Shoe Tying
Since my last post on January 13, everything involving OT school has taken a dramatic turn, so thought I'd post a little update... About four weeks into my rotation in Dallas things started to get kind of hairy. I LOVED what I was doing, but it was so stressful. The nature of the program, the medical complexity of the kids, the fast pace, it seemed like there were way too many factors that made up each session - factors that I quickly realize I'd NEVER had a chance to practice, due to the nature of my first rotation, and it was incredibly overwhelming to try to keep everything straight. My supervisors were extremely helpful, kind, and great teachers, but definitely had it down to a science and I quickly felt overwhelmed by my inability to keep up. Stress factors external to the site quickly began to add up and on Thursday of week 7, my supervisors and I agreed that the site wasn't a great fit, so within 24 hours, I went from working my butt off (literally doing nothing b...