PA School Graduation

The last 7 months have been whirlwind.

To say that I am a little behind with the blog would be an understatement.

But now that I have some free time on my hands,

I will try to document the last 7 months of our lives.
It shouldn't be that hard because all we have been doing is
studying, eating good food, and working out.

I thought I should start out with our biggest news.

I graduated from PA School!

I seriously thought that this day would never come.

I have been looking forward to being done with school forever,

but I also felt like it crept up on me.

For the last year I have been out on rotations.

Basically ever month I shadowed a new doctor in a different field of medicine.

It was so much fun to get a glimpse into all different types of medicine.

Last year, I decided that I would go into my rotations with an open mind.

I wasn't sure what scope of medicine that I wanted to

practice and thought this was a great time to learn a little about everything.

I thought I would love OB/GYN.
I find pregnancy so fascinating and child birth as the greatest miracle of life. 

I found out that I loved OB but hated GYN.

Babies are cool but everything else is not my favorite.

I thought I loved kids but realized that I did not like Pediatrics.

That is way to much snot and dirty diapers for me.

 I loved the thrill of being in the OR,

but found out that surgeons are not always the nicest people.

I think I cried every day of my surgical rotation.

I loved Cardiology and think that the heart is the coolest organ in our body.

I learned all about Rheumatology and the way our bodies can attack themselves.

I found out how real Psychiatric diseases are.

My last rotation was ER.

I had never really considered working in the Emergency Room.

But I came home after my first shift and knew this is where I wanted to be.

I LOVE the ER.

I love the energy that resides there.

I love being able to help patients in their moment of crisis.
I love sewing people up.
I love seeing an ambulance pull in.

I love running around and having a million things to think about.

I loved everything about it.

I know this sounds weird, and my husband thinks I am nuts,

but I have always loved hospital.

Hospitals are filled with interesting and high stake cases.

I get an adrenaline rush the minute I walk through those doors.

So, I feel very blessed that I got hired on to work for an amazing ER group.

I cannot wait to start working 

Overall, last year was been one of the funnest years of my life.

I can not believe that I am living out my childhood dream of practicing medicine.

I learned so much this year and grew so much as a person.

November 3rd, my graduation date,

 has been on my calendar for that last 2 and half years.
I have been looking at this date with anticipation and excitement.

This day was filled with a mix of emotions.

I was so excited to be done but so sad that it was over.

I has happy that I would never go to school again,

but also sad that this part of my life was over.

I was excited to start practicing medicine,

but sad that I wouldn't see my classmates anymore.

My emotions were all over the place.

I was so lucky to have all of my family surround me with Love on this special day.

I was extremely grateful for my in-laws who came

down to spend this weekend with me.

I seriously would have never made it through school without

 the love and support of my husband and all of my family.

They were my backbone when I was totally stressed out,
and encouraged me when I felt like the impossible could not be done.

They gave me the confidence and encouragement to keep going.

And I am so grateful for all of them.

I am especially grateful for my husband.

He is so supportive of me and my dreams.

He encouraged me to go to school and would give

me pep talks every morning.

I could not have done it without him.

I feel so blessed that I had this opportunity.

I am so grateful for my education.

I LOVED PA school and will look back at

this time of my life with fondness.

With that said I cannot wait to get back in the hospital.
I am stuck in the middle of a waiting game.
It takes a couple of months to get my license and to
get credentialed in all of the hospitals.
But this down time could not have come at a better time.
I am excited to enjoy the Holidays with friends and family