Sunday, February 21, 2010

Bizzy Bizzy

My sister's surgery went well! She's had a goiter-like mass on her left thyroid for a little over a year now, and her physician recently decided that it should be removed. I took Friday off to spend the day at the hospital with her, and luckily everything went well and there were no complications. She had to stay overnight but then was able to come home Saturday morning. She now has a 3-4 inch incision near her collar bone and no goiter! :D Unfortunately, due to the limited range of motion in her neck right now, she'll be unable to drive for up to two weeks. So, yesterday Mike and I drove she and her car down to Monroe (where she lives) so that she can recover while resting in her own bed. Hopefully from this point out she will get much healthier!

In other news, I've completed three of my four weeks at HealthPlus and next week I start my March rotation at a compounding pharmacy in Midland. Should be fun, because I love compounding! I can't even believe that in two months I'll be done with pharmacy school. It's so unreal. This week I'll be signing up for the NAPLEX, which is the pharmacy board exam graduates must take to get licensed. I also have to take the law exam and then pay (more) to actually get licensed. Ugggggh. This should pretty much wipe out my checking account, so hopefully I pass on my first try because I can't afford to do it again!

I've attended two of the five weddings taking place this year, which has made me all the more excited for mine and Mike's. I've got a bridal shower coming up in March! Can't wait!! :D

4 comments:

Boomer said...

I spoke too soon. They found cancer in Kristen's left thyroid and now must go back to take out the other half. :(

FUCK CANCER.

shruts said...

:( Can you keep us updated on her progress?

Boomer said...

Absolutely :)

shruts said...

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