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Sorry Internet. I won’t give an excuse this time.
1st week of clinical went well. We have performed a few cares for the residents and watched the CNA’s do a lot of others that honestly, I’m afraid to do. But even when I watched unpleasant things I barely flinched. And I’ll take that as a good sign. It’ll take me a lot more time to get used to sights and smells in nursing homes, but I’m glad I didn’t run out the door screaming in horror. We just have 4 days left in our clinical and then 1 more week practicing skills in a lab before we have to take our test with the Red Cross.
I kept looking at the residents, some are still active and alert, others not so much or not at all. I lot of them don’t have visitors and they feel lonely. I hope that when it’s my turn to be that age that I’m not in the situation of some of them. I want to be with my family, with friends, and hopefully healthy. But at the same time I don’t want to be around that long, that’s not a life! So I guess what I can do now is do my job and learn the best I can so these people have decent days where they feel as comfortable and safe as possible.
In other news I’m sad to report that Dallas gave up his naps. Today is day 3 that we put him to bed and he plays, pulls things that are nearby, does lots of things except sleep. It doesn’t help that our apartment is right next to the elevator, the trash chute and we have a damn shooting range across the street. But that didn’t stop him from sleeping before, so I’m guessing he just outgrew them. That was my time of day to relax, or to get things done around the apartment I would not be able to do with him around. That doesn’t mean he’ll be up and playing all day long, he still needs some downtime, otherwise I’ll end up checking myself into a mental institution.
Sigh.