The theme song around our house the past couple of weeks has been, "Get down, study-udy-udy." I have become (willingly, I might add) S's personal tutor. I should also add that this is at his risk because I know absolutely nothing when it comes to anatomy/physiology/medications. [*Sidenote* We joke that between the two of us, we can tell you everything that goes on in the human body. S from the cell and bigger and me from the cell and smaller.]
However I have found that I'm pretty good at making up mnemonic devices. For example:
CAT-P describes the side effects of Albuterol related to the heart (Chest Pain, Arrhythmias, Tachycardia, Palpitations...). C DAD Hurl? Side effects of Phenergan (Confusion, Drowsiness, Agitation, Dizziness, Hypotension...)
Naturally, after all of this studying I have managed to pick up a few things that are nothing but useless knowledge to me at this point, except the occasional, Quick, name the route of Epi 1:1000 challenge I throw at S when we are driving somewhere. However, the other day we were watching American Idol and there was a contestant who said she had been born with damage to the 7th Cranial Nerve. S turns to me and says, "Can you name which nerve that is?" I quickly scoured my head for Subject matter containing Cranial Nerve (imagine a rolodex) came to the mnemonic device for Cranial Nerves 4-7. Hmm, Trapping, Tripping and Falling... Falling...F... Facial! I exclaimed. To which S replied that I was correct. I haven't been that proud since tying for the top score on one of my chemistry exams senior year.
So I guess it isn't entirely useless knowledge. I can WOW (sarcasm) my coworkers (and you readers for that matter) with my newly acquired wisdom.
I'm also pretty sure that Bean's first word is going to end up being Sympathomimetic...
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3 comments:
haha You guys are funny :)
Good luck on her first word thing. I can barely pronounce that word myself!
Ha ha, you are funny. How are things going?
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