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i was asked this week to start training in the lab...which is amazing. that is why i started working there. so, on tuesday and wednesday of this week i spent time getting acquainted with the lab. on tuesday i learned how to enter patients into the labcorp computer, how to assign diagnosis and test codes, what tubes to use for what labs, how to run the urinalysis machine, how to do a pt check, and about ten thousand other things.
on wednesday i drew blood for the first time!! i drew from melanie first, who is a nurse there, and then i drew from 2 patients! i was able to get blood on the first stick for each of them too!! how exciting! i learned the cbc machine and some other randomness. i think the only machine i have not learned is the a1c machine. very fun!!! very scary though, having to prove myself to dr. de.
i have yet to master the technique of blood pressure. lol. go me. i practiced on a few people on wednesday and i couldn't hear anything on anyone! agh!!
i went home this past weekend and helped my mom cook for father's day. my aunt and uncle came up and we brought my grandfather from college walk to the house on sunday and we had ribs, burgers and other yummies. i felt like top chef on saturday night! i made a minted fruit salsa and a key lime pie. however i managed to burn the crud out of my arm when i was checking the pie (the margaritas threw off my depth perception...lol). it still looks pretty gnarly.
i had my 3rd dr's appointment on thursday, and i am down 7 more pounds (16 total in 2 months), and down 2% on my BMI. that's pretty exciting, but i am on more medications than some 80 year olds!! derek did say that with the time i am spending every day at the gym that i should be losing 10-12 pounds every month, so he is kinda bumfazzled (that is the scientific term!!). i'll have my labs redrawn before my next appointment so we will see where my cholesterol, b-12, and thyroid hormones are at.
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