hectic

Since we got back from spring break pharmacy school has really turned it up. We have about 3 things a week. We get through with one test and we have 2 assignments to do. We have to study 4 things at one time. I don't know why we couldn't do some of these things in the first 3 months of school instead of cramming everything into 1 month. So that I why I have been absent from blogging. But we only have FIVE WEEKS left of our first year of pharmacy school! I cannot believe it! God has absolutely blown my mind with his blessing in my life. When I think I can't do it or I am just too overwhelmed, I get a REALLY good grade on a test when everyone else (besides smarty pants Josh) failed it. He is so awesome. Christ will never fail me.

On a different nerdy pharmacy note...Did yall see the news about hospitals having contaminated TPNs? My PPE mentor works at Princeton so she was one of the ones writing orders and giving these patients their TPNs. If you haven't seen the news, 6 hospitals in Alabama recieved TPNs that were contaminated with a bacteria called Serratia marcescens. TPN stands for total parenteral nutrition. It is an IV infusion of glucose lipids and fats (all good at growing bacteria) that has to be prepared and be sterile because it goes straight into the blood. So these Alabama hospitals ordered TPNs from this company who sent them contaminated ones. Every time someone gave a patient a TPN they were infusing their blood with bacteria. Some patients require TPN on a daily basis and it took a while for anyone to make the connection that the bacteria was coming from the TPNs. The only time that the same person does all of the TPNs is on the weekends so this past weekend an AUBURN PHARMACY SCHOOL graduate noticed that every single patient in the hospital that was recieving TPN also had Serratia marcescens. Interesting stuff huh?