Five tests down, fifteen more to go. Whew!

Well, like it says, I finally have five down but like fifteen more to go. I'm tired now though. The last test took me two hours to do for only thirty-six questions. I know, you're probably wondering if there's something wrong with me. Well, maybe there is but I know that the tests are a lot harder than you think. The last one I took was on the special care for pediatrics. There is so much to remember so it's lucky that I can use my book on the tests because without, I think I would be clueless and wouldn't learn a thing. I tell you though, there is so much that can happen for a child. You know, children can compensate and compensate and then all of a sudden just crash. They compensate so well that you may never even know something is wrong until they crash. My teacher always tells a story of a child who got hit by a car and when the ambulance got there to check on him, he was fine. They let him walk into the ambulance and sat for a few minutes talking and playing with him with a teddy bear and the child seemed perfectly normal. Well, needless to say they decided to get the kid checked out anyways and started on their way to the hospital which was literally only two minutes away. On the way there, the child coded of internal injuries. He had coded out before even reaching the hospital and despite loyal efforts, the child never came out of it and died at the hospital. Now, don't let this story scare any of you mothers out there, just know that children are very resilient, hmm, I'm not sure about that spelling. But know that children compensate very well but also, don't take this story to mean that with every little bump or bruise you need to get your child checked out. Just stop and think of the mechanism of injury and investigate how bad it really would have hurt the child. If in doubt, by all means, get the child checked out. Better safe than sorry. Well, okay, now that I've scared all you young mothers with my story and ramblings, I'm going to go to bed so I can get up and take another test. I apologize if this story did scare anyone, it wasn't meant for that. I was just rambling on about the things I study and learn and well, who knows, maybe it is something you need to know. Goodnight.