I have 24 hours left on 4A as the HBIC. It can't come any sooner ( Read more... )

First of all, Happy St. Patty's Day to ya. I hope you all felt a little of the Irish spirit today (or that at least you had some green cookies or something ( Read more... )

Today had the potential to be a disaster of unseen proportions. An intern and AI were post-call and the psych intern on my team called in sick. That left me with one intern (who had clinic in the afternoon) and an AI. There was a trauma and a code this morning that meant kids needed to come out of the PICU toute suite to make room, not to ( Read more... )

I almost let Them get to me today. The Rules of the House of God have never been more applicable in my career than they were today ( Read more... )

I survived night one of seven as the pediatric admitting resident on 4A. Thank FUCK I have an awesome acting intern (AI) that takes call with me. I felt bad scutting her out to do post-op checks as the night went on but she handled it like a pro. I'd worked with Becca in the peds ER before and I know from previous experience that she's got her ( Read more... )

Before I take my leave ( Read more... )

...and all through the house, not a pager was stirring, not even the intern's ( Read more... )

I did it. I finally finished my friggin' Xmas shopping today. It took 1.5 hours at the mall but I did it. I was amazed how busy the mall was for 6 PM on a week night. I had intended to go earlier but sleeping until 3 PM prevented me from doing so ( Read more... )

(I managed some sleep last night. And then proceeded to sleep through my alarm and woke up 10 minutes before signout. Luckily, our students kick ass and prerounded on the surgical patients so all I did was check a few things and tidy up. Gah ( Read more... )

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