Rocking this thing called a job!

So today was PHENOMENAL!  I was on my favorite TBI unit.

Patient is a 31 year old male with a shunt, had multiple brain bleeds.  And well, he and I were partners in crime.  I was LOVING IT!!!  The doctor came into the room this a.m. and he saw me and was like "Kara, I can only care for one patient in a room at a time, get out!!"  This doctor was my doctor until he finally discharged me from his care in May of 2010.  He gets a kick out of the fact that I am a survivor and working at the hospital where I did my rehab.  He is so kind and always worried about me.
So the patient and I were chilling.  He kept trying to pull his tubes out and I would just tell him to chill and after a while he caught onto the prompt and would stop.  And then he kept trying to get out of his wheel chair even though he was strapped in and I would tell him to chillax and then he would stop.  See, I spoke his language!   And he always had to have music on so he and I rocked out!  Music has helped me since my injury so I understood him having to keep it on.  He was working on balance and walking today and was giving the Physical therapists a hard time about it so me and my genius broken brain was like "Hey Jay, lets show the therapists the Dougie"  (for all y'all that don't know, the Dougie is a dance that is out and kinda cool and to a hip hop song"

 So i bust out my phone and start playing The Dougie and low and behold, he started trying to do it.  Was by no means perfect, but who cares, he was TRYING and standing and keeping his balance.  The PT looked at me and said Holy Shit Kara!!!!  And the patient kept saying I am the coolest girl ever!  The PT then brought the one doc in to show him me and the patient doing the Dougie.  The doc just smiled and gave me a High 5!

  When the patients sister came to visit, we showed he how he Dougies.  She is a nurse at the hospital and told me she was going down to the nurses information center and requesting that I be with her brother every day since I am so good with him and I am what he needs!  :)

  At the end of the day on the bus to parking lot one of the aides from the unit that was an aide when I was a patient asked if I was a nursing assistant yet.  Told him no,but I wanted to be.  Said I originally applied for aide positions but was told that I was not qualified.  He said I should totally do it now that I have proved I can work as a brain injured person!  EEEK!!!!!

  So, I have the aide saying I should do that.  Have the one nurse on the detox unit that wants me to be a detox RN and always asks me if I started classes yet.  So basically I have the whole hospital egging me on with a good chunk of them knowing I am a brain scrambler!