Day 2

Today I woke up around 6:50 which is really early for me because during a normal school week I don't wake up till about 7:40. I then hustled over to Piedmont where I was schedule to get a drug and TB tested. After arriving and filling out my paper work I was taken to the back where I got drug tested. Four minutes later it was confirmed that I was negative to which the friendly nurse, Patti, turned to me, shook my hand and smiled as she said, "welcome to Piedmont." We then went to her office where she put a small needle under my skin and injected some type of fluid that will decide whether or not I have TB in 48-72 hours. After that I took a picture for my badge that I will be given on the day of my orientation. 

I left and hurried over to the Good Samaritan. Once I got there Mrs. Dubley and I continued setting up for lunch. We finished arranging all the chairs and the tables for food. Then around 11 we put all the food out and at 11:30 guest started to arrive.  Dr. Wellman began speaking at about 12. This was a very interesting man who had lots of insight on the topic of sleep and sleep apnea. He started his research in 1979 and still researches it today. Some things that I took away from his talk were that 4 males to 1 female snores due to the fact that weight in males is typically disturbed in their upper body. I also learned that high schoolers need on average 9 to 9 1/4 hours of sleep a night but most of the time only get about 7 to 7 1/4. Other things he disguised included how quickly it takes different people to fall asleep. Dr. Wellman said, "if can't sleep in 10 to 12 minutes get out of bed and do something monotonous." This way it will get your mind off of focusing on trying to sleep. Along with that he talked about how onset insomnia is a mental problem. The more you focus on trying to sleep the more active and stressed out your brain becomes making it increasingly more difficult to actually sleep. Once he finished his talk Mrs. Dubley and I cleaned up the room and reorganized into the way it was originally. Shortly after completing that task I left.