I’ve started my second week in my new sonogram program, which I moved into after physics class, and I’m starting to scan the abdomen.

Good news to my readers who have kept up. In my class update last week, I said I got a 100 on my final and had no clue what the midterm was. However, I got my results this week, and I am happy to report that I got an A in my physics class!

My stomach dropped when I saw the email cause my professor is kinda strict on things, and I was worried he was going to be mean about it to everyone and give us Bs or less, or even worse. However, to my surprise, I got a good grade! I am so thankful to him, and I hope I can show my hard work again in this class.

I have been screaming at the top of my lungs to everyone about my grade. I told almost everyone I could tell because PHSYCIS YALL! I’ve never taken physics in my life, and yet I did it—thanks to my hard work.

To celebrate, I drank my Pepsi. As you all know, I am a huge Pepsi lover, and did I down the 16 oz Pepsi? Yes, I did.

This week is my second week in scanning, and I am so nervous. I’m excited but also nervous because I’m getting closer and closer to finishing this program.

What excites me most about being like 30% into my program is that I’m going to start my internship, take my SPI exam, and get a step closer to retiring my mother.

But with so much excitement comes insecurity about scanning correctly and seeing what I’m supposed to see. For example, I have started practicing scanning the liver, hepatic veins, gallstones, and different areas around the liver. Still, I feel like I forget the anatomy when my professor calls me to do it.

Because our class is a mix of half people who have scanned before and half who have never scanned, I feel like it’s going to be extra hard.

Learning how to hold it, and because our class is online this week, I’m losing another week of scanning and can’t practice.

I have been looking up portable machines because I have seen people scan themselves at home, and it’s good practice to understand how to hold it, but the prices are so high omg. Some of them are over 1000 dollars. I probably have to check some other websites, and maybe it is a stretch.

Although you can read a lot of books and watch a lot of videos, it is different from doing it right in front of you and practicing. And even I know real practice wouldn’t let me touch the machines to practice when they have real patients to scan.

I’m figuring out how to get more practice and feel more confident saying what I see.

I scanned last week, and he said it was good. Unlike the others, he gave critiques, but I observed their mistakes so I wouldn’t make mine. And I felt good not to be snapped at. But I hope to do very well this semester and hopefully aim for a B this time.

I don’t know what the exams will look like going forward since I end class in December, so for 4 months I’m stuck with my physics professors. It’s a scary adventure, but I hope he treats me well and sees that I try really hard.

As for you all, thank you so much for reading my blog! I know it’s everywhere, and sometimes I might not update, but I’ve been so busy, and I’m so passionate about writing!

If I pass my abdomen class, I’ll buy a 12-pack of Pepsi and drink it every day to celebrate!

Here’s to working hard and a good rest of my year in my program!