Well, we've been playing hard before my internship starts on Tuesday. I snuck home for a few fun days to hang out with Mom & Dad.
We also escaped a few weekends ago to Pensacola, FL for a long weekend with Lauren & Drew. It was marvelous! Any beach trip with those two includes poolside mojitos (or banana daiquiris for me), workouts overlooking the ocean, gourmet meals and side-splitting laughter.
Russ' classic pancake flipping...even though it looks like it's sawing Drew's head in 1/2.
This is Russell reading a book...the first time ever documented and only the second time ever seen. It was a little too weird for me--looks like I've rubbed off on him after all.
A completely miscellaneous picture of Molly (what's left of her). She looked like she had mange and when I grabbed to see what was going on, I got a clump of fur in my hand. We have a flokati rug in our house, but we seriously could make another one out of this dog.
I've been having Baylor Orientation since last Thursday, and they had a welcome dinner for us Saturday night. This is a picture of my fellow medicine interns (minus 2)--the people that I will be in the trenches with for the next year. 9 of them are actually going to be internal medicine docs, 2 will be ophthalmologists and the other 5 of us are radiology bound.
I have one more day of orientation tomorrow, and then I start working for real on Tuesday. I start on the CCU (cardiac intensive care)--yikes. I also know that I'll be on call BY MYSELF some night this week and q4 (every fourth night) after that--yikes. I have moments of clarity followed by moments of sheer panic. When they call me at 2 am because a patient is having chest pain and shortness of breath, I feel like I might have those complaints myself.
7 comments:
What a fun couple of weeks you've had! I LOVE Pensacola (and all your trendy swim suits!). CCU sounds scary. I totally think you should answer your on-call page about chest pains/shortness of breath with, "Join the club."
Good luck, and enjoy your last play day! You'll be amazing!
good for you to enjoy these days! your pictures look awesome and like y'all had so much fun. and for what it's worth you look like a competent knowledgeable doctor with answers even if you don't always feel like it on the inside!
Wow, that pancake flipping is the best I've ever seen!
You'll do great in CCU! Can't wait to hear more about your internship!
Hey girl! I have been thinking about you...I hope yesterday was smooth sailing! I know you're doing great!
You are going to be amazing. With such a tender heart, I'm sure you will be able to touch many lives while in CCU. Ben's brother was actually saved, intubated, etc., by an Ag, class of '03. He was the intern on call that night in the CCU in Cleveland (of all places). Anyway, the Lord will use you in mighty ways. We can't wait to hear how He uses you (less the details you can't share due to HIPPA)!
Hey girly,
Will you send me your new email when you get a chance? Thanks!
saralynn79@yahoo.com
Sara-
Oh my goodness, I was clicking around on friend's blogs and found yours. Congratulations on everything! I can remember when I was calling you back in the day to ask you about Baylor professors, etc. , and now you are official. You will be amazing. I hope you are doing well and wish you the best of luck with beginning your intern year. We just moved to Ft. Worth and Colby will beginning school, so hopefully I'll be able to have a fun post about graduating 4 years from now. Sorry, I've written a novel, but I'm really glad things are going well for you! Take care,
Joanna :)
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