Last surgery call shift!!!!!

Well, so far I made it through all of surgery call shifts. I'm doing my last on tonight! My shift on Thursday was busy and I only got a couple hours of sleep, but I was on with 2 residents...one of which is cute and very funny. We (OK, I) basically flirted all night long in our own med-geek talk! I actually had fun being on call. Hmmmm, funny how that is?!?!?!

Today has been busy so far. We have been to the OR 4 times and done an appendicitis, tracheostomy (which turned out to be a subtotal thyroidectomy), a bowel resection, and a gastrectomy (stomach taken out for tumor). I'm working with a surgeon who is pretty fun. For example while we were doing the gastrectomy, he sees a bunch of liver cysts. "Cool...let's pop them!" Here MSI, take this a pop it! It's like zits...they're so fun to pop!"

Now we're just waiting to go to the OR for another appendicitis. I wonder when they'll make babies without an appendix. I'll leave that to the genetic engineers.

One more week of surgery left (exams Thursday and Friday)...then a whole weekend off to go houseboating!!!! Can't wait!