flyin' solo

In the words of a former Sunshine camper, "What a great day, what a great life it's been..."

This week (and last week) I have been pretty much on my own leading sessions. Ashley is back this week, so she observed me in some of them, but a lot of times I have been seeing kiddos all on my lonesome! And it has been fantastic. This week I also got my very own pager. woot.

I had a pt. I have been following for about 2 weeks, so I got to put in an assessment for her AND get to address those goals in a session (which does not always happen). It was so cool to see her grow and change while in the hospital, and a lot of that had to do with Music Therapy.

Kids are all so funny and different. There are those who tend to give you a hard time to get a session. They really make you work for it, but once you get started they love it. Then you have those like my one friend from this week. Literally jumped out of his skin when he saw me coming he was so excited. This kid had one of the biggest smiles ever when doing music, and then that affect totally switched when a doctor came in. It's crazy.


Last week I got to lead an intervention in a different MT group, got to go to my first rehab rounds, and I got my orientation to the Botox unit, but more on that later. I have also been seeing a lot of babies lately! I love working with babies, from the itty bitties to the less itty bitty. I got a smile out of one today who never smiles. Ever. Tomorrow will be my last contact with babies for awhile because next week I start my second rotation. This rotation will be in the Botox unit and with Rehab kiddos. I'm excited to get some new experiences under my belt and to meet some awesome TBI kids.

So forever ago I made a list of goals for myself for this internship. One of them was about using the piano and getting more comfortable with it. I can say that yesterday I used piano in every one of my sessions with pts. Not so today, because I pretty much just saw wee ones. Another one of my goals was to make friends in time to see Harry Potter. Another check off my list! Bah I can't believe it's all over. It makes me a little sad, but I'm glad I got to see it all the way through and really be there when it all happened.

Well that's all for now!