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Kristie Marianne McCall MeChel pod-mates for life.

Thank you all for a wonderful, beautiful, stressful, crazy, emotional, hilarious, comfortable, discouraging, early, late, and everything in between clinic this year.  I finished off clinic with a very laid back 1B, took BWX and 1PA on my good friend.  Hemsely was good to keep me cognizant of the clock and how fast I could be/should be working.  Thank the heavens above that I passed this semester.  And thanks to all of you very sweet friends who I couldn't have done it without.

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Feeling good.  Got everything done I had planned to do, barely, and with A LOT of help from my rockin' peeps.  Thank you thank you thank you.

Saw the cutest little friend Janey, who LOVED riding in the chair.

Then I saw my wonderful sista.  And completed the following: 10PAs, 4 1B Quads, Air Powder Polish PE, Diagnodent PE (p.s. the Diagnodent SUCKS and is not worth the $3000 JW paid for it) and my final sealant.  THANK YOU KELS!

By the end of clinic Vining was saying, "You're doing what?  A sealant?" Then he would look at the clock. :)

Again, can't say enough thanks to my peeps who helped me so much!

One more clinic day?  Is this even possible?

Oh yeah, I LOVED meeting with McConaughy today.  :)  She was so matter of fact and upbeat.  I want like a party to be thrown for the fact that I am going to finish my requirements.  I mean I understand that it is expected, and all I did was meet expectations (hardly exceed them), but still.  It was FREAKING HARD to meet expectations.  I think I'll throw a party for myself.  When my requirements are complete though all the ups and downs and patient no shows and crappy experiences and frustrations seem to disappear from my memory and I think . . . that wasn't so bad.

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Couldn't leave out Camden and the OralB Ring of tb's

Not in the Stars

It is just not in the stars for my patient to be on time.  He assured me time after time that he would be here, because he's been going to bed earlier and because he would have to be awake for something else earlier anyway.  And here I sit.  at 8:31am.  Waiting.

UPDATE: Pt came at 8:45pm, later than normal, but do not judge him until you hear this story.  This is a 20 year old Hispanic kid.  He woke up this morning at 5:00am to go get his Grandma from the SLC Airport.  She flew in from Mexico.  She has not seen his family for 12 years.  (tear)  He was 7 years old when he saw her last.  (tear)  He took her home (to his mom's house) as a surprise for his mom's birthday.  Are you loving him yet?  I am.

However, the appt was difficult.  He was late, had local anesthesia on the upper left.  Told me (at 9:00am) that he needed to leave at 10:00am.  I worked as hard and as fast as I could.  Had LOTS (more than any of you have ever had in one mouth) of errors, but I removed a LOT of calculus and plaque and bacteria biofilm.  His gums are going to be ROCKIN' in about 2 weeks.  Seriously, the black line calculus that came off his anteriors alone was enough to get me giddy about his rise in health status.

He was not always reliable, he ALWAYS came late, but I love this kid and love that I was able to help his mouth and his self confidence in moving towards a healthier life.

I may not get credit for all 3 quads, since Hemsley had to remove my calculus errors because my patient had to leave, but I feel very good about what I was able to do to help him.

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Welcome All

Sunday night I lay in bed thinking of all the things I should do Monday morning to prepare for clinic, etc.

Then I get up Monday morning and think, "I'm bored, what should I do?" and don't do any of the things I think of Sunday night.

Also, I have been really getting stupid lately.  Today's manifestations of my idioticity were that I wore ankle socks (haven't done that since the the first day of clinic first semester) and I remembered to put my contacts in (so I can use my loupes) when I was half way to Karlie's house (already running a few minutes late!)  So . . . I was a little worried about my brain at that point, but the day turned out great.

My patient was a trooper.  TONS of anesthesia.  Vining was stymied, and not happy about it.  She metabolized it so fast, and her tissue was extremely fibrotic so the actual Lidocaine was hard to administer.  Anyhoo, 3 Quads done.  1-II 2-III.  It was good and great.  I cannot believe this semester is coming to a close and I believe (keeping my fingers crossed though) I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. 

More to come on the Welcome Night later.