I was able to squeeze in my volunteering hours at San Jose this week in between mid-terms. I continue to help the pharmacy staff out with the Pharmacy Assistance Program. I also learned that two other Cell classmates are also volunteering pharmacy: Truc Le and Tony Hetemi. Tony will start his volunteering next week with me, I'm excited because I will have to opportunity to have someone to talk to and of course share the load work with :) I learned that Tony has some pharmacy background in Kosovo, before he came to the United States. I'm very interested to learn from his experience and knowledge of pharmacy field.
I had a flashback moment while volunteering this week, I was helping counting this medication that I used to take for my arrhythmia for my heart problem. I realized how far I have come since my heart surgery and the amount of gratitude I had for the doctors and nurses that took care of me. I am also grateful for the financial support I received from the Texas CHIP program. I don't think my parents could have afforded the cost of my opened heart surgery without this important program. I think knowing this early in my childhood has helped me to have empathy for people that are uninsured or under-privileged. San Jose Clinic is definitely helping me to give back to the community and act as a stepping stone for my future in giving back.
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