Some Ramblings To Begin With

                                                

I feel like Cookie Monster getting a treat every day that I walk into my internship. That's really sappy and annoyingly happy of me to say, but seriously, Children's Mercy Hospital is a wonderful place and I get to witness so much music therapy!! I meant to write this post over the weekend. In fact, I did write this post over the weekend, and then my app crashed, so it never got posted. So here is round two.

Last week was exciting, busy, and super overwhelming. (SIDE NOTE: I just pulled an unwrapped hershey kiss out of a bag of hershey kisses. Mama didn't raise no fool, I remember my Halloween safety precautions. I threw it out and took 4 instead of the one...)

Monday (1/12) began with introductions and a quick tour of the hospital on the way to the music therapy office. We did not have to come in until 10, so it was pretty late in the morning. We ended up talking about food and where to get coffee for about an hour. These people are my kind of people. The rest of the afternoon was a lot of orientation. 

On Tuesday I started shadowing/observing Liesel who is my supervisor for the internship. Her service is my first round of 4, and she covers the PICU, NICU, Hematology/Oncology, and parts of general surgery. In the past week I have seen multiple patients in each unit, which is awesome! I don't know what was most interesting to me because it was all new, but my heart has always had a special place in the NICU. 

The rest of the week was pretty much similar to Tuesday. I assisted leading on Friday, though the patient was super tired so the session was tweaked a bit. I get to continue with him tomorrow. We also did a self-guided tour on Wednesday. It took us 1.5 hours and was my work out for the week....maybe even month. This week, child life interns started, so we are attending modules with them. Today we talked about coping and Thursday we will talk about development and end of life. 

Aside from CMH things, I got to explore a little with my friend Kim from high school. She moved here about 2 years ago, so she and I visited the Oak Park Mall, the downtown library, and the Plaza! It was so much fun to get out and be with a friend, which I don't have a lot of. I also started my weekend job on Sunday, which makes my schedule super full. They have been really nice about giving me hours but not overwhelming me. I definitely think having this job is a necessity for money, but my internship is my number one priority. 

My internship is also the number one reason that I am exhausted. This post is not very insightful...I am too tired for deep thoughts. Good Night.