TGIF

Since school started (check previous post today for an update) I have enjoyed my Fridays more than I ever have before in my entire life. To me, fridays=freedom! I am also excited that it is finally fall a time for..

1. family gaming...boys will be boys

and girls...will be girls.

2. Crafts, hot chocolate, cuddling, football,

3. baking pies, breads and making soups...and Carson thinks it is a time for candy!
Do you spy the M&M that he had to beg (say please for ?)

My contribution to you today is a soup recipe. Keep in mind that it tastes much better than it looks. I only preface it that way because the first time that it was offered to me, I did not try it. It is now my favorite!

Hacienda soup

6 chicken breasts or 2 cans of chicken (If you use whole chicken breast, cook with bullion to make a chicken stock and use 3 c. of broth) If you use the canned chicken, use a can of pre-made chicken stock)
1 family sized (26 oz) Cream of Chicken Soup
1 can kidney beans
1 can black beans
1 can of corn
8 oz. diced green chillies
1 c. salsa
1tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
sliced black olives
Serve with grated cheese and cilantro (not pictured)

School Update

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For those of you who want a school update here it goes. I am alive and I am finally really enjoying myself ad learning something new every day! As always, the end of the week is brutal, that is why I love Fridays but I love clinical and all of the hands on things that I get to do. Nursing is very fulfilling, I love to see the patients light up when we care for their bare necessities.

My particular patient Thursday, had cellulitis that believe it or not was worse than this picture I googled.


She also had a stoma, so I got to empty her colostomy bag, fun stuff. In addition, it also happened to be her birthday on my DOC so I brought her a present because when I was prepping I noticed in her paperwork that this poor lady had two children who live out of state and whom she never sees and she also happened to be divorced, so she was pretty lonely.

Becasue I am so efficient :) I was able to discharge (d/c) another patients catheter and it was unlike any thing I have ever seen. This man was a parapligic who had previously gotten a catheter accidentally ripped out of him, tearing his penis in half. It looked like it Lorena bobbit got a hold of him, it was awful. He was in isolation so we had to gown up and obviously wear gloves. Before going into the room I had to verbalize what I was supposed to do. Well, normally when a patient has a catheter the urine goes into an enclosed bag that has a drainage bag at the bottom. I was not aware that his bag had a malfunction because I made a huge mistake initially, spilling urine all over the room floor. It was totally not my fault but gross nonetheless. After the d/c we (my instructor and two other student got to watch the RN put in a new catheter. It was a great learning experience and I was the first one in my group to d/c a catheter.

We are also passing meds to patient which is a huge responsibility and next week we start injections. The semester is halfway over and passing by rather quickly.

First Kiss

You would think by the title that I would be referring to my first kiss, but believe me I am not going there...a guy with the last name of Jello...you think I would have known better.

I am talking about my 16th month old and Ava 10 months.
Kissing CousinsShould I be worried?

Aren't their reactions priceless?! By the looks of it, Carson is thrilled, but I'm not ready for this kind of talk yet, I thought I had like 15 more years.

When was your first kiss? Come on, give us the juice!