I was actually able to go down to Knoxville this past weekend and visit my 2nd family, Rich and Hannah. It was so good to see them and catch up since we had not spent time together since graduation. The major highlight of this week will be when Kristin and Josiah show up on Wednesday!! I'm super excited and can't wait to see them. I'm praying Josiah will no longer be teething (for Kristin's sake) and we can have a relaxing time together. My hope is that Kristin will impart her amazing decorating skills and we can finish pulling the apartment together...it's almost there!
I'm starting off my second week of work with hospital orientation...exciting stuff let me tell you. There is a PA student that has joined our resident team and she will start patient exams in the next few days. It's a bit frustrating that I can't do anything yet, but I'm trying to use these lighter days to learn and read as much as I can before the insanity starts. Today (before orientation) I was able to observe an admission of a 25 week preterm and watch the insertion of 2 umbilical lines. And as they always say..."See one. Do one. Teach one." So hopefully the credential process will go quickly and I'll be able to start doing things soon :).
Hope everyone has an amazing week and I'll be sure to post an update after Kristin and Josiah are here.
28 March 2011
25 March 2011
My Biggest Adventure Yet
This past Monday I started my first job as Neonatal Physician Assistant Resident at University of Kentucky Children's Hospital. I also moved into my new apartment that afternoon. It was a big day to say the least and the start of a new season....all on my own with God guiding every step. I've moved many, many times in the past 10 years but I have always known at least one person in my new home town which of course helped with the transition into another chapter in my life. This time, however, I do not know a single person. Sure I met some people at the hospital before moving here, but that is on a very different level and I have no contact with them outside of work.
Why on earth would I make such a move you might ask. I would have to say that God made it pretty clear that this was the next step He had planned for me. I applied to several neonatal jobs and actually interviewed for a full-time position in Philadelphia only to be turned down. I was also pursued by a hospital in New Mexico only to be told that hiring was on hold...twice!! Normally the residency I am a part of would start in October. When I interviewed for the program in November I was amazed to find out that there was currently no one in the program (normally there are 2 PA's) and the program director was interested in having me start soon after my boards. Needless to say God worked out every little details, that weren't actually so little, in order that I would be able to start this program in March rather than October.
So how am I feeling this first week of the biggest adventure yet? Well, I miss having family and friends around. I am bombarded with information on a daily basis and am trying to get used to the idea of morphine and methadone being given to a 2 pound baby. I'm trying to not be anxious about finding a church family...it's not as easy as it seems. But most of all I really am excited about this new season that I've entered and what this next year will hold. I hope to keep everyone updated on this journey that God is taking me one.
xoxo kendra
Why on earth would I make such a move you might ask. I would have to say that God made it pretty clear that this was the next step He had planned for me. I applied to several neonatal jobs and actually interviewed for a full-time position in Philadelphia only to be turned down. I was also pursued by a hospital in New Mexico only to be told that hiring was on hold...twice!! Normally the residency I am a part of would start in October. When I interviewed for the program in November I was amazed to find out that there was currently no one in the program (normally there are 2 PA's) and the program director was interested in having me start soon after my boards. Needless to say God worked out every little details, that weren't actually so little, in order that I would be able to start this program in March rather than October.
So how am I feeling this first week of the biggest adventure yet? Well, I miss having family and friends around. I am bombarded with information on a daily basis and am trying to get used to the idea of morphine and methadone being given to a 2 pound baby. I'm trying to not be anxious about finding a church family...it's not as easy as it seems. But most of all I really am excited about this new season that I've entered and what this next year will hold. I hope to keep everyone updated on this journey that God is taking me one.
xoxo kendra
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