Holidays...really?!?!??!
Well, my first semester of 3rd year is over and I am now at my mother's place relaxing. It is almost 4pm and I am still in my PJs. I'm thinking about having a beer.
I forgot to tell you about the last few days in anesthesia...Wednesday, I was assigned to an OR that was doing cardiac surgeries. The first case was a procedure called a CABG ("cabbage") which stands for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. A patient had a heart attack at one point because the blood vessels feeding the heart became clogged up. One procedure to fix this is a bypass. They harvest a vein from the leg (or another vessel if they choose), open up the chest, put the patient on a "heart lung" machine which keeps their blood oxygenated while they operate on the heart. They bypass the clogged up vessels with the harvested leg vein which gives the heart a new blood supply. This surgery was perhaps the COOLEST thing I've seen so far in medicine. The anesthesia was WAY over my head, but I enjoyed being there. You haven't lived until you've seen a beating heart inside someone's chest! Auntie D, I don't think you want to know what happens during this kind of surgery so I'll spare the details!
The day after that I did obstetrical anesthesia...this means more babies!!! It was different to be on the other side of the vagina! I did 4 spinals and watched 2 sets of twins and 2 singleton C-sections...that's 6 babies in all! I worked with a great resident and preceptor who let me do a lot and taught a lot. All in all a good day.
Friday brought the orthopedics and anesthesia exams. Glad they're over. I passed...and that's all I have to say about that. Afterwards, I went home to clean my place, had a nap and went for dinner with some classmates! We had an awesome time! We went to one of their places afterwards and had some drinks...3am came too fast!!! I was happy to see them and hear their stories from what they've been doing.
Yesterday I got on a plane and came to my mom's place. We spent the day lounging around and baking yummy Christmas goodies. We are making the world famous "wife saver" for breaky tomorrow morning...my personal favorite for Xmas morning! Mom made the mistake of making toffee for me, so my dentist will be pleased with her! Tonight we're going to the Zoo Lights...a Christmas light show at the Zoo. I'm looking forward to it.
We're planning on going to my aunt's on boxing day so I can go skiing...another winter fave! Hope the snow stays on the hill and not the highways!
Well, take care all! Have a Merry Christmas!
I forgot to tell you about the last few days in anesthesia...Wednesday, I was assigned to an OR that was doing cardiac surgeries. The first case was a procedure called a CABG ("cabbage") which stands for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. A patient had a heart attack at one point because the blood vessels feeding the heart became clogged up. One procedure to fix this is a bypass. They harvest a vein from the leg (or another vessel if they choose), open up the chest, put the patient on a "heart lung" machine which keeps their blood oxygenated while they operate on the heart. They bypass the clogged up vessels with the harvested leg vein which gives the heart a new blood supply. This surgery was perhaps the COOLEST thing I've seen so far in medicine. The anesthesia was WAY over my head, but I enjoyed being there. You haven't lived until you've seen a beating heart inside someone's chest! Auntie D, I don't think you want to know what happens during this kind of surgery so I'll spare the details!
The day after that I did obstetrical anesthesia...this means more babies!!! It was different to be on the other side of the vagina! I did 4 spinals and watched 2 sets of twins and 2 singleton C-sections...that's 6 babies in all! I worked with a great resident and preceptor who let me do a lot and taught a lot. All in all a good day.
Friday brought the orthopedics and anesthesia exams. Glad they're over. I passed...and that's all I have to say about that. Afterwards, I went home to clean my place, had a nap and went for dinner with some classmates! We had an awesome time! We went to one of their places afterwards and had some drinks...3am came too fast!!! I was happy to see them and hear their stories from what they've been doing.
Yesterday I got on a plane and came to my mom's place. We spent the day lounging around and baking yummy Christmas goodies. We are making the world famous "wife saver" for breaky tomorrow morning...my personal favorite for Xmas morning! Mom made the mistake of making toffee for me, so my dentist will be pleased with her! Tonight we're going to the Zoo Lights...a Christmas light show at the Zoo. I'm looking forward to it.
We're planning on going to my aunt's on boxing day so I can go skiing...another winter fave! Hope the snow stays on the hill and not the highways!
Well, take care all! Have a Merry Christmas!
posted by MSI (Med Student Intern) @ 2:40 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:48 PM,
Dr Mama said…
You guys have wife-saver too? I LOVE that! I had to cook a whole turkey dinner so I didn't have time for any sort of breakfast, not even a wife-saver. Sniff!
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