Barf.

Ok. It is halfway through July, and one-quarter of the way through my time at the Mayo Clinic for my first internship. Can I just say that I LOVE IT? It is going well.

For part of our testing that we do in the balance and vestibular lab up at Mayo Clinic, we do Calorics testing, which means we put water into somebody's ear canal that is either 7 degrees warmer or cooler than body temperature, and stimulate the balance response. Meaning, they get dizzy when we do this test.

The other day, somebody got so dizzy that she threw up. (Well, they aren't allowed to eat before testing, so, more retched). For a good amount of time.

I, being absurdly afraid of vomit, wanted to crawl in a corner and cry. Especially for thinking it was my fault for doing that to the patient.

The RANDOM part is, after the testing is over (and I was a big, brave girl), she THANKED us for our time. Yes, THANKED. Wow.

This is the machine I use to deliver water into patient's ears.