finished boards. 9 hour exam. need a drink.

Working 16hr nights has been tough, but the week was definitely a positive experience, overall. Delivering babies is ridiculously cool, I got to help w/c-sections, and the residents and nurses were fun to hang out with ( Read more... )

today I delivered a boy named henry.

it was a crazy cool experience.

p.s. babies are super slippery.

honestly, this little boy dog goes out of his way to roll in mud, jump in puddles, and attach various twigs and leaves to his fur. I have given him 4 (!!!!) baths in the two weeks we've had him. (because, really, I have no desire to curl up with a smelly, dusty puppy.) I don't think any of my little girls were quite so filthy ( Read more... )

I just made friends with the librarian at the public library and he has finagled all-day free parking for me while I study for boards over the next (gulp) week and a half. there are WAY fewer crazy-eyed med students here ( Read more... )

till boards. agggh. so close...and yet...so far ( Read more... )

today we practiced blood drawing and IV insertion. here is what I learned ( Read more... )

which makes it, in theory, a good day for studying. today I broke out the energy drinks - you should be proud of me, jennilwe had a really awesome lecture this morning by one of my favorite professors here. she's a vascular neurologist and she spent an hour discussing clinical findings (and interpretation) in different types of strokes - this is ( Read more... )