I Did It....

For those who don't already know, I passed my entrance exam and received my "offical" acceptance letter in to the nursing program. I start school in the fall of 2008. I am so excited. I was very nervous about the 4 hour test, and even went away thinking I did not do very well. For starters, I ran out of time on the math portion and could not finish the last 5 questions; the test shut down and booted me out. I was so upset. There were several questions in the chemistry portion I could not answer, but guessed. After I completed the test, it took me to a screen that showed my immediate results. Apparently I misunderstood the scoring procedure and thought I had failed. I was livid, after studying 5-6 hours a day, more on weekends, for the last 6 weeks. I basically had no life. Long story short...I called my Director and spoke to her about my scores and she reassured me I did just fine, but could not tell me anything specific. So, I waited anxiously for 2 weeks for my letter in the mail. I almost died when I opened it. I am so excited to have the opportunity to do this. I cannot wait to be able to help people in this capacity. It will be like an extension of my being a mom, which I enjoy. I really want to do something everyday that I can be proud of; to lay down and night and be able to say, I helped someone today is important to me.

I have been in the hospital quite a bit over the last 14 years, 3 deliveries, 2 surgeries, and I have had some wonderful nurses and I would like to chance to help others have a nice comfortable stay when they are not feeling well and scared. My week long stay for my gallbladder removal surgery was the scariest time of my life. I would not wish that pain on my worst enemy (pretty sure...)and I had some really great, very caring nurses, and they really do make all the difference in the world when you are there for days on end.

Last summer, when I had the opportunity to give long term care to my friend after her surgery is when I really decided this is what I wanted to do. Being in the hospital with her daily for a week was awesome. I talked to all the nurses, watched them intently and really enjoyed all the procedures. When the home care nurse came in and showed me how to administer all her meds and care for and cleanse wounds I was hooked. I loved opening all the packages, the syringes, the medicine bottles, and filling the syringes...I had a blast, even though I was dog tired from the lack of sleep doing this every 6 hours around the clock.

I am so excited also, because the kids are excited for me. Drew cannot wait for mommy to work in a hospital. He talks about it all the time. The boys have been really supportive and amazing. I hope to make them proud.