First Day with my loopes!!!

I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove my loopes. They are so nice, and they help me see so much better. Not to mention they are sexy. Yeah!!!!!! I had the perfect patient to use them on at first, she was a class II/ class III. It really helped. I did not miss any spots. I also gave injections for the first time today. I felt good about them, except I need to make sure I have all the necessary items before I get started. In the afternoon my patient did not show up, but my awesome hubby came to the rescue. He is amazing. I am thankful for him everyday.

Last week 3 P.E.'s

So last week I forgot to write on this here blog, but this is how it went. We had a lab all morning and we learned blood glucose, files, saliva testing, medicaments, and etc. I was the victim of the blood glucose test and my blood glucose was 68 mg/dl. which is low so I guess I am a little hypo. I hope that I don't become diabetic like the rest of my family. In the afternoon I saw two little girls who were so cute, but they had a little anxiety about getting a cleaning. Lets just say that x-rays were a challenge, but I was a little behind on P.E.'s so I got 3 done. Now, I feel a little better. So that was it for last week.

One mock board down two to go!!!

Today was mock boards, and I barely got any sleep last night because I was worried about doing well. I arrived at clinic early and started to feel a little better. I had everything ready and I just had to wait for my patient, but where was he. He is always on time and so dependable. By 8:10 a.m. I started to worry. If our patients were not checked in with the examiner we were docked scale time. I decided to call him. He answered and said he was on his way. I asked him how long it would be. He said he would be there in about ten minutes. I looked at the clock and thought are you kidding me, that means I have five minutes to get his health history signed, take his blood pressure, get all the other paperwork signed, and get back up to the front desk. Ahhhh!!! Then I calmed down and got everything organized so that I could do it all as quickly as possible. Ten minutes later he was still not there. Fifteen minutes later still no Francisco. Just as the tears started to well up in my eyes Kelcie was there to calm me. Thank goodness for her or I would have been a mess. He finally arrived at 8:35 a.m. He look as stressed as I was. He said he felt really bad and that his alarm did not go off and then there was traffic. I got him up to the front desk in a flash, but I still got like twenty-five minutes deducted from my scale time. He qualified, so I brought him back and started scaling. The time flew and before I new it time was up. I brought him up front, and then waited for the examiners to check. Which they forgot about him for some time, but they finally brought him backed and checked him. I missed one spot of calculus and my probings were all on. I did miss points because I guess I imagined some recession that was not there, but all and all I did great. I passed and that is really all that matters. I just hope I do that good on the real board exam.

The Dental Hygiene Students worse nightmare a reality!

Tuesdays Clinic started off great I finished my exam patient and did not have any errors. I had a great lunch, well if you consider drinking my bowl of soup because we were out of spoons a great lunch. Then my afternoon patient arrived. I sat him in my chair and started to look at his health history. There was not anything very concerning until I ask if he was taking any other medications not listed. Then he pulled out a full page of typed up medications. Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! My poor Pt. had to wait forever while I looked up all the side effects of every medication and listed each one along with the reference page. I swear it took about an hour. I guess that's what I get for not getting the health history filled out prior to the appointment. I never thought I would get him done, but then as it turns out he had no calculus, and was surprisingly easy. I got him all done x-rays and all. With not errors or x-ray retakes. So it all worked out. He was so awesome and so patient. Even though he was in a great deal of pain because of his recent back surgery. With all the trials some people go through it is amazing how kind and light-hearted they can be. He was a real inspiration to me, to appreciate all that I have, and to not sweat the small stuff. It is amazing what we take for granted every day.

Count your blessings

So my blessings came last week in the form of a class III patient!!! I have not gotten any class three's so far so I was really starting to worry. I need two class III exams for the semester and had no prospects. That was until Wednesday at the VA. I was joking with my group on the way down that I had to have a class III that day, and as luck would have it my first patient was a class III. Not only that, but he did not need to be numb. So I called him as an exam and got all four quads. in one appointment!!!! It was the greatest day ever. I missed a couple spots, but oh well. Now just to find another.