early.

so this happened.

i am beyond excited.

my day started off at 3:30 am. to leave at 4:30 a.m. to be at the hospital by 5 a.m. to attend the first surgery.

i was lucky enough to receive a capstone in the cath lab.

basically i'll be helping and watching a lot of things with the heart to sum it up.

by 7:30 a.m. 

i had already watched a implantable cardioverter defibrillator battery change.

which consisted of the smell of burning flesh due to the technique of cauterization. 

so good thing i never ate breakfast that morning.

i was also able to see a left heart catheterizaiton.

with this procedure we were able to identify a blockage of the heart arteries

and was also able to watch a stent be placed to fix it.

by this time my mind was blown a million times over.

i had experienced so much is just a short amount of time.

i knew i was in love.

the staff was amazing to me.

it was seriously one of the best days of my student nursing career.

i can not wait for another day in the cath lab.

pretty sure my heart is falling in love with cardiology. 

- h