I got accepted into North Park's Nursing Program for fall 2015! I was really hoping to get in for the Spring, but hey this is better than nothing at all. I can't wait to finally start my clinicals and looking more into hopefully becoming an IBD nurse. All I want to do is interact and reach out to people who have these diseases and be able to connect with them. Even though it would've been great to start in the Spring, I think everything happens for a reason. I mean I DO have two more surgeries I am getting next semester and even though I would be able to manage, I'm sure it would be a lot to handle. This way I can start my nursing classes, UC free and ostomy free in the fall!!
Another thing I am very excited about is, I was asked to write my story about living with an ostomy in college for an online IBD magazine called Companion Magazine for IBD. They are coming out with a holiday issue and Brooke (the girl I talked about who is so inspirational to me) is the editor of it and when I told her I would love to help out in any way I could, she reply by asking to do a "spotlight story" about me. Like I said, my goal is to just share my story and inform people about the IBD community in any way I can!
Here's the link....
http://companionibd.com
The issue should be out hopefully around December and I will most likely be sharing that as soon as I see it.
Thanks again to everyone who has given me support and following my story. It means the world to me
-- JKL
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