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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 One Tenth89.9That is my final grade for one of my classes. They don't round up so I missed an A by one-tenth of a point. Do you know how pissed I am right now???!??!?!!!!!?? #@$@##($$#(!!!@##$@! As I write this entry, I keep sitting here thinking "if only" thoughts in my head. If only I hadn't changed that answer. If only I studied earlier, studied harder, studied differently. If only, if only, if only....... But then I know that thinking this way will only make me crazier. There will be plenty of "if only" moments in my life but to get this upset over a grade in a class that was super hard is not worth it. I basically had one week to read the whole friggin' Ob/Gyn book and learn about everything from STD's to how to deliver a baby. In the end, I have to keep reminding myself that PA School isn't about the grades. It's about whether or not I learned enough to take care of my patients and pass the board exam. So, did I learn anything? Yeah, I did - enough to not look like a complete idiot when I go out on rotations, anyway. However, that one-tenth of a point is going to hurt for awhile. It will be a reminder to me that there will always be one-tenth of a point worth of information that I still need to learn........... Friday, February 15, 2008 ENT Sucks Ass!In case anyone cares, ENT is not a specialty I plan to go into. Mostly, I'm just mad at the incredibly unfair and ridiculous exam that we just took. Stupid Ears. Stupid Nose. Stupid Throat! Arrrrgghhhh!!!Saturday, January 26, 2008 DumbfoundedDumbfounded. That was the only word I could think of to describe what my classmates and I and the rest of the faculty and staff of the Texas Tech PA Program are feeling right now.One of our professors, Ms. Ream, went into surgery on Thursday afternoon for a busted up knee and suffered a massive pulmonary embolism on Friday morning. This resulted in several episodes of cardiac arrest. She was successfully resuscitated and moved to the ICU. However, after further testing and evaluations she showed little to no brain function and remained in a coma. A couple of my classmates went to visit her at the hospital, and while they were there they eavesdropped on doctor conversations as last attempts to save her life were being discussed: pushing more epi or giving her more dobutamine to keep her heart going. But looking at her stats on the monitor - everyone knew it was over. She was taken off life support and passed away on Saturday evening. As PA students, we learn about the rare complications that can happen with routine surgery, but when it actually happens to someone we know we can't believe that this stupid, rare complication can actually happen. What's worse is since we know the realities of these complications and what the prognosis likely is, I am ashamed to say I didn't have much faith in her recovery and never really prayed to God that he would somehow bring her back because it seemed impossible and a stupid thing to pray about. This scares me a little because when I start practicing as a PA, I don't want to stop believing in miracles because of what the realities of science and medicine have taught and shown me. Ms. Ream was an experienced physician assistant who was our OB/GYN professor, Physical Exam proctor, and the Clinical Coordinator for all of our rotations during clinical year. She was a tough grader but only because she wanted to make sure we did everything right. My classmates and I are in a state of shock right now. We had just seen her and talked to her a few days ago. In fact, her broken knee was a subject for a case study and we were joking around with her about it as we reviewed her x-rays and poked and prodded at her knee. I am asking for anyone reading this to please pray for her family as they deal with this sudden loss. Pray for our faculty as they try to sort out the rest of the semester without her. Also, pray for my classmates and I as we come to terms with this and figure out how to deal with the loss of a beloved and valued faculty member. She was the president-elect of the Texas Academy of Physician Assistants and very involved in politics when it came to improving, upholding, and defending the rights of Physician Assistants across the nation. She was also my mentor. It is a great loss indeed. Here is her obituary if you would like to read more about her: http://www.legacy.com/OAOA/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=101957638 Friday, November 09, 2007 Funny Comment in ClassThis morning we talked about nervous system disorders in our Pathology class. One of the diseases we discussed was Parkinson's Disease. Our professor asked us who we think of when we think of Parkinson's. Our answer was Mohammed Ali and Michael J. Fox. He then proceeded to explain that most likely Mohammed Ali got it from getting knocked around a lot. Then he asked us if anyone knew how Michael J. Fox got Parkinson's. There was silence for a few seconds and then from somewhere in the classroom someone replies: Too much time travel.Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Physician Assistant - Class of 2009What a lovely bunch we are. 
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