Repeats and Retreats

There is so much learning going on in my internship it is absolutely ridiculous. I have already lead so many different sessions that were awesome and some pretty challenging ones.

To the challenging ones straight away. I had a session today with a kiddo and 2 siblings. 2 very young, excited, loud, and attention-demanding siblings. It is so hard to discipline them and yet still focus on the patient while making it a positive therapeutic experience for everyone. Needless to say, by the time I left I felt a little cross-eyed. I handled it, but it was TOUGH. I got a few handy tips from my current mentor that I will be trying out next time I pass by that room, though.

Today I learned that 2 patients I saw earlier in my internship are back, and they are not ones with CF or another chronic illness, and that happens sometime. It brings back the feelings when they left ("yay they are going home"/"i am gonna miss their cute faces!") and turn to, "Why are you back???" and, "darn it, if you are going to be here you are getting music therapy!" So hopefully I will be able to get in with them later this week.

Oh yeah, this week is me kinda on my own with the MT-BC I was shadowing now shadowing me to make sure I don't fall flat on my face/help if something crazy happens. But next week, I will be all alone. Me, all by myself, doing what I want to do for the rest of my life!

I did my very first bedside intervention with piano today. I was very nervous going into it; piano is not my forte. The two sessions I used keyboard in went well, but I am all for learning new ways to integrate that into my interventions, besides just accompanying myself on it (although that is probably something I could work on, too). Bottom line- piano makes me want to run away and forget it exists. If anyone knows any pointers, I can use all the help I can get! It is just something I have always found a little intimidating. I am much more comfortable with guitar, drums, ukulele, umm.... recorder. haha. Ah!

I may potentially be working on some guitar teaching with one of the cuties I got to see today! Yay guitar!