The First Week

After overlooking my last blog post I've decided that it seems a bit whiney. I apologize. It really isn't a super strict hand slapping place to be, it is actually quite pleasant. I really like all of my teachers so far- they are very personable, very friendly, and very helpful. The summer semester is supposedly very mellow compared to the fall and spring semesters, so I am happy to be eased into the program. Right now I am enrolled in anatomy, medical terminology, and selected topics of physical therapy. Selected topics is going to be a breeze, and medical terminology shouldn't be too bad. Just memorization. Anatomy will be the hard one. I don't think it will be that bad really- I really enjoy learning the anatomy, and we are dissecting a cadaver right now. There are 6 cadavers for the class to dissect, so I am working in a group of 3 to dissect half of one person. Our guy is a very large man who had diabetis- he has a bunch of foot and leg ulcers. So far we have taken off all of the skin from his head to his butt on his back side, so we can see all of his back muscles. It took a lot of elbow grease to cut out all of the fat to get to the muscles. Its different to say the least to stab a real person with a scalpal.

In other news we have finally organized our apartment except for the extra room- so it looks very nice! Here are some pictures: