I felt right at home this week when there was SNOW and freezing rain in Dallas with temperatures in the 20s and 30s. My car doors were actually froze shut one morning. I didn't sign up for this cold stuff!
This week was full of learning. I got to do nutrition assessments on a wide variety of patients. Some with COPD and Diabetes, a suicidal patient, and a patient with hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome. Diabetes is quite the complex disease. I'm learning about medications and their interactions with nutrients and other medications. Psychiatry was interesting. My preceptor and I went walking around on the 5th floor (the crazy floor) and a lady started talking to us, who happened to live in Wisconsin for some part of her life. She told us her life story which included being involved in some cult in Necedah, WI. She knew where Stevens Point was along with all the hospitals in that area....that lady made my day. I got to follow a Respiratory Therapist for about an hour to see what they do. They deal with patients on ventilators (life support) and other forms of receiving oxygen.
Saturday night I went to intern, Kristin's house to watch The Packers!!! What an awesome game! We were screaming at the TV and having a blast. Hopefully I will see the team right here in Dallas in a couple weeks for the SUPER BOWL!!
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