Catterina

I matriculated at Joburg Girls in 1988 and then went to Wits to do a B. Nursing degree. After I qualified in 1992 I decided to specialize in Paediatric Nursing. I finished my specialization in 1994 after which I traveled overseas. When I returned I went back to work at the Jhb Hospital. I had a fantastic job working in a Paediatric surgical and trauma unit which I loved ( I nursed lots of babies with NEC with superb results….so please hang in there Yvonne!!!) . I had a disastrous relationship with a chef / Mr Know it all for 6 years too long. I met my husband to be in 1994. He was doing a surgical rotation through the unit I worked in. At that stage he was engaged to someone to be married and I was still hanckering after the chef ( silly me!). Any way to cut a long story short he returned to work with me in April 1995 and at that stage neither of us was attached any longer and we started dating. We got married in March 1997. I carried on at the Gen until February 1999 when my eldest daughter, Micaela was born. As much as I thought I would be able to go back to work the idea of leaving my new baby was not appealing. At that stage I was lecturing at the Nursing College. It also happened to coincide with my husband going into private practice. I then took the decision to resign and I started managing my husbands practice. It was the best decision I ever made as I am able to work and spend time with my daughters. My second daughter, Chiara was born in 2002. I now manage 2 doctors practices and I do locums at a Pharmacy running their well baby and general clinic to keep my hand in. It is awesome to be reconnecting with everyone from school again. It is very sad but I had lost contact with absolutely everyone. I am really looking forward to the reunion.