Echocardiography.

So after I realized I forgot to post today, it hit me, I haven't even gone into detail about what I do. In case anyone out there in the cyber world cares, why not share?

I'm a Senior in college finishing up my Echocardiography program. Echocardiography is ultrasound of the heart. The exact same thing that they do to check out the babies while they are still in the womb, except I'm scanning your chest and looking at your heart.

I initially wanted to do general ultrasound, where I would be able to look at babies, and all of that fun stuff, Buuuuuut I didn't have a good enough GPA, so they "stuck" me in the Echocardiography program. I say stuck because then, it was the last thing I wanted to do, but now I am in love.

Now that I am in my senior year I'm basically just in clinicals finishing up a few classes. However my clinicals are like a full time job, I'm working in a hospital 35+ hours a week without pay. Jipped, I know. But that is the price of education along with thousands of dollars for tuition.

Unfortunately I'm not in clinicals like the rest of my senior class right now. It is a long story that I don't even feel is important to tell, so I won't, but basically it is paperwork issues. I'm just waiting for my background check and drug screen check to get cleared. I have literally been sitting by a phone all day everyday waiting for the call that I .can finally go into the hospital.

Boredom hit is max today and I decided that I was going to go to campus today and help teach the Echo Freshies how to scan.  Ms. Stanley decided to snap photos of me today while I was helping out. She said it would look good in my portfolio haha. Helping these kids out can be soooo frustrating. However, as corny and teacher like as it sounds, it is very rewarding. I love how excited they get when I see them get the photo they've been struggling to catch, or they know their anatomy. I remember being in their place a year ago and thinking I was never going to make it. I remember thinking I was the worst scanner in the world and I could never do a complete study in 45 minutes or less. Here I am now, getting 95% on all my scanning comps and finishing in nearly 20 minutes.

It is so crazy to think that next semester(summer) I'm going to be out job hunting and going in for interviews, all while studying for my registry exam. Its nerve racking, exciting, and I can't wait to see what my life is about to be like. I have so many options and I can't wait to explore each and every single one of them.

Well It is 12:55 am... I guess I "missed" my blog for 1/16 but I'm gunna let myself slide on this one. I better head to bed, because here's hoping I get that phone call in the morning saying I can head to the hospital to start Clinical rotation for the semester.

WISH ME LUCK!!