While everyone else is celebrating the end of the work week, the start of the college football season, and enjoying some good ol’ Labor Day cookouts, I will be starting real (but fun, interesting, and educational) work again tomorrow. I like hearts, I like the kidneys though I think they’re way too smart for me, [...]
I’ve worked harder since getting here at 5pm than I had all month. So why do I love this place again? What’s wrong with me???
I leave the PICU for two days, come back for a crosscover call, and the team list has exploded!
As long and painful as my call night was last night (a code on the floor, a code in the PICU, plus some ridiculous number of admits), I still managed to rest a little bit more than the attendings I saw stumbling around blurry-eyed with me throughout the night. Poor guys. I hope they all [...]
If I hadn’t had the day off yesterday, I think I’d be ready to punch someone by now.
I’d been worried at the start of July that after being on a couple easy rotations back to back, I’d have a hard time adjusting to real work again in the PICU. I actually felt fine until the last time I was on call Wednesday…and since then I’ve been exhausted. I’ve slept a ton today [...]
It’s always the busy days that really remind me of all the reasons I love the PICU. Not that I’m asking for busy days this month to remind me…I’m also happy taking it easy.
We had Gormley on rounds this morning and he was running late, so he told me to dismiss everyone else and we’d round together whenever he showed up. So at 11am, he called and we took about 30 minutes to round. And then he left. I’ve been hanging out in the lounge with the other [...]
When I left the PICU this afternoon, we were at a whopping 2 patients for 3 residents, a sub-I, and a PA student. Naturally, some people may be getting an extra day off tomorrow Unfortunately I won’t be one of those people since I’m on call. In anticipation of that, Evan and I had a [...]
My eye is reddish again today and was slightly reddish once last week. To give you an idea of our attendings’ personalities, here’s what I was asked by several of them. Henry: Your eye’s doing that thing again! Couloures: Uh oh, are you getting an infection? Gormley: Did someone poke you? (Complete with pokey motion [...]
So when does my brain start waking up again after having it easy for a couple months? I feel like I called the attending more often than I should’ve last night in the PICU, and rounds yesterday were not the prettiest sight. At least all the attendings are nice…
I had my first of seven PICU calls this month last night, and aside from realizing my brain was sorta slow after 2 months of limited patient care, I think it went pretty well! I even slept uninterrupted for 6 hours and only woke up because my alarm went off. Then, because we only have [...]
I’ve started the countdown for my class in the lounge. The number’s a little intimidating right now, but it’ll get better soon!
Ami had a little end-of-residency party in the lounge today and most of her classmates were able to show up for a few minutes to hug, laugh, and enjoy some brownies before heading back to work. I’m sad to see them go (most of them will actually still be around, which is great), but I’m [...]
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