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Life has been insanely busy as of late (a week before I was supposed to leave home to Michigan until now). Here is a recap of my life the last two months:
Mid-Mayish:
It all started when I had this insanely large rash over the back of my neck and part of my face. I went to the death center on campus.... I saw the nurse practioner.. and of course.. she misdiagnosed me... I only went to see her cause I was itching so badly. Well, I had to get my physical done by the health center Doctor two days later, and he told me that was a terrible misdiagnosis and that it would go away in two days tops without any medication needed. And, not to my surprise at all, it did. Well, I called my mom to inform her of this, and she sounded really out of it. Finally she told me that Dad was in the hospital. He had had problems breathing the night before and mom made him go the hospital. The way she was describing all the medical issues, it sounded just like an MI to me. She told me she didn't have anymore information, and that I needed to go and have fun at the Senior Sendoff party in Lima. The senior send-off was alright. They had free beer: bud light, not the best, not the worst. Some of us got bored after we had our beers and decided to walk in downtown lima and find ice cream.... 30 minutes later and 4 guys following us.... we found it... So, my mom called me and informed me the next day that it wasn't a simple heart attack. My dad had rheumatic fever as a child, and as a result, his aortic valve was calcified. He needed to get his aortic valve replaced on Monday. Thankfully, Kier let me take the final via WebCt when I was home and Evan was able to help me move out of Ada on Sunday. I then woke up at the butt crack of dawn to go with my mom to the hospital and wait while my dad was in surgery. The surgery went very well: 2 hours ahead of schedule. His cardiac surgeon graduated from Harvard and is supposedly one of the leaders in new technology. His incision was barely an inch, which I had been told is insanely small for that type of surgery. He was in the hospital for 2 weeks after this, I visited him everyday. He is still recovering, but overall, is doing very well!! And a few days after he was discharged.... I started my first rotation...
June: Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy South Lyon,MI
At first, I was really worried about this rotation. I wasn't very good in compounding lab and barely remembered anything that I had learned from lab. The worst part of the rotation was the commute. On a good day, it was about 1 hour 15 minutes each way. When a huge storm hit Michigan in mid-June and left numerous trees and powerlines on roads, the commute got to as bad as 1 hour 45 minutes one way. On top of this, I worked sorta "late-hours" as a pharmacy was concerned: 9am-6pm. So, I would leave for work at 7 and not get back until 8ish. Besides the commute, the rotation rocked. You really see how arhaic our compounding skills are. I mastered the capsule machine, which was pretty fun to work. I also enjoyed learning about vetrinary medicine, as you are never taught about this in pharmacy school. One of the techs was a year younger than me, and we had the same taste in music. There was XM in the compounding lab, so it was good music all the time: Death Cab, White Stripes, Artic Monkeys, etc. I made some really good contacts, as South Lyon is in the Ann Arbor area that I would like to move to in the next year or two. Probably one of the best parts of this rotation was that there was barely any outside work that needed to be done. On the last day of work, they ordered carry-out for me from a really really good italian restaurant in town. To make a long story short,I would recommend this rotation to anyone. In fact, they are taking 5 Northern students this year. Of these 5, only 2 of us are from Michigan.
Before I left, Evan gave me my b-day gift 2 months early: an IPOD with an IPOD giftcard. I think today after work, I am finally going to get time to use it.....
One down.... 8 more to go....
Life has been insanely busy as of late (a week before I was supposed to leave home to Michigan until now). Here is a recap of my life the last two months:
Mid-Mayish:
It all started when I had this insanely large rash over the back of my neck and part of my face. I went to the death center on campus.... I saw the nurse practioner.. and of course.. she misdiagnosed me... I only went to see her cause I was itching so badly. Well, I had to get my physical done by the health center Doctor two days later, and he told me that was a terrible misdiagnosis and that it would go away in two days tops without any medication needed. And, not to my surprise at all, it did. Well, I called my mom to inform her of this, and she sounded really out of it. Finally she told me that Dad was in the hospital. He had had problems breathing the night before and mom made him go the hospital. The way she was describing all the medical issues, it sounded just like an MI to me. She told me she didn't have anymore information, and that I needed to go and have fun at the Senior Sendoff party in Lima. The senior send-off was alright. They had free beer: bud light, not the best, not the worst. Some of us got bored after we had our beers and decided to walk in downtown lima and find ice cream.... 30 minutes later and 4 guys following us.... we found it... So, my mom called me and informed me the next day that it wasn't a simple heart attack. My dad had rheumatic fever as a child, and as a result, his aortic valve was calcified. He needed to get his aortic valve replaced on Monday. Thankfully, Kier let me take the final via WebCt when I was home and Evan was able to help me move out of Ada on Sunday. I then woke up at the butt crack of dawn to go with my mom to the hospital and wait while my dad was in surgery. The surgery went very well: 2 hours ahead of schedule. His cardiac surgeon graduated from Harvard and is supposedly one of the leaders in new technology. His incision was barely an inch, which I had been told is insanely small for that type of surgery. He was in the hospital for 2 weeks after this, I visited him everyday. He is still recovering, but overall, is doing very well!! And a few days after he was discharged.... I started my first rotation...
June: Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy South Lyon,MI
At first, I was really worried about this rotation. I wasn't very good in compounding lab and barely remembered anything that I had learned from lab. The worst part of the rotation was the commute. On a good day, it was about 1 hour 15 minutes each way. When a huge storm hit Michigan in mid-June and left numerous trees and powerlines on roads, the commute got to as bad as 1 hour 45 minutes one way. On top of this, I worked sorta "late-hours" as a pharmacy was concerned: 9am-6pm. So, I would leave for work at 7 and not get back until 8ish. Besides the commute, the rotation rocked. You really see how arhaic our compounding skills are. I mastered the capsule machine, which was pretty fun to work. I also enjoyed learning about vetrinary medicine, as you are never taught about this in pharmacy school. One of the techs was a year younger than me, and we had the same taste in music. There was XM in the compounding lab, so it was good music all the time: Death Cab, White Stripes, Artic Monkeys, etc. I made some really good contacts, as South Lyon is in the Ann Arbor area that I would like to move to in the next year or two. Probably one of the best parts of this rotation was that there was barely any outside work that needed to be done. On the last day of work, they ordered carry-out for me from a really really good italian restaurant in town. To make a long story short,I would recommend this rotation to anyone. In fact, they are taking 5 Northern students this year. Of these 5, only 2 of us are from Michigan.
Before I left, Evan gave me my b-day gift 2 months early: an IPOD with an IPOD giftcard. I think today after work, I am finally going to get time to use it.....
One down.... 8 more to go....