My English Class

I'll start out by talking about my wonderful instructor, Sheila Rocha. I am clueless on what this lady did to me, but I can tell you one thing if you were to listen to this women talk you would never get tried of hearing her. The way she talks is amazing. She literally has you on the edge of your chair. I don't know how to describe the way she talks. I do know for sure that when ever she talks to the students the classroom is pure silence. I truly enjoyed this class. I learned that I am a good writer, maybe not the best, but I always thought of my writing to be very poor. I've learned new grammar rules thanks to Patrick and Jennifer. Patrick was also a great help. He took the role as a student he got down to our level and really communicated with his side of the study group. He proofed read my autobiography and explained the errors i had made. I didn't get to bond with Jennifer as much as I would have liked, but from the few times we talking she was also on the same level as Patrick. The five week course was amazing. I t was not even close to what I imagined it to be. Over all the whole Summer Scholars Program was great. I would like to thank Lina for getting into the program. Most importantly, Maria if you're reading this THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! Your the one that made all of this possible. Also thanks to all the other staff members that helped throughout the five week course program.

Career Shadowing

I was assigned to go with a pulmonary doctor at the VA Hospital, Dr. Vasquez. On Monday he showed me around the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). I was astounded to see under what condition the patients were. He showed me a man's case that was very critical. His life depended on the machines. He has also suffered from cardio arest which caused the man to now have brain damage. It was so sad when Dr.Vasquez asked him how he was feeeling and there was no responds due to the brain damage. At the end of the day Dr.Vasquez asked me to come in on Thursday to him perform a bronchoscopy which is procedure using a viewing tube to evaluate a patient's lung and airways including the voice box and vocal cord, trachea, and many branches of bronchi. This procedure allows the pulmonologist to get a view on what's happening inside and to get a sample of the tissue and liquid inside. On Thursday I had to go to the Nebraska Medical Center. When I arrive the patient was being pret. The pulmonologist gave the patient two miligrams of anesthesia to minimize discomfort and coughing. Once the anesthesia was active the team of doctors went to work. As the procedure had begun I amazed to see the inside of a human's mouth beside what one can see in the mirrior. I was surpiresed to find myself knowing some of the things I saw, but when I didn't know I asked Dr. Vasquez and he galdly help me understand what they were. All of the sudden the patient started to cough and move neverously so the one of the doctor injected two more miligrams anesthesia. This happened four more times to the point where she had recieved ten miligrams of anesthesia. After having ten miligrams of anesthesia the doctors decided that it would be best of they put her completely asleep. The patient had reached the limit of how much a patient should receive of anesthesia. This was the end of my career shadowing. But surprisingly enough Dr.Vasquez told me that if i ever wanted to come back that I was more than welcome to. Not only was I surprised to hear this but I had made a new friend. My whole experience with the career shadowing was great I could not have asked for more. Now than ever I'm sure that medicine is my dream job.