Thursday, November 15, 2007

A day in the life of an Intern

It's not too often that you have the fear put into you when you're at school but on the day that i was at the high school that i am interning at, i did. One of the teenage girls(she's 16) went into labor and came into the office complaining of pain. She took off for the bathroom before i could yell, "Wait" and i said to myself if she didn't come back in 2 minutes i was going in. Seriously, you read those stories about girls that have babies at school in the toliet and then go back to class. She did come back and i spent the next hour timing contractions and helping her breathe until her mom could come get her and take her to the hospital. They left, i was drenched in sweat, and told myself that if the counseling gig doesn't work out, maybe i could get a job as a midwive??? Who knows!!!!!!

2 comments:

The Hadfields said...

Poor you!
For a second I was thinking that you were talking about being at Boyd and my mouth was on the floor!! I was thinking, "oh my word, someone is getting kicked out after they have a baby"!!
Unfortunately, that's familiar territory for me. I get lots of Paul's students as patients. :(

Christy said...

OH MY!! That had to have been hard...That's why God gave you the ability to deal with such surprises. You are a patient loving woman and that is why you are so good at what you do.