August is coming to a close. I have to say I'm not sure where the month went. I also have to say I'm not sure what I did. Oh wait, I know, I went to work, I came home, I slept. This was my second month in hematology/oncology, this time as a senior resident. I still like the field of medicine but well, as a career, I'm not prepared to sacrifice the amount of my life that these docs sacrifice.
It's been a long brutal month with record high census....some days as high as 35 patients. We have a different attending with different expectations every week. We are yelled at, dumped upon and given impossible tasks to complete. In short it's been miserable. On a patient front, it seems there is an epidemic of leukemia. I think we've had about 7 or 8 new diagnoses this month. That's a TON! Sadly, two toddlers that I took care of in February also relapsed this month. Both are on their way to bone marrow transplants. What a horrible journey that is. I pray for both of these beuatiful girls....how I love them both so.
What's up next? Starting Thursday I start surgery. No I am not looking forward to it. No I will not be doing any surgery. Yes I will be doing all of the surgeon's paperwork and dirty work like the slave that I will be. And to add insult to injury, next month is the last month that any resident will be on the surgery service. They have abused us so much that the program director has removed us from the rotation. I am so lucky though that I get to be one of the last 3 people to do the surgery rotation! Is it October yet?
In stitching, I'm not doing much of it. Working slowly on Thanksgiving Fairy. Here's a pic:
It's not a great picture. But took it quickly while I had the camera out downloading resident olympics pictures.
I'm on call today so I should head for bed. Have a great week!
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