Local Anesthesia Mockboard and class 4!!

What a Crazy Good day!! I can't believe I survived! First off, I've been studying like crazy with Kara for boards and they are now only 3 weeks away! I can't believe it! She is such a great friend and I love studying with her. We have a great time together! So this morning, I got here at about 7:15 am to do some last minute studying before we took a mock LA written board. At about 8 am we sat down in the clinic and took the written mock. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I came away with an 88%. It's a pass/fail exam so all I needed was a 75%. So I'm feeling pretty good. About an hour later, my wonderful mom came in to be my mock clinical LA patient. She is so awesome to come in and help me!! She had great anatomy too! Both injections in my opinion went pretty well. But it's quite intimidating to have two people standing right over the top of me and not saying anything but "I see, proceed". So I was flying solo today and it felt awesome!! After each injection, the examiners would walk away and talk about the injection. At the end of the 2nd, they asked me to dismiss my patient and they watch my unload my needle and carpules. I was a little worried cause I wasn't sure how i did. This exam as well is a pass/fail. So, the results.... I passed one, failed one. On the real board, if we fail either one, we walk out of the clinic, pay another $270 and try again. Crazy!! So I failed my Left Inferior Alveolar nerve block due to the placement of the syringe. I needed to be more over the pre-molars and not so much on the canine. If I would have done that, I would have rocked it!! My posterior superior alveolar went super well. My mom said she got numb in both places which is PERFECT!! I feel super ready to take my board. I'm getting really excited about it now!! My pt. this afternoon was a class 4. This is the worst case of perio that a pt. can be. I was excited to work on him and he was a great experience for me. I was able to take a bunch of xrays which I desperately need. So today was a great day!! I learned a lot and stretched myself pretty far. I love this kinds of days.... but super happy it's over!