4th Semester! Sorry for Missing an entire semester of blogging!

Hey everyone!

       I know I know This blog post is about 4 months over-due! By the space between the time of my last post I'm sure you have an idea of the type of semester I had last semester. So this blog will be filled and hopefully informative :-). Last semester was my 3rd semester, in school I studied Bugs and Drugs all semester so Microbiology and Pharmacology. There were three blocks: Fundamentals, Muscle-skeletal and Heme and Lymph, and Cardio-Respiratory. Cardio-Respiratory was my favorite and by far my most successful of my blocks. All semester I had an amazing tutor group. My friends Luke and Corey (who are both brilliant by the way) began tutoring and so I was first to sign up for their weekly tutor sessions. The group was small but it was perfect we were spoiled with the best tutors at Ross and there were only three tutee's Me, Maggi, and Kyle! I owe my super tutors a huge thank you for all of their amazing teaching and great tips and tricks for success :-).

Thats all you get about school b/c it was a crazy semester and I studied my Butt off but now on to the fun stuff...the 1 day a month I took off and the extra actual medical stuff I learned over the semester! I learned how to put in a chest tube practicing on the cadavers, I also was able to practice my suture skills. I learned how to run/perform a CODE and guess what!? We saved the Sim-Man!! I also even more fun learned how to place an IV. We practiced on one another and my brave friend Luke let me use him as a pin cushion for my very first human stick ever! I was successful 2 out of 3 sticks and I think he only had a bruise for a while..oops lol. Practice makes perfect right?! Last semester I was also on the executive board for the Pediatric Student Association and was able to organize my own clinic where we gave free physicals to about 115 children. Being part of Ped's was a great experience and I loved getting to participate in all of the other clinics that we held as an organization to help the children of Dominica! I even was on the Dominica National News which was interesting because its not just a local news but the news for the whole country!

As you all know I take the day after an exam off and so 3rd semester I was able to do some pretty fun things. Jay came to visit and we went on a hidden 7 waterfall hike that was absolutely a once in a lifetime experience. We also rented a catamaran and went on a cruise w/ 50 friends on the cruise we saw dolphins and a sea turtle it was an amazing day off! Also last semester we went to the 4th semester banquet to have a fun night with our 4th semester friends. So a lot of my friends were 4ths, some of my closest in fact so saying good-bye to them was super sad and happy. I was so happy for them all to be going on to 5th semester in Miami and Michigan where I know they will all be successful, but its sad because I will miss them all dearly during my final semester here on the island...its not a goodbye its just a see you soon! So with that I say to you all I promise to try and write more this semester...its the last one then off to where? Miami or Michigan?? I need to start thinking about where I want to go for 5th, any suggestions?

OMG I needed to save the best for last! I got to take a weekend getaway during 3rd to be in Nicole Fuggetta and Tom Kaczerski's wedding. It was the most special time and I am blessed that they asked me be part of their special day! It was the most fun wedding I've ever been to it was PERFECT down to every detail!

Till Next Time.....

Sutures 

Booze Cruise

Me doing a Cardio Exam for the Special Olympics Athletes

Everyone At Banquet

Jay and I at Banquet

Greatest Tutor Group Ever at Banquet

Kyle Doing a Cardio Exam @ A Ped's Clinic

Me and the Beautiful Bride Nicole