This goes beyond an update!

At this point I am not sure anyone reads my blog anymore which is fine, I just need a place to journal but thanks to those who still check in from time to time. Looking back my last post was October of last year. I was still in school working on my CNA certification which is a requirement of my school to go on to the nursing classes. At this point in time I have decided to continue working on my pre-requisites and not get my Associates in nursing but continue working towards my Bachelor’s degree. On December 31st I passed my state boards for the CNA and in April got a fulltime job at a rehabilitation hospital which I love! I work with patient who have suffered a traumatic brain injury from one accident or another. It’s hard work but very rewarding. I really love my job and the hospital that I work for.

Unlike most jobs I am not micro-managed. I come in, find out who my patient is and get to work. Most days I work with only one or two patients. I am what is called a Behavioral Attendant which means I am a one on one rehab tech for a patient who requires one on one attention. It’s a measure our hospital takes to ensure that a patient who is confused or needs constant supervision because they have a trach or another medical issue gets the attention they need. I love that about our hospital. Our patients really are cared for. So to bring you to date. I am not working at this time because a month ago I fell while with my kids and my natural reaction to brace myself kicked into place I landed directly on my hand and injured it. First appointment I was given a brace and sent home to do a follow up. At the follow up appointment my hand was x-rayed and I was told I broke a bone in my wrist and they put a cast on. A cast that went from fingers to elbow. Another follow up appointment a week and a half later showed I did not break anything and the cast was removed. WTF? The same radiologist read both x-rays and all of a sudden I don’t have a broken wrist. Don’t get me wrong I am happy about this BUT I have been on medical leave and I feel like I look like an idiot calling my job one week telling them I would be casted for 6 to 8 weeks, and almost 2 weeks later I had to call them and tell them it would be more like 3 weeks.

So Monday I have an appointment with the specialist who performed my carpal tunnel surgeries on my hands a few years back. My hand still hurts, I can type only because my wrist doesn’t move but don’t ask me to lift anything heavy or write for that matter. So frustrating. So we shall see what Monday brings. Have a great weekend. We will be doing more Geocaching tomorrow and then this weekend we are headed to the Renaissance Festival in Larkspur!

Braced hand

Casted hand