I'm now ending day 6 of Snot-o-rama 2008 and after four days of zithromax, my sinuses (my left sided ones in particular) are producing snot at an alarming rate. I also now have a mild amount of pain over that sinus system. Thank goodness garbage day is Thursday or else the house would be overrun by used tissues. It's nasty. I can't remember ( Read more... )

Long, boring day learning about assessment and resuscitation. And then went to committee and rejected people. There's new students on the committee and one of them questioned what I had said about an applicant I interviewed and how he had been on the receiving end of medicine (had been sick as a kid, his mom recently endured a long illness) but ( Read more... )

T-minus 2 days and counting. Something tells me tomorrow will go by in a painfully slow fashion, just to screw with me ( Read more... )

Meningococcemia boy is doing much, much better. He was transferred out of the PICU today and will likely go home over the weekend once he's done with his antibiotics. He looks great - even took a few steps today ( Read more... )

I am being bombarded with e-mails from the student affairs office, the AAMC, ERAS and NRMP about Those Things That Shall Happen Next Week. The timeline of events is thus:

• Monday: are you in or are you out? You get the e-mail telling you if you matched or didn't. If you didn't, then you get to partake in festivities on Tuesday, Wednesday and ( Read more... )

I typically stray from situations in which people are arguing, or those in which one person is the recipient of a brand-new, shiny asshole. It drives my anxiety level up for some reason. I'm generally non-confrontational and tend to do whatever it takes to make sure I never end up in that position. As bitchy as I purport myself to be, I really ( Read more... )

Sweet. Mother. Mercy ( Read more... )

Today started on a relatively decent note, plummeted, then ended on a high note ( Read more... )

I swear, the man has used up 8.9 of his 9 lives.

After requiring intubation yesterday for worsening respiratory status, he continued to try to die again today. His labs all looked crappy and he continued to be acidotic. This afternoon as I was getting ready to go over to committee, Matt (the chief resident on vascular/transplant) runs over to us ( Read more... )

I think I'm finally in the state of mind where I can sit down and write about the week that was. I've been significantly tired (insomnia, hours upon hours of driving, and anxiety will do that, I s'pose) and in no mood to do anything but sit on my couch and stare at the TV with a review book open in my lap.

First things first:
-Remember applicant ( Read more... )