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We are almost in the month of April, and 'Final Presentation Night Is Fast Approaching'. I am extremely excited but slightly nervous. While my progress has been steady for my final product, I have yet to completely finish anything aside from my research assessments that I did for this project, but I plan to change that by the end of the week. Some goals that I have set are to finish my product proposal by the end of the week, have Dr. Joe look through it, make any revisions, and then use the rest of my time making graphics to accompany my product proposal. I've already begun to write my rough draft of my product proposal, so finishing it will be a simple task as long as I continue to pace myself and complete a little bit of it every day. I hope that my product will be something that I can proudly show Dr. Joe and Coach Goff, but even if that is not the case, I will still be glad that I set up the footwork for a project that I can possibly expand on in my years of college. With the lack of funding I have and available resources, I'm unable to materialize this product, but I still believe that a proposal for the product gets the point across and allows people to envision how this product could possibly contribute to the medical community.
It is finally time to 'Start On My Actual Final Product.' I researched shunting, researched some more, consulted with Dr. Joe, and now it is time to finally begin working on my final product. I plan to make a design for my design, but more importantly, I need to write up a product proposal for the functions of the product and what exactly it adds to normal pseudotumor cerebri shunting. In this coming week, I think what I'll do is write my draft and then have Dr. Joe help revise it and make edits to it. It feels strange working on a project for an entire semester and then only being able to turn in a written proposal for said product, but with the funding that I have now and materials on hand, this is the best that I will be able to do. I do think that looking back, I would have regretted doing a surgery for my final product just because it does not contribute half that a shunt with a pressure reading would give to the medical community. Nonetheless, I have a lot of work to do this week, and I look forward to finishing it and receiving feedback from Dr. Joe soon.
Over spring break, although I did not take the time to research more about pseudotumor cerebri shunting, I had 'My Longest Mentor Visit Ever'. The convenience of having my father as my mentor allowed me to stay at his office for seven and a half hours, in which I was able to see him perform a variety of tests, diagnose his patients, and listen to the ailments his patients have. Surprisingly, on that specific day, there were many patients that came in with migraines, headaches, or problems with seizures. I thought it was interesting at how many patients Dr. Joe gets that fall into the category. Another thing I was able to see was Dr. Joe performing more memory tests. After having seen more than five memory tests being performed on a variety of patients, it becomes clear which patients have early signs of dementia and those who do not. I also saw that while some people did have early signs of dementia, there were also patients who simply took the test due to their medications causing them to have brain fog. In terms of my final product, I will complete my research on pseudotumor cerebri shunting and then consult Dr. Joe about the next step I should take in order to complete my final product.
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