What I did on my summer vacation

Sorry. A little tounge-in-cheek humor. I had a whopping 2 days off in between my surgery and peds rotations and I definately made the most of it!

My surgery oral exams went good. My board exams...well, we'll just see in a month or so. After writing those, I travelled with some classmates to a big lake many hours away to go on a classmates houseboat! It slept 15 anf came complete with a gas fireplace, dishwasher, hot tub and a slide off the top deck! It was a short but sweet trip and we got lucky with a day of sunshine. So much fun!

Now, it's back to the grind and my final rotation in pediatrics. Yesterday was orientation and I swear I may just poke my eyes out with a fork. After being relatively independent for internal medicine and surgery, the peds people want us to hold their hands like kids. We were getting a tour of the (very confusing) hospital and our tour guide (who is also one of our instructors) actually said to us: "OK, listen up students. Students? Are you listening?" And she would stare at us until every single one of us was looking at her and silent. Get over yourself.

I'll be doing my first 2 weeks in the childrens emergency department. Today was S-L-O-W. I saw a total of 6 cases in an 8 hour shift. Ahhhh...sweet, sweet, summer!