Surgeon in Training? Maybe

Sorry for the long pause between posts, I've been lacking inspiration for anything to write about. But here I am, working on a worksheet about Preventing Infection. It's not for any credit, but my course teacher (CJ is her name) told us we should do it because Chapter 13 is kind of tough and lots of people's grades suffer with it. So I decided 'what the hell'. I did learn a new term though - medical asepsis: the practices used to remove or destroy pathogens and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place. IN-TER-ES-TING. Annnnd we've been talking about AD (Alzheimer's Disease) all week, since most CNA's will end up in LTC facilities, and we learned the difference between Dementia and Pseudodementia. Pseudodementia presents like dementia, but it can be reversed because it's only caused by depression...usually occurs in older people suffering from a chronic illness. It might very well explain why Grandma gets confused and anxious sometimes. She's cooped up in that damned apartment...but I hear she's getting out and has gone back to PEO, so I'm sure her mind will be as sharp as ever soon enough. It's amazing how that woman recovers from everything. Watch her pass away of something common - like old age. I love her so much. Anyways, regardless, CNA training is going really well. I'm sooo excited to work in this field! I took some random career placement test online, to tell you what you'd be good at, and it said that my attention to detail lands me in two categories: medicine or art. (Insert 'WTF' look here) --- So I'm seriously thinking about taking this year to work in a hospital, see how much I like it, then go to JCCC (Johnson County Community College) and get my associates in Biology, then go back to KU and get a BA in English, take another year and work (maybe at Christ House? very much a possibility), and then apply to med school. I know, that's a lot of work, but I'm so freakin interested in this CNA class it's out of control. I just want to keep learning. I'm taking a Med Aide course next so I can administer drugs, which will be AWESOME. I come home and look up stuff I learned in class just to know more about it. WebMD has become my new best friend. Did you know Ovarian cancer is almost NEVER caught before Stage III?? You'd think technology would have moved up so we could detect things like that, but by the time it gets to Stage III it's a death sentence. So, so sad.
Apart from my crazy obsession with medicine at the moment, I've also met a new person. His name is David. He's an illustration major at KU, wildly talented, fantastically cute, and quite possibly the most honest person I've ever met. He's got this crazy dry sense of humor and a twinkle in his eye. He asked me on a date, so we're going to the movies on Friday...excitement major. I'll write and tell how it went.
Mama and Papa are still in VA....you know, chillin out and seeing EVERY family member they can. I swear they've been to Aunt Dor & Uncle Bill's fifteen times. It's fantastic. :) I miss them, though, strangely enough.
Anyways, I must be off to finish this packet...