January Extra Blog Post

Wow, I can't believe that January is basically over now. One month since the new year is now about to pass just like that.

In January, I was able to do a good amount for my senior project. In 9th grade, Mrs. Cancino told me how I would learn how to priortize things and how in some cases I would have to sacrifice something. And indeed I did have to sacrifice something for my senior project. I didn't come to school on the 27th because I was doing my independent component the whole day from 8am to 5:30pm. I am glad because now I only have less than 2 hours to complete my independent component.

I learned a lot on that day as well. When I went to the Cardiac Rehab in the morning, my friend from last time, Hoang Pham, was still there. He told more advice again this time. It was about how to pass an interview. He told me that I need to basically do the opposite of everything in an interview. The interview people are trying to see what kind of person you are to see if you will graduate or not. They already know your qualifications through your resume, so that is why they want to see your personality. And another thing is that you aren't the only person that is nervous in an interview, the people interviewing you are possibly even more nervous than you. Hoang told me to watch an episode of Seinfield where the main character gets a job by doing the opposite in his interview.

I was also able to see many of the same patients that had come back in December in Cardiac Rehab. Some of them remembered me even after a month had passed by which was nice.

I was able to go to the ER (Emergency Room) because my friend, Mitch, who is a nurse took me. He showed me and two other nurses how he could modify a pacemaker through a machine in a wireless manner. It was very interesting as the machine "interrogated" the pacemaker of the patient and changed it according to her heart's needs. I forget what the machine is called though.

Funny enough, I didn't go to mentorship that day, but I saw Dr. Muthiah in the morning which was pretty cool. I also got to see two Left Heart Catherizations in the operating room which were both performed by Dr. Thumati.

I was also able to see, but not meet, Dr. Keyser who is an open-heart surgeon. I am considering interviewing him and I regret that I did not introduce myself to him because I was too shy.