Friday, June 30, 2006
MARK'S COMING HOME!!!!!!
I'm so excited Mark is coming home this weekend. I haven't seen him in two llllloooooonnnnngggg weeks. Unfortunately he leaves on Sunday to go back to Sioux Falls, but i'm so excited to see him I just had to tell everyone. :)
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Mark's Surgery
I thought I would write a quick entry because Mark had a really exciting morning and I want to tell everyone about it. He got to see two total hip replacement surgeries today; Somehow he and another student arranged so that they could actually watch a surgery. Mark said that it was so cool. The surgeon made only a three inch incision and was still able to replace the whole hip. I just think it is amazing. He also said that the surgeon accidentally cut open a blood vessel and blood started spewing everywhere. He said it was really gross. He also mentioned that the smell was horrible, burnt flesh!! The surgeon was so nice to Mark, he took him to the surgeons lounge and feed Mark. He is also going to let Mark watch a knee replacement also. Mark thinks it is awesome. I don't know how well I could stomach it. :)
Friday, June 16, 2006
Ok, I'm finally creating a new post. I just hope I don't get introuble because I'm at work, but there is seriously nothing for me to do.
Anyway, i'll just quickly update everyone on what is going on in our lives. As you all probably know Mark is in South Dakota right now. This is his first of five clinical roations during the 3 year Physical Therapy program. He is liking the experience for the most part. This rotation is Acute Care, so he is working in a hospital. He is working on the cardio and pulminary Floor, so he sees a lot of elderly patience that have heart problems. The one thing that he really does not like about working in Acute Care is that sometimes he has to change dirty diapers . He has had some pretty nasty things happen. One persons cathedar spilled open all over the floor, one person can't control bowel movements and has to be constantly wiped and changed, there have been a couple other instances where he has had do deal with nasty body fluids. YUCK!!!! Also in a couple weeks he will be moving to the burns and wounds unit. That will also be quit the experience dealing with bed sours and other gross wounds.
Me, i have a new job at Fogg & Associates, patent law firm. I like it for the most part. There are some hard things about it but every job has those. It is so nice to have the weekends and nights off, although as soon as i have the weekends and nights off Mark leaves for SD so we don't get to spend time together anyway. We figured out that when he comes back in August it will have been 8 months since we have been able to see each other at nights and on Saturdays. Crazy!!! All i know is that i can't wait until August. It will be like a vacation everyday being with Mark.
The last couple of weeks have been super hard without Mark, but i think i'm handling it fairly well. I sleep on the couch, but other than that things are normal. I just try and keep myself busy so i don't think about being alone. Although, one of the most depressing things is getting on the train to come home from work and realizing Mark won't be there and i'm going to an empty appartment room. That may sound really sad, well it is, but i'm doing fine. Mark is able to come home most weekends, so it is fine.
(I'm really sorry about the poor spelling and grammer, i was never good at it and i really don't feel like going through and correcting all of it)
Anyway, i'll just quickly update everyone on what is going on in our lives. As you all probably know Mark is in South Dakota right now. This is his first of five clinical roations during the 3 year Physical Therapy program. He is liking the experience for the most part. This rotation is Acute Care, so he is working in a hospital. He is working on the cardio and pulminary Floor, so he sees a lot of elderly patience that have heart problems. The one thing that he really does not like about working in Acute Care is that sometimes he has to change dirty diapers . He has had some pretty nasty things happen. One persons cathedar spilled open all over the floor, one person can't control bowel movements and has to be constantly wiped and changed, there have been a couple other instances where he has had do deal with nasty body fluids. YUCK!!!! Also in a couple weeks he will be moving to the burns and wounds unit. That will also be quit the experience dealing with bed sours and other gross wounds.
Me, i have a new job at Fogg & Associates, patent law firm. I like it for the most part. There are some hard things about it but every job has those. It is so nice to have the weekends and nights off, although as soon as i have the weekends and nights off Mark leaves for SD so we don't get to spend time together anyway. We figured out that when he comes back in August it will have been 8 months since we have been able to see each other at nights and on Saturdays. Crazy!!! All i know is that i can't wait until August. It will be like a vacation everyday being with Mark.
The last couple of weeks have been super hard without Mark, but i think i'm handling it fairly well. I sleep on the couch, but other than that things are normal. I just try and keep myself busy so i don't think about being alone. Although, one of the most depressing things is getting on the train to come home from work and realizing Mark won't be there and i'm going to an empty appartment room. That may sound really sad, well it is, but i'm doing fine. Mark is able to come home most weekends, so it is fine.
(I'm really sorry about the poor spelling and grammer, i was never good at it and i really don't feel like going through and correcting all of it)
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