New Road...New Professional Goal!

All of my life I have said that I want to be a Pediatrician...I have NEVER wanted anything else...until now! My passion has always been to make a difference and help people especially children. My passion was never in becoming a Pediatrician. I simply though that was the best way to accomplish my goal...

When I was in the hospital...I changed my mind. When you go through the kind of horrifying drama that I went through, finding out so many life changing information in so little time and coming so close to heaven, you have a lot of time to just lay there and think. Sometimes you need someone who knows what you are going through and has been through it to be there and talk to you. Even if their situation is not identical...at least they have been through something that changed their life, medically, forever.

Every morning a psychologist came in with my main doctor as he made his rounds, but I never got the chance to just sit and talk to her. At the time, I did not know that I needed to, but looking back, my thought process may have been a lot different had I had the opportunity to just talk.

Everyday I got to talk to my mother, who continually lifted my spirits. She spent almost every waking moment with me. As soon as I was considering changing my destination I told her and she said she would support me. When I told my dad, brother, and little sister while I was in the hospital...they said the same.

The new direction I have chosen to take is...drumroll please.......Clinical Psychology. I want to focus in pain management and child psychology. This is where I believe my true calling is. I feel this is where God is trying to take me. This field is where I have decided to devote my life to. I made this decision for me and no one else. I truly believe that this is one of the best decisions I have EVER made!

Thank you Lord