Feb. 28th at WSU...

This morning we had anesth. mockboards. I guess I wasn't really nervous--more excited for the practice. I still have a lot of studying to do before the real thing--hopefully I will be ready. I feel like I just can't remember drug names. It seems like I am going to pharm. school. Yikes! We got to give eachother the IA and PSA. Jami was a great clinician and a great patient. It was a little intimidating having two different professors breathing down my neck to make sure that I was giving the injections correctly. I guess things went okay. No positive aspirations and no hematoma's today. What a success!

This afternoon I saw my mother-in-law. I guess it makes me feel a little bit nervous to see family members. I find myself trying to be gentle--then realize that I'm not getting anything off--then I have to be a little bit more firm. She jumped a couple of times. I hope that she is okay. ha ha ha. We somehow carried on conversation and then it was over. I finished really fast without any errors. Yea! But then my mother-in-law informed me that she would be coming down to my house to use my computer tonight. I hope that she doesn't have any complaints about her mouth when I see her. ha ha ha

Another day down. I don't know if that is a good thing or not. I guess I am happy that time is passing--but a little nervous that boards will be here before I know it. I know that everything should be fine--but for some reason, I can't help wonder what will happen if I don't pass. I would just feel like such a huge looser. Is it possible to get all A's then fail in the end?!? I have been much more motivated to sleep than to study. I wish that I could just get all of my information through osmosis. Does that work? I just wish that I had the confidence in myself that others have in me. Everyone says "you'll for sure pass" and every time I hear that I get a little bit more nervous that I won't. Ahhhh...Maybe I'll just go into something else. Sometimes I think I should be on reality tv or Food Network, or be a professional ice skater. Sounds like me, eh?! Money really isn't important--Is it? ha ha ha. Of course it is!

Pictures from my little brothers homecoming...

This is a picture of my little brother Mitchell. He just got home from serving a mission in Brazil. Isn't he cute?! I love him so much. There is also a picture of my whole family (all 9 kids and my parents). YEA!

St. George trip last weekend...

These are pictures of me and my husband--and his family. YEA! We went to the St. George home show--it was great.

Last VA...Yippee..

So today is the last time I will ever smell the sweet aroma of the VA. I can't believe that I have survived waking up at 5:00 and spending the whole day with old, dirty, roast beef filled teeth! Wow. I am so grateful for the experience that I have had down here--but I don't really think that I will miss it.

Although today Kami was offering to prostitute me out to earn money for diamonds....I was willing! ha ha ha. We went to a great jewelry shop today on our lunch. I am obsessed with this diamond necklace that I saw. It is only $1,500, but I think that we could get a great group rate if everyone was willing to get one. It was so cute and I don't think that I will be able to think about anything else until I get it!

This morning I saw a 53 year old man (that smokes 50 cig's a day) that was trying to get me to go home with him. He was hitting on me the whole time I was cleaning his teeth--which took a while because the calculus was baked on and stained. YUCK! Then we finished a little early and he said that he wasn't leaving until I went with him. Yikes! I kept telling him no--but he wouldn't listen. He wanted to take me to the VA cafeteria! How romantic! I don't get it. I guess you just have to be careful who you are nice to, eh?! But yes Kami--I would have gone to lunch with him if I could get one step closer to that diamond necklace! ha ha ha

I have really enjoyed my time here with Kami. She is a great teacher and has taught me several skills that I will never forget. She made me laugh on several occasions--even if I was making mistakes. ha ha ha Thanks for all of your help.

Feb. 21, 2006

This morning my patient no showed.

This afternoon I saw a class 5. I didn't feel like I even got anything off. But it's over.

Feb. 14th at WSU...

Today I scheduled my patient to come in the morning. He was a crazy old guy. I'm pretty sure that the only reason he came in today is because I was sweet talkin' him on the phone. His teeth were grose. They were all broken and full of decay. He had all of his teeth on the top extracted. I had to ask him how he was able to eat. He said that he blends all of his food in a blender--then DRINKS it! He said that there is no limit to what he can eat--meat, etc. YUCK! Let's just blend everything right up--YUM! He had a lot of calculus, but it seemed to come off okay. I finished way early and was happy to have this stressful mock-board day done. I can't wait to go home--then do the exact same thing tomorrow.

Nothin' like celebrating Valentines day by scraping off calculus and getting blood and guts all over my face! YUM! How romantic. My husband better be ready to pamper me when I get home!

Feb. 7 at WSU...

This morning my patient had to leave--after being an hour late. He had high blood pressure. He thought that this was due to getting drunk last night. YEA! So, he will be going to MidTown Clinic in Ogden and then coming back to see me in a couple of weeks.

This afternoon, I was planning on asking my patient if he would be my mockboard. But the back luck continued and he didn't show up.

I called everyone on my recall list and everyone I know and tried to even schedule any appointments for the following weeks. It is just impossible to get people to come in when we are here. They don't want to come in for 2.5 hours. I am still looking for a mock board. I talked to one guy that said that he might be able to come--if he wakes up. I did a full mouth on him last semester--but most of his teeth were broken. He wasn't very nice back then or today when I called. You know that I must be desperate if I called him! Hopefully something will work out and I will have a patient in my chair next week. But then again--I thought that I would have 2 patients today. I guess you never know!

Wednes. Feb 1 at VA...

This morning I saw a class 2 that I saw last week. It was a guy that was scared to death to have me look in his mouth. Last time I had to see him in Dr. Erickson's chair so that he could have nitrous and the priveldge of having me hand scale him because there was no ultrasonic. YEA! Today I was not going to do that. SO somehow I talked him into just having ultrasonic and no nitrous. With a lot of talking and trying to get his mind on other things--it actually worked. I cleaned him much faster today and he was a lot easier on me. But he is done--YEA.

Then I also saw another fellow. I don't really remember much about him except that I was in Kelsey's chair and my legs couldn't fit around the chair. It was quite the stretch.

Only a couple more times at the VA. Yea!

Jan. 31 at WSU...

This morning I saw my first class 1. Yea. She was a really nice 25 year old girl. She took great care of her teeth and was very easy to clean. It was nice to have somone that really cared about their OHI.

This afternoon I did sealants on a little girl. She had so much saliva in her mouth I had a hard time getting her sealants to stick. I did 4. It was good experience.

After her I saw a class 5 lady with only about 8 teeth. She had a full upper denture that she refused to take out. She said that no one has ever seen her without her denture and she wasn't going to take it out for me. I went over a lot of OHI and told her to make sure to remove her denture every night and examine her tissue.

It seemed like a busy day. I was rushed to get everything taken down and set up for the next person that was waiting. I need an assistant! HA HA HA