Sunshine and Silliness...

Long days, learning a bit, and learning where I need to read/experience more. There's a lot to do to prepare for next year.

Planning on working Tues, Thurs (turkey-day) and Sunday this week. Hope to hang out with Scott and Erin one of the off-days, and Stephanie maybe another off-day.

So really, I have only 6 days of work left to finish the whole month-long rotation/interview. So how many c-sections can I scrub in that time?... we'll have to see. (there are uteruses out there relying on my repair work...scary? exciting? I guess that's the question)

And I've decided to do some work on ME when I get home. Fun reading, self-exploration, affirmations, and yes, even the cheesy say-to-my-reflection-"I-like-me" stuff. It's been a long haul (20-odd years of schooling) and I want the next bunch of years of life and career to be growth forward.

Second day of work and this was the real thing-- up at 5:45, on the bus at 6:15, round on patients (figuring out how to write notes, find vitals, etc on the EMR), assist a c-section, meet two labor patients and follow them, admit new antenatals and answer nursing calls in between labor checks, deliver a patient, continue to work on new admits and notes from the morning, assist in another c-section, and finish up notes before 8ish pm signout. (and ride the bus home)

And they tell me that today was a more usual schedule.

This is fun. really. :)

For my adoring fans (yes, all two of you)... another post to say that I arrived safely in Seattle and that it appears the Universe is still taking care of me. My last-minute plans to stay with a friend's cousin has worked the past couple days and she has been soooo generous in her time-- she figured out which buses get me closest to the hospital, and then walked me through downtown Seattle and Pike Place.
All in all, I'm very excited to start tomorrow! New town, new hospital, and lotsa babies!

I had a great time working on Mackinac Island from october 10-26.  I was the last resident, so I was on call all the last week.  I had a few interesting cases, and experienced family medicine on an island (it's somehow different when you have to take a boat to see a specialist, or fly someone off the island after 5 if they need a hospital...)