'Tis the Season
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday! Ours was wonderful. I am having a hard time believing that December is here and in just a few short weeks I'll be watching my 2-year-old open her gifts. I feel that the rush of the season has officially begun for me - so much to do, so little time!
We began decorating for the season a couple of days ago and I had big hopes for my daughter actually hanging a few ornaments on the tree with me; however, she decided that the ornaments she was given looked much nicer laying in a row underneath the tree! We had a great time. While this time of year has always brought me such joy, it now brings me great sorrow. My younger sister passed away in June of 2007 at the age of 28 (she had Spina Bifida) and our family is still deep in the grieving process. I miss her dearly and I pray for the strength to get through my second Christmas holiday without her here.
I am still happily plugging away at my coursework and am now learning about Cardiopulmonary. It has been very interesting thus far. I have noticed that since embarking on a medical transcriptionist path, my respect for the human body has changed. I always knew that our bodies were complicated machines, but what I have learned about its inner workings, continues to amaze me.
When I last posted, I mentioned that I had been ill (5 weeks today, but who's counting?!). I am still battling a terrible cough and went for a chest x-ray yesterday. All is normal, as the doctor expected, and now I am on a new medication for a few days. Doctor appointments certainly take on a different meaning when you are starting to piece together how your systems work. I think that between the textbooks I am constantly buried in and all the episodes of "House, M.D." that I've seen, I should be able to self- diagnose soon!