I really like what we've been doing in class lately. I forgot if it has a specific name but it's cool to be able to see how what we're learning could be used to do something useful.
Last week was Spring Break but it feels like way more than a week ago. The first weekend, my family and I have to leave Friday morning for Dallas to see my cousin who was in the hospital. She had double pneumonia, which is apparently normal pneumonia but really really really bad. On Wednesday night, she went into respiratory arrest and has a really close call. Everyone there (her mom, dad and three sisters) were pretty emotionally drained when we got there around noon on Friday. My cousin, Alaina, was completely sedated and on a ventilator. On Saturday, the doctors started weening her off the sedation and she woke up enough to smile when we sang her "Soft Kitty" (Big Bang Theory reference #1). We stayed until Sunday morning, when she woke up enough for us to have a one-way conversation with her. She had about a million tubes coming out of her still but she could smile and nod in response to our comments. We were able to explain to her what had happened and she seemed calm enough. Although, her heart rate when way up when we started playing Jonas Brothers for her because she got too excited (she's 20 but they're still one of her favorite bands).
We talked to her over Skype on Sunday and she was recovering well at home. They got a puppy last week and named it Dr. Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory #2). It was so nice to see her talking and in normal clothes instead of a hospital gown.
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