Right now, I just want to crawl into a hole and never come out. I’m on call for the third straight day. Yesterday I admitted two children who were burned under suspicious circumstances (either abuse or neglect). And the relationship I was trying to cultivate fell apart despite my best intentions. I know things will […]
Archive for April, 2006
Yesterday evening I went out with my friends from the burn unit, Jeroen, Ken and his girlfriend Roz, and David and his daughter Mattie, out to the Stutz to see the art show. The Stutz art gallery interests me based on its history as a factory for such cars as the Stutz Bearcat (see […]
Hey kids, don’t light yourselves on fire. Life may suck, but not as much as when you self-immolate.
Seems my run of good luck is over. For the burn service, I am on home call, meaning that I can go home but may be called in at any time if a patient needs to be assessed or a patient becomes sicker. During my first two calls, I didn’t need to come in […]
This morning I admitted a child to the burn service. He’s a 2 year old with what appear to be scald burns to his foot, buttocks, and hands. The story we were given is fishy, to say the least, and the burns have the inklings of abuse. The paramedic said that the mother’s boyfriend even […]
So I took the quiz, and here’s the answer. Evidently, to have a car that reflects me, I’ll have to save my pennies.
I’m a Porsche 911!
You have a classic style, but you’re up-to-date with the latest technology. You’re ambitious, competitive, and you love to win. Performance, precision, and prestige - you’re one of […]
I started the burn service this week, and one of our patients is certifiably insane. Not only did she get her burns in a method that can be described as stupid, but she has sabotaged every effort we have made to treat her burns non-surgically, including ripping off her dressings and removing her IVs (which […]
Today I had my mock oral boards. I’ve been sweating this test for a while now, and my attempts at studying for it have been foiled by other necessities of life and work. However, I’ve been cramming this week and it seems to have paid off.
The way the mock orals are set up is that […]
It has been 8 months since Cache, our family’s beloved dog of 12 years, passed away from complications of congestive heart failure. He was the best dog ever, and it has been with hesitation that my parents have considered getting a new dog. Mom wants a dog that is the reincarnation of Cache, but […]
As mentioned in a previous post, here is my classmate Jeff’s vision of me as the laparoscopic Yoda. It’s frightening and hilarious at the same time. I suppose it’s appropriate when my staff has me teach an intern how to take out a gall bladder laparoscopically in a pig. Asking her to levitate an […]
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