First Semester What a semester it’s been! My first blog was about a week of hell I had in the beginning of August. That was only the start of the past four crazy months. Sadly, the end of August finished worse than the beginning. Hurricane Harvey hit our area causing major flooding and devastation. Many lost their homes, cars and some lost their life. Less than a week after the storm hit, I found myself in the Emergency Room with excruciating abdominal pain. I was admitted for observations overnight only to find out early the next morning I needed emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder. “It’s a simple surgery” they said, “only two hours” they said, “it will be performed laparoscopic” they said, they couldn’t have been more wrong. The surgery lasted over seven hours, they tried to operate laparoscopically, but ended up cutting me centerline about six inches. When I woke up in ICU, I knew so...