1 more class 1 more final exam

[ambulancechick]

1 more class having the last final exam and we are done with school. I am sooooo happy.  Yesterday, I took my final lab exam. We've been preparing for the National Registry Exam. Practicing all of our skills. Yesterday's exam had 3 stations. We didn't know what skills we would be doing until the instructors told us. It ended up being pretty easy. We had an oral station. We got our dispatch info. and from there we ran the call and "voice" treated everything. You had a piece of paper and had to mentally picture the call and patient. This is sometimes a tough station. I passed it. Then we had a static cardiac station. You have 6 minutes to identify and treat a rhythm from 4 strips of EKG's. I normally end up running over the 6 minute time limit. I usually end up brain farting and getting myself off track. Not yesterday. The instructor didn't say if I passed or not, but I feel really good about it. I usually don't lol. I haven't passed a static station in awhile. I hope I'm right on this that I passed. lol. The final station was a trauma station. I passed it too. You have to pass the finals to take the National Registry. My instructors, when I finished told me how proud of me they were. They also said they felt I was going to be a good medic. I grinned all the way home. lol. My face hurt. I was feeling pretty good. Things are coming together. I'm finishing one of my goals.

We have our lecture exam Mon/Tue. Then we come back July 30 for our exit interview. I am so glad this almost over. It has been a long, hard road. I am weary. I had set out to accomplish my dream and it is within my grasp. I will then work on my next goal. Flight Paramedic. It will take me 3 years to get enough experience to even begin applying for that position. I will do it though. My kids think my job is cool as it is. To work on a helicopter though just really kicks some ass! lol.

My computer crashed the other day. I have to see what I can do about getting another one or a loaner while I send mine off. I'm on my hubby's puter at the moment. He is our puter whiz. He fixes puters for other people all the time. Mine, he wasn't able to fix. I have been in puter withdrawl. lol. He games online with people all the time. He's in a America's Army, War Force clan. He's online with them for HOURS. He loves it. But now with one puter, no one else can get on. lol. Anyhoo, gonna jump off here and do a little house work. I have to take my 16 y/o daughter to the Dr. today for her first OB appt. She's 2 1/2 mo. pregnant. We are still working on dealing with all the emotions erupting from the news. It's hard, but we're doing pretty good. Though we want to kill her and her boyfriend. He's currently not allowed here at the house until we get ourselves pulled together a bit better. Then we can deal with him. We wanted to be grandparents........just not THIS early. Our 19 y/o is 5 mo. pregnant. She's not "ours" I didn't give birth to her. But we are really close and she had become friends with our 16 y/o 2 years ago when we moved in here. Her mother at that time couldn't be a good mother to her. She started hanging out here. She finally moved in. We count her as our "own". She calls us mom and dad. We love her like our own. We are happy she's pregnant. She's more prepared at this time to be a mommy. My 16 y/o is not. We will have our hands full for sure. But, we will make it through all this. Ya'll take care and have a good day.