Nursing School is not for Sissies!

I have a flair on facebook that says that, and how true it is!! This week is that crazy week that comes every semester where first I'm in denial, then I want to pull my hair out and scream, then I want to cry, then I want to quit, and somehow I come back around to the point where I just try my best and it makes me want to become a nurse even more.

I've been studying for Pharmacology all night. It is the worse class anyone could ever possibly have to take. Try taking words like diazepam and propofol and succinylcholine... not only do I have to know what kind of drug they are... but also the action, indication, and side effects. Maybe you feel some of the pain of a nursing student now...

But, even though this has already been a terrible crazy week (I keep forgetting that it's only Monday), I did find a story of an amazing little girl Saturday night. Her name is Boey Byers. She was only 6 years old when she was diagnosed with a rare form of muscle cancer. Her cancer was in the 3rd stage when she was diagnosed, so she had to go under chemo and radiation at the same time. She went through 30 straight days of radiation. After 10 months of fighting her cancer went into remission. But it soon came back in her spine and bones. In December of 2007 she died from cancer.

Many people might say that she lost her fight with cancer, but I don't think that Boey lost anything. Not only did Boey go through so much that I can't even imagine for an 6-8 year old, but she was an advocate and a spokesperson for pediatric cancer. When she was sick, during her chemo or radiation, she would use her change to buy stuffed animals. She would then take these around to the other children in the hospital. Her mom said that while she was too sick to leave her hospital room she would always be asking and wondering how her friends were doing.

I didn't mean to go on and on, but really I just want you to watch this one video. If you fall in love with her as much as I did, there are tons of videos about her on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvj-0RUpteo