October 24th, 2013
We also had our first day at Red
Crescent, the Labor and Delivery facilities right on the side of Mount Scopus.
This is the smallest, cramped hospital I have ever been in. It is so different
to have the hospitals be build upwards rather than horizontally like in the
states. I was placed on the Labor and Delivery unit with Lindsey Hawkins, which
I was stoked about. There weren’t any women in labor though and we were only
going to be there for 3 hours. We did however get to visit with a new mother of
her second child, who thankfully spoke really good English. Her little boy was
born at around 4:30 am today and was currently sleeping. She was having a
really hard time getting him to wake up and wanting to eat. She asked us for advice but we didn't really have any tips to helping her rather
simple little things to wake the baby up. She ended up instead just talking to us about her
father who owned a Souvenir shop inside Jaffa Gate. She was such a sweet lady
and loved to ask questions and be really open with us.
Once lunch came we gave her some space to
rest and eat with her new baby boy. The rest of the day was so slow, nobody
else was ready to have a baby. There was two individuals in for observation,
one for decreased fetal movement (how scary!) and the other for induction
because she was over 41 weeks (poor lady!). Lindsey and I ended up having a
heart to heart. It was fun just to talk and share different experiences since we haven't been as close. It's sad because with nursing we nursing students spend so much time together in classes and clinicals that we don't want to spend any additional time and it has really strained some friendships. I like to catch up with friends, especially hearing some of her amazing experiences. She really as a good example for me! I've noticed everyone can teach you or inspire you in some way if you'll only listen and give them time.
To finish the night we had our fake Passover
dinner! How fun to participate in a mock Jewish tradition with our Jewish
teacher, Ophir Yarden. We had name cards, participating parts such as songs and
narratives for the program, and we dressed up. I happened to be a narrator of a
huge passage; it still makes me nervous to read in public even if it is in
English. I just loved the setting and this cool experience. We read out of the
Haggaddah of the Jewish traditions and took part in the Passover dinner
traditions. Just as we poured our first glass of "wine" (fake grape
juice) and was starting to drink the glass we realized it was REAL wine with
alcohol! How funny, a ton of BYU students getting drunk on Passover, that would
have made the church news! Luckily they caught the mistake and corrected it
quickly with fake juice that was disgusting, I hated the taste! But overall it
was such a fun night full of good experiences!
Passover center piece with different foods for each section we read. Yes that's the real wine in the back....don't worry they wouldn't even let us keep the bottles...
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