Fanfics and Other Writings

I checked my school email yesterday and realized there was a form to fill out for my clinical site. The email said it was due on the third. I filled it out and sent it right back explaining that I'd just seen it. I got an email back saying she'd received it and then a call saying she doesn't know if the hospital will accept the form. If they don't she says I can't take the class for this semester and should apply for readmission into the program. They only let you do that once and I've already done it. So basically she's telling me I'd be out of the program. I tried to point out that it didn't make sense to kick me out of the program for one emailed form that I didn't see until the 12th. She gave me the whole you have to check your email every other day because we might send you something important lecture...the important stuff seems to get buried in with the junk mail they send. On the upside I should know by the end of the day if the hospital accepted the form.

If not I'm going to call the someone higher up and see if I just miss a day or two of clinicals...which is allowed in the timeframe and would give the hospital more time to process this one form. There are also opening at other clinical sites and I might see if they can't just move me to one of those. Either way I'm not giving up on this. I'm not getting dropped from their program because I didn't see one email with one form.

I also made an appointment with financial aide for Wed. I have a bit of paperwork to get together, but I think that'll at least run smoothly.

Today was my first day back to classes for the summer. I generally love summer classes, there is a different vibe and the pace is about right for me. I went into class today with some apprehension. The scheduler I'd worked with insisted I take an intermediate level ASL class because I already had two beginners courses under my belt, even though I pointed out that I was out of practice and had taken those courses about a year previously. He insisted and when I got to class I was maybe understanding every word out of thirty. It was bad. The instructor was great though, she said to finish out the class and then meet with her afterward. It turns out she's in charge of the interpreter program at my college, which I didn't even know the college had, and after talking with her she determined that I needed to start in the beginning course again. She was really positive and didn't make me feel bad about this, all my classmates were really nice too.

I ended up down in counseling and the woman I talked to wasn't sure if I bumped down to the beginners class if it would count towards my GPA since I'd taken the class at another school. She also encouraged me to talk to the Nursing Office and to go down and talk to someone in person about looking over my grades at my past schools and having them make an exception on the GPA requirement since I've only been at this school two semesters and the easiest way to make up a failed class is to retake the class. There are no D's in Nursing school. You either pass or you get an F. She sent me over to enrollment who called records who determined that yes if I retake the class it'll count for my GPA. So I dropped the intermediate ASL and Human Bio and am now taking two beginners ASL classes this summer. They're two five week classes back to back, but I feel more comfortable with this. I need the refresher if I'm going to be able to sign well. The ASL I have managed to retain is all related to patient care and while that is helpful at work it isn't conducive to holding a conversation.

Then I had to call my work because my summer scheduled changed again. She was busy so I switched out my text books. My new class starts tomorrow. I still need to return the Human Bio text, but that was at a different campus so I have to go there. I stopped at my job on the way home and had perfect timing because she was just about to figure out the stna schedule for the next two weeks. I explained my situation and she said she'll work it out. At this point it looks like I'll be doing two 12's on Sat and Sun and two 8's on Tues and Thurs. I was going to end up working 2nd shift a bit with my old schedule but I requested to work only 12's and first because my grandma needs help getting up the stairs and to bed at night. So far she can still get herself up in the morning, but it's night time she needs help with.

Then I took my grandma to the spine specialist who determined the ER doctor was wrong in his diagnosis. She has a compression fracture on her L4 (this is in the lower back) and the ER doctor said he thought it was an old fracture and that the pain she was in was due to degeneration of that region. The specilist says that there is air in the disk and that indicates that the fracture is a new fracture and is what is causing her pain. He wants to perform surgery on Monday. We have an MRI scheduled for her tomorrow. She's in a lot of pain so it's necessary, but I'm still worried because he wants to use general anethesia. She has asthma and it's difficult for her to breathe. The doctor feels that the surgery should be early in the morning and that they'll keep her until Tuesday morning so that she can work with therapy a bit and be moving around before he sends her home. I know this is the best option, when we visited him she was practically begging him to just toss her in the hospital, she's in so much pain and it's very difficult for her to move around right now. This surgery should help her to at least not be in so much pain and without the pain it'll be easier for her to move. Still, the idea of her having surgery where they use general anethesia worries me and I'm still trying to process that even though I've already been reassured by my aunt who is a surgical tech.

I somehow managed to finish my rarewoman fic. I have seven more days of class and was feeling off by how exhausted I am lately. I feel less weird about it after watching over half my classmates struggle to keep their eyes open during the review. One quiz, one make-up exam and the final and this semester is over. I'm passing both my classes so I'm feeling good going into these last few exams. Then I can finally catch up on fannish things and do some writing. Missing all of you!