Brittanie has been VERY stressed out trying to keep her grades up, getting ready for the military ball, which she was in charge of, doing rifle team and drill team, as well as working. She doesn't handle stress well. She has been throwing up alot lately in reaction to the stress she is feeling. Well she missed work Tuesday night because she had thrown up several times during the day, including on the way home from school, so I set her up a doctor's appointment today before she went to work. When the nurse/medical assistant, brought her to the room to review her symptoms, she said "ohhhh 16, throwing up alot, tired....pregnant huh?" It HIGHLY offended Brittanie. She told her "I may be 16 but that doesn't make me a whore and I am still a virgin THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" Well that nurse didn't say a thing and just left the room. Then the nurse practitioner, who she was there to see, came in and evidently had been told about Brittanie telling her off. She apologized to Brittanie and said the nurse didn't mean to insult her. They just see so many pregnant 16 year olds. Brittanie told her that she is not your typical 16 year old. She has goals and her biggest fear is not getting into the colleges she applies to...NOT pregnancy. They drew some labs and gave her Nexium and something to calm her stomach when it starts cramping up/spasming. I REALLY REALLY wish she would just take 4 classes next year, which is all she will need to graduate, and take them from August to December and be done with high school. She is stressing too much for her age. If she got high school out of the way by the end of December, she would have months to chill out and prepare for college before she has go actually leave for college. She would still get to walk in the graduation ceremony in May. Maybe I will get Tom to talk to her about it.
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