First Day of work with a Bang

Yesterday was my first day working privately with individuals in their homes.  I really enjoyed it alot.  I assessed two different clients with homocystinuvi and cerebral palsy.  I was a bit worried about the assessment because I wasn't exactly sure what I needed to assess.  I definitely felt like a newbie going in.  But when I got there, all of my previous training in school and in my internship hit me and I remembered exactly what I needed to do when it came to actually seeing the clients.  To build rapport, I let the clients choose several activities for us to pursue such as playing instruments, singing a song, or playing on iPad.  This worked out very well in that I was able to assess almost every area of cognitive, psychosocial, physical, and communication.  When I needed to continue to assess different areas that hadn't been addressed yet, I offered an intervention that I was already familiar with and knew worked with most clients.  I definitely have much more to assess with these two clients within the next couple sessions before I can pin down some goals.  So far I am very excited with what I am doing and I have many more clients to see this week!

On another note yesterday was a great and terrible first day of work.  I did get to see two clients but on the way to my third client, I had a car accident.  I can't really remember what happened because I was out of it at the time.  What I remember is driving to the client's house looking at the GPS and the next minute I was stumbling out of my car about to pass out.  My flight reaction told me to get out no matter how I was feeling because I was afraid the car was on fire or would explode.  Luckily neither happened.  But the truck I hit caught on fire under the hood.  I remember being hauled into the ambulance wondering what had just happened since I didn't remember the wreck.  I was so grateful to the fireman on the scene and the ambulance driver for taking good care of me when I was in a daze.  And the nurses and doctors at the Emergency Room were so helpful.  I will never take these people for granted again.  I am so glad my husband is in school to be a nurse because I see how much they help people.  Luckily now, I am completely fine.  I am definitely sore and have a headache but other than that, I am in tip top shape.  Here is a picture for you to see what the car looks like now:

I just have to say that I am so grateful to be alive.  God was watching out for me yesterday keeping me safe.