Volunteering

I started volunteering at a hospital a few weeks ago. It's actually the hospital my old roommate, who just got married, works at as a dietitian. I get off at noon so we meet up and each lunch together in the cafeteria. It's fun. And bonus is I get to eat for free!! It's pretty sweet.

Right now I just go once a week, but I might start going more. I'm on the 3rd floor at the Telemetry unit sitting at the nurses station answering patients calls. It's called call lights. If they need medicine, IV stuff I get the nurse. For little things I page the CNA. Sometimes I go help the patient myself. I really enjoy it. I like not being the patient for once and seeing how the nurses and doctors interact behind the scenes. I noticed right off the bat the doctors think they own the place.
My first day there a cardiologist (heart doc) is sitting next to me on a computer and he randomly says do you have trouble breathing sometimes? I said yeah and then I asked how did he know and he said because of my voice. Crazy!

They gave me a shirt and badge to wear. I am official.