Wednesday, April 16, 2014

School & A Secret

The boys have been champs and have kept the little brother or little sister a secret. I've got to hand it to Wolfman, he just might be the only one to have correctly guessed the correct outcome.

I haven't written about school in a while, and it has been a little easier this semester since I'm not taking an additional course. That being said, I have been extremely busy with life. The new house, and rent house have been a constant source of projects.

I finally finished all of my comp requirements for graduation today. I got my trauma cervical spine and trauma upper extremity today. I still have to do a final comp on a spine, and I'll be happy to leave clinicals with a B. I'll explain a little but more. I don't get to pick put what my final comps are, that is the job of the adviser. Happy,happy,joy,joy, and I got a knee. The front to back x-ray is easy, but the lateral x-ray is akin to cleaning for an OCD schizophrenic. The slightest rotation and it doesn't pass.

FAIL!

I did two x-rays and both failed, and I was put into remedial classes. That means that I have to do two good x-rays, then I can proceed to try again. Well, it took me about 6 weight bearing knees to get the two good laterals. Finally, I was ready, and I get an overweight lady with absolutely no bony landmarks in the knee area. So, I progress to skills class that means I have to get 3 signatures from the rad techs, and then 3 signatures from the advisers (when they show up for final comps). If I blow the next two images, I can get washed out of the entire program.

So, I will happily graduate with a B in clinicals, and still graduate with high honors (GPA < 3.625).

Keep Right On Prepping - K

Pass!

6 comments:

  1. Keep it up, boys! I have faith in you!

    And K- Congrats on these guys, they're already better at keeping secrets than some adults I know!

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    1. Thanks, I'm hoping that we'll be able to trust the boys with bigger secrets as they get older. Such as the location of the bat cave, and the whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa.

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  2. See, my X ray of my knees would have bones touching bones, both they both look good to me. Hey, what do I know, I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn express last night.

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  3. I can't believe they haven't let it slip! I'm impressed :)
    Your doing great in school. I bet it's hard with life, kids, and a wife to find time to study. Good job :)

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    1. Probably no busier than you with all your critters, but thank you.

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