Floss Anyone?

Today was the Anesthesia Board. I was extremely nervous. I failed my mock boards with flying colors, so I felt unprepared. Dayna and I spent so much time studying for this written exam. We had heard that it was extremely hard and the most failed of all the exams. I honestly felt pretty prepared for this one.

So it began with the written, you have to pass the written before you are allowed to take the clinical. The test was a little tricky but I finished and felt pretty good about it. When I got my envelope Dayna and I went outside to open them. We both screamed so loud that I bet China could hear us. We both passed! We were sooo excited! Now on to clinical.

My poor husband was my clinical patient. He was such a good sport. I gave my first injection, PSA, and I knew that it was perfect. Then the IA came and I didn't feel good about it at all. The examiners came back and said that they wanted to see the IA on the other side before they made a judgement. (A little information on the IA, it numbs half your lower lip and half of your tongue. Poor Kaleb was about to have his entire tongue numbed!) So I proceeded and it felt good. I was still super anxious about it considering that I failed my mock board.

All my worrying was for nothing though, I PASSED! I was so relieved after this, now on to clinicals tomorrow. At least I can numb my own patient :)