Critical Care

Hey y'all!

Right now, I am writing my second to last profile...EVER!! I am very excited, and I am actually (surprisingly) kinda of enjoying writing my profile. It is fun to read about a disease process in one - or more - of my nursing books and then connect what the book says with the treatments, meds, and procedures that my patient has had. So far, my profile is 19 pages...and I still have a lot left! I have already written several pages on small bowel obstruction (lovely topic, I know..) and am now starting on COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. My patient is in the end-stages of COPD and would most likely not be able to even breathe if it were not for all the breathing treatments and inhalers that she takes. While it sounds really bad, I can't feel too bad for her because she smoked a half pack for most of her life, and smoking just happens to be the leading cause of COPD, so it could very well have been prevented - if only she hadn't smoked so much!

Other than writing profiles, I have been having fun running and am trying to get back in shape. Not running since February makes it a little hard to get back into shape, but I am getting there! It is really hot right now in VA, so yesterday, a small group of us girls ran to Camp Hydaway, a camp that Thomas Road Baptist Church (Jerry Falwell's church) owns. At the camp, there is a lake...with a really cool BIG slide!! Even though the trails to Camp Hydaway are very hilly, we decided a quick dip in the lake would feel really good! As we came around the corner to the camp, I saw a bunch of guys already swimming and going down the slide. A lot of Liberty kids like to hang out at Camp Hydaway so I just thought it was a bunch of 'normal' students. Nope, it was about half of the guys cross country team. Then more showed up...and then even Coach Scott showed up!! We all went down the slide a couple of times and then put our shoes back on and headed back to LU, feeling very refreshed and cooled down. Then, today, because it is supposed to be close to 100 today, we decided to do our workout in the morning. The only problem, was that a lot of people have class at 7:40, which means REALLY early in the morning...like 5:50! However, it was a beautiful morning, a great workout, and I am so relieved that it is OVER with, and I don't have to run in the heat (my absolute least favorite thing to do). Now I am back home, already took a nap, just working on my profile until I have class at 2:00. I have a hard life, huh?! =)

I hope you all have a glorious day!