1 week down, 31 more to go!

WOW... This has been one of the busiest weeks of my entire life. I guess I didnt really realize how much harder "med-school" is than regular college!

Monday and Tuesday we had orientation that lasted from 8am -4pm. It was very draining!

I was able to come home to some sweet kisses from Chanel though!

On Wednesday we were able to meet with the managers/directors of Child Life. This is where we were assigned our first rotation, given our assignments for the ENTIRE 9 months, talked about the different camps we get to go on, and all the other information we need to know! I am SO excited, my first rotation is with pediatric oncology patients!! All of yall know cancer patients are who have my heart, so I cannot wait to start working with them! Its going to be such an emotional time, but I will treasure every second of it.

This is our "Big Fat Notebook"

Thursday, all the interns got together and had to come up with 48 different activities that we will have to do with infants/toddlers, school age children, and teens in the hospitals. Every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we will be hosting "developmental play groups" for these patients, with the activities we came up with. I was very proud of us, we came up with some VERY cool and creative ideas, Im looking forward to doing them myself!

Today, we had to go to a "Professionalism" seminar, with all the other new students of MCG, where the President/CEO and other important faculty welcomed us all to the college/hospital. One thing that was really neat, is one speaker talked about his daughter who had a type of cancer and was in and out of the hospital for years. He talked about how her favorite memory was "Camp Rainbow" (which we get to go to in January). Camp Rainbow is a camp for kids with cancer. He said that the Child Life Specialist were what kept her motivated to keep fighting off cancer. When asked who her best friend was, she replied "the child life specialists". She passed away a few years ago, but I thought it was so cool that he talked about Child Life Specialists in a room filled with doctors, dentists, and nurses. Most people do not know who we are, and I saw several students whispering to each other, "What are child life specialists". This brought tears to all of the interns eyes. We cannot wait to get into the field and make a difference to these patients!