotten better at it the past few years. I feel that if someone plants thorns, all he will do is step on them and hurt himself. Nothing good comes out of hate and resent, it only hurts you in the end.

This is me, and I'm just alive.