Updates
So it's been awhile since my last post... things are going better I suppose. I've gotten used to things at Heritage and it's begining to feel more comfortable... I just basically told myself to stop seconded guessing the things that I do and I'll be fine and it's worked alittle. I'm up to 4 patients now but one of them is going home next week... my first patient ever is actually making it back home. Go me! It's exciting at least haha. This week has gone by fast... there have been alot of inservices to go too which change things up a bit and I went on a home evaluation again to get out of the facility for awhile. That was fun... on the home eval my supervisor and the PT Jack were talking about this guy and how he volunteered to go to Vietnam and remove live landmines... and my supervisor wanted to know how you removed a live landmine and then my Gouger sense of humor kicked in and I replied "carefully" Luckily they had a sense of humor too. The inservices have been interesting too... today we had one on fire safety because they changed around all of their fire procedures. So they had this guy from an outside company come in a teach it and at one section he was showing us how to put out someone who was on fire in a wheelchair (because apparently elderly people catch on fire alot when they can't walk...) so he had fire protected clothing and a lap board which he kept lighting on fire for people to put out. He wanted four volunteers and he got three easily and then he was waiting for the fourth so he goes "Alright I'm just going to light myself on fire and someone save me..." And he did! The only problem was was that no one tryed to put him out. Some health professionals we had... he eventually put himself out but it was funny.
I even got a phone call last week from Cora my fieldwork cordinator back at school and I got my last placement at a UCP preschool!!! I'm so excited. I had a choice between preschool or the promise program but I choose the preschool because I figured it was close to Early Intervention where I really want to go and I will get to see more then just autism... all I could picture with the promis program was 10 little childern like the kid I work with in Cold Brook and I couldn't do it haha. I'm wicked excited though. UCP generally hires their interns and I already work for them so hopefully I may be getting a job through this! Fingers crossed! Need to make it through heritage first I supoose.
Other then that it's been quiet... I've been working alot and doing my internship. Yesterday was George's birthday so we went out to dinner and today I got to hang out with Miss Julianne for awhile! I missed her! I'm meeting a new family for UCP Tuesday... they live in Remsen and hopefully I can replace my Sauquoit family with them. I love the little girl I work with out there but it's way too much of a drive and for 4 hours it's not worth it. This kid in Remsen is 16 and severely autistic... he is nonverbal and behavioral so it should be a challange but good experiance for when I'm an OT. We will see how it goes I guess. I've also stopped drinking soda this last week and began watching what I eat... Since I've moved out of my parents house I've gained about 30pounds and I don't see it and my husband claims he didn't notice but I don't like the number on the scale so I'm on a "diet". Mainly I stopped drinking soda and instead of munching on chips all day I'll have a salad or an apple... working so far because I lost 4 pounds in the first week. Go me! Thats it for now though... I'm hungry haha.
