by Nicole Everitt was a high school girl who went to see a friend in the hospital before she became a nontraditional medical student. That turned out to be a transformative experience.
When Everitt talked about strolling through the hospital, he stated, “I can’t describe that, except it was electric.” Everything was in Technicolor all of a sudden.
She looked at hospital positions like housekeeping and food service, but she thought that becoming a doctor was out of her grasp. Everitt believed that her severe hearing loss would prevent her from pursuing a career in medicine.
With recent technological developments helping to alleviate her partial deafness, 36-year-old Everitt is pursuing her goal of becoming a doctor full-time. The goal of the first-year student at UNT Health Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is to become a surgeon.
Everitt’s first excursion into higher education was to pursue political science, despite her early interest in medicine. She saw the subject as a means of using her writing and persuasive abilities to change the world when she enrolled at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio following her high school graduation.
Everitt took a vacation from school halfway through her studies since she was expecting her first child and was not doing as well academically as she had hoped.
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Everitt stated, “I was really adamant that I would finish my degree someday.” I simply thought that I needed to wait until I had a better understanding of my learning style and what I wanted.
Before long, she was drawn back to medicine and enjoyed reading journal articles.
Everitt claimed that throughout those initial years of being a young mother, that was what kept her alive and grounded.
Everitt returned to school as she had promised herself she would.
She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas in Dallas in December and is now a mother of six.
Everitt submitted applications to eleven medical schools in Texas, but she chose UNT Health due to its proximity and the bond she already had with the institution.
“This is the school I looked at when I first started thinking and dreaming about coming back,” she remarked. It seemed like home, so I attended conferences here and took part in an event. I was incredibly hopeful before I even received an admission because it felt like home.
Everitt and her husband, Chris, recently relocated their family from Forney to Fort Worth in order to avoid a lengthy commute that would interfere with her study time and time spent with her kids.
Even though she has only been in lessons for a few weeks, learning has already begun. Everitt and her classmates immersed themselves in osteopathic manipulative medicine, a hands-on approach to treatment that osteopathic doctors employ, as well as molecular biology.
I am eager to acquire knowledge, and I am even more thrilled to be able to use that knowledge to help others, Everitt stated.
Her children are as excited as she is. They write her notes to cheer her up.
Mom, you’re doing fantastic!
You’re capable!
According to Everitt, “I get little moments like that, and they mean the world to me.”
Her husband and kids were present when she took part in a ceremony on July 23 where donors gave young medical students their first stethoscopes.
Everitt received a stethoscope with unique features. It links to her hearing aids, which enable her to pursue her dreams now even if they weren’t around when she was a child.
Mother and son held the chestpiece over Eleanor’s heart while Everitt’s youngest kid, Ignatius, listened through the earpieces.
Thump-thump. Thump-thump.
Everitt hopes that by sharing her journey, her kids will be inspired to be strong and follow their ambitions.
“It’s truly such a blessing to be able to demonstrate to my children that life doesn’t always have to go in this exact line, and sometimes it doesn’t, and it can still turn out so beautifully,” she added.
McKinnon Rice works for the Fort Worth Report as a reporting fellow. [email protected] is her email address.
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