Matchmaker,Matchmaker

Supposidly there is a song with this title - and supposidly, I am a matchmaker - even though I don't try to be one. Another one of "my" couples got engaged this past weekend. He is a successful accountant that I met back in college - we were in the same Bible Study & we lived in the same room. . .well - at separate times. When I moved away from College Station - Travis moved in with my brother. She is an inspirational junior high math teacher - I met her about 20 minutes after I was born. . .so I guess I've known her all my life.

Around 2 years ago, I was visitng Dallas - and I wanted a chance to see all my friends - but didn't have much time there - so I invited my A&M friend, Travis, to join us (Kaci, Rachel & I) for dinner. . .he did. . .and well, I guess its safe to say he liked my friends - cause now he's gonna marry one of them.

So - I've been asked on countless ocassions about my "services". . .so here on this national blog I will tell all. I have a total of nine amazing Godly girls (AGGs) and five georgous Godly guys (GGGs) who are still enjoying single life. All 14 on my "list" are college educated & socially inept (meaning they are "seasons" instead of "reasons". . .a quote I've heard from Rachel & Kaci) I accept cold hard cash. . .and am always looking to add GGGs to my "collection."

Merry Christmas!

Virtual Visit

So - this week I was working with Dr. Scott in the Pediatric clinic. I saw a little girl (age 5-10) with the general complaints that people have this year (runny nose/cough/congestion/feeling bad) and her father. The little girl was really good at answering most of my questions - but some had to be deferred to dad. I thought he was an interesting character in the fact that anytime I asked him a direct question, he would repeat my question. . .pause. . .then give me an answer - like this:

Me: So has she had any fever
Dad: Has she had any fever. . .pause. . .no - not really.
Me: Did she get her flu shot
Dad: Has she had her flu shot. . .pause. . .no.

I was thinking - maybe this guy is practicing his active listening - and while I'm glad to know that he has heard my questions to him & understands the answer required. . .this is getting a little annoying. Then the guy had to turn his head to cough - and I saw it. . ."it" was a little phone earpiece & I glanced down to his hands where his little Bluetooth enabled phone was genegerly sitting in his hands in the "talk" mode.

Me: (with my voice a little louder): Has she had trouble sleeping?
Dad: who doesn't repet me - but just pauses/listens and then proceeds to repeat whatever that little "voice in his head" (or I guess in his ear) says.

Someday I gonna be a working mom - so I was glad to see how this mom, who couldn't get away from work in the middle of the day, could still "be there" at the doctor's visit withouth actually "being there." Afterall, by the time I have kids, the doctors are going to be people from my generation - who - like me, won't think its that strange or neglectful to have a "virtual visit"

Doc?

So - I've been in NICU this week. . .we've got 47 of the tinest little babies you've ever seen! One of the coolest parts about being on the NICU team is that we get to go to deliveries and assess the newborns. There is a cool little phone (I call it the "bat phone") that rings when the baby is almost here & then the delivery team (consisting of 1 NICU nurse, 1 respiratory therapist & 1 doctor) runs into action.

Fastforward to this afternoon - all the residents are out in their various clinics which leaves me with the 1 NICU doctor. She was in the midst of doing a procedure when the "bat phone" rang. She says, "Larissa, why don't you go with the team and tell them I'll be there ASAP." I ran over, grabbed a gown & we got into the delivery room right as the baby was born. I steeped right up and helped clean her off as the other two were suctioning. . .then the 1 minute buzzer when off and the nurse looks at me and asks "whats the APGAR?" Ummm. . .APGAR, APGAR, APGAR. . .what the heck is the APGAR - respirations/color/tone/HR/reflexes - how many points foor each. . .ugh. . .ugh. . . I came to when I heard my own shaky voice say "7" the nurse looked at my funny, then did her own calculation & shook her head to affirm my assessment.

About that time the L&D nurse asked us for our names "Jane Doe, R.N" said the nurse "Larissa Adkins, MSIII" I said - and then nurse Doe laughed. . ."I'm so sorry - I thought you were one of the residents." Two minutes later the NICU doctor ran into the room - Nurse Doe said, "no problems. . .your medical student & I can handle it." The rest of the assessment went great - I even got to fill out the consult sheet - but I was a little nervous when I had to sign it - that made it official. . .the NICU consult was headed by this lowly 3rd year medical student. . .thankfully NICU nurses are awesome & can handle everything on their own - so there was nothing to worry about.