First off Caitlyn, I love that you are in a pool right now! From your debrief video, I can tell that you loved your fieldwork placement. I am so happy that you had a great experience. I agree, I also need to improve my documentation skills!
While I was out of class on Monday, May 15th, I still learned a lot about Guillain-Barre Syndrome. I think it is such an interesting disorder. It amazes me that someone can begin with symptoms of weakness and then can become paralyzed, only to potentially recover from the illness. The group I was assigned to for the case study was on a man named Joseph Heller, who was born in 1923. He was a writer and a traveler. He was writing his 4th book and started having trouble swallowing and difficulty raising his arms and legs. He ignored the symptoms until worsened and he went to the doctor where he was diagnosed with GBS.
I really enjoyed learning about Acquired Brain Injuries during our class today. I personally know many people that have suffered from all different types of ABI's, so I liked learning about it in more detail. When I was young I actually watched someone obtain an ABI, so I have always found them interesting. I was at a tumbling competition and the elite tumblers were competing so everyone was watching because they were so skilled. One guy was on the trampoline and did a double back tuck. He barely under-rotated, but just enough to cause him to land leaning forward, so much that it shot him off the trampoline and onto the concrete. He immediately began seizing, and unfortunately a few days later he passed away. Another experience was during my freshman year of high school. A gym class was playing flag football and two of my friends dove for the ball at the same time, colliding heads. The top of one guy's head crashed into the side of the other's. He also immediately started s...
We have been learning about ALS in our Neurological Aspects class, and this disease has interested (and honestly, terrified) me more than any other. I think it's hard to believe that something like ALS can happen to the body. My dad is a contractor and my mom is a real estate agent. Last year they built a house for a couple in their 50's, and the woman had just been diagnosed with ALS so they needed a very accessible home. When they began building the house the woman was able to walk and talk, but by the time they moved into the house she was using a wheelchair and was having major respiratory issues. She communicated with an eye gaze, and talked about how terrifying it was to be trapped in her own body with her mind still intact. She talked about her respiratory issues and how she would try to take a breath but her lungs sometimes would do nothing. She said it felt like she was suffocating so much of the time. Unfortunately, she passed away only a few months later. This disea...
OH my goodness! I loved this so much! I'm so glad that your enjoyed your fieldwork, and I also hope you enjoy that pool!
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