Post M3 Vacation

I realize I probably would have blogged daily on my crazy busy vacation, but alas I did not so here is a quick recap. On Saturday, May 2 I flew down to Ft Lauderdale, FL to meet up with my mom, Michele, and John to spend a few days on the boat and accompany them on their first shakedown cruise on Sea Dog. The first day we mostly went shopping, hung out, ate, etc. Sunday we set out for No Name Harbor in Key Biscayne and had a nice journey despite my nausea. Yay open ocean sails... We spent the night at anchor and then walked around the national park a bit in the morning before heading back to Ft Lauderdale. Not long after leaving the harbor we ran aground and ended up having to get towed off the sandy bottom, which was chaotic and but us behind. On the way back we saw a manatee in the oceans and that made the entire trip! I love manatees and all I wanted was to see one in the wild! We finally ended up getting back to the marina around 7:30pm which gave me very little time to shower and get ready before meeting up with my freshman roommate for dinner. We all made it and had a lovely dinner! Tuesday morning my mom and I got massages before having Mexican food for Cinco de Mayo and then heading on our ways, me on a bus to Orlando and she back to California.

Orlando was a total blast. I spent all day Wednesday at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Epcot, and the Magic Kingdom which was awesome. I didn't make it to Animal Kingdom because I just wanted to take my time and not rush around. According to my Fitbit I walked 32000+ steps, aka over 13 miles! Needless to say I was sore and walking was very painful after this day! Thursday I spent the day at the two Universal Studios parks, which most importantly meant HARRY POTTER! It was absolutely amazing and I loved it. I had a great time at the parks and really enjoyed it. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is so magical indeed. Friday morning I went back to the Universal Parks for a few hours, and then met up with my roommate from NYC for lunch, which was really fun. After lunch I rested at the hotel until my flight to Chicago, which ended up being two hours delayed.

Chicago was really fun! I spent Friday night through Sunday there with my best friends from school for my friends bachelorette. We ate good food, went shopping, saw Second City, and did flying trapeze! it was awesome! I was absolutely exhausted by the end, but overall fun vacation!

Today began M4 year. I start in the CVC ICU, which is the ICU where patients go after cardiac surgery. It seems like it will be a good month so far!

On the boat at sunset Saturday Night

Sunset in No Name

Anchored at No Name

Sailing down to Key Biscayne

Epcot

Manatee at Epcot

Epcot

Cinderella topiary

Sleeping Beauty's Castle

Sleeping Beauty's Castle

Butterbeer and pasties from the Hopping Pot in Diagon Alley

Diagon Alley

The dragon guarding Gringotts

Boarding the Hogwarts Express from Kings Cross Station to Hogshead

The Hogwarts Express

Hogwarts Castle

Entering Hogsmeade

The Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley

Gringotts

The entrance to Dumbledores Office

House Cup points

The famous Universal globe

My first ever attempt at the flying trapeze!

LAST WEEK

It is officially the VERY LAST WEEK OF M3 YEAR! Can you tell I'm excited? We have survived 47 weeks of clinics, inpatient units, and procedures and we are almost done!! So much excitement! 

Today I went to my doctors office to get some immunization forms signed, and turns out she doesn't work there anymore. I still got everything signed okay and got a titer drawn a well to prove I'm immune to varicella. Fun times. I actually watched my blood get drawn which was so good of me! Way too proud. After that I had my last family planning clinic and then our last lecture of the year.

Now two more work days, a day off, two exams, and then we're done! Woo hoo! 

And also, congrats to Christine on passing her OSCEs! Told ya you did just fine girl!! 

Why, hello there!

It has come to my attention that I have been slacking on my blog lately. Sorry! My life has been full of OB for the past few weeks and it has been great actually. I really enjoyed my labor and delivery shifts, both the day shifts and the night shifts. I saw a mix of natural deliveries, C-sections, antepartum admission, and post partum mothers with their new babies. I also saw a shunt placed into a baby still in utero! It was a really cool two weeks, to the point where I will likely do my sub-internship next year in maternal fetal medicine, which works on the inpatient antepartum service and potentially gets to participate in some deliveries. It should be interesting. I am now on the Triage service, which is where any pregnant women comes when she thinks something is wrong or she is in labor, etc. It is basically the pregnant women's ER. Its pretty great and I am enjoying it for sure!

In other news, I have less than 2 weeks left of third year. This year was long but also went by very fast! It is so crazy that we've finally reached the end. I got my Psych grade today, which I am happy with, so all thats left is to finish up OBGYN strong! Yay. I am going to Florida after OB to sail with my mom and go to Disneyworld and Universal (aka Harry Potter World FINALLY) and planning all of that is crazy exciting! Woo hoo!!

Also, here are some more pictures of Lemon and Bluebell. They are cute as ever.

Blue

Lemon

Lemon

Blue

Blue

They love Molly much more than Molly loves them. The love is best demonstrated when she is eating dinner and they want to climb all over her and she is having NONE of it.

Snuggle buddies

Blue <3

Fun Weekend with Friends

This past weekend I drove down to Columbus to see friends and watch finals at Collegiates at Ohio State. I went to a surprise party for one of my friends, saw a ton of others, and generally had a nice weekend away from school. I even got to go on the field at Ohio Stadium with only three other people. I left some good Michigan vibes there :) Now its back to ObGyn, which is still going well. That's all for now.

OBGYN Begins

So far this rotation has been really good. I like the efficiency and I like being back in the OR. Right now I am on the benign gynecology service, which is mostly surgery and post-op care as well as the consults called for gyn around the hospital. It's been interesting so far, despite the early morning wake up I am no longer used to. I have this service through the end of next week, then labor and delivery for the middle two weeks, and I end on triage, which is essentially the OB emergency department. It should be interesting! 

The Little Nuggets

I just realized I forgot to post about my newest family members. Lemon and Bluebell came home last weekend and are super adorable. They have quickly adjusted the their new home and it's been fun having little animals around the condo. Here are a few pics from tonight!

Lemon

Lemon

Blue in front, Lemon in back

Lemon

Blue on left, Lemon on right

DONE WITH PSYCH!

Today was a great day for many reasons. First of all I am finally done with psych! I took my shelf this morning and then it was all over. I'm pretty excited to get back to the more hands on side of medicine. Second of all there are only SIX weeks life of third year!! SIX WEEKS! I cannot wait to be done with all these required clerkships and start with the rotations that I choose. So excited. Lastly, today was match day for the current M4s. I so love seeing where everyone is headed for the next 3+ years to do their training in all the various specialties. It is so exciting! Now I get to start the countdown to my own match day on March 18, 2016. Just 364 days until I will know where I am headed to start my own training (and where I will finally earn some $ to make my bank account go in the right direction). This weekend is going to be full of relaxing, and more importantly, not studying. OBGYN starts Monday morning with two days of orientation. 

Half-way through Psych

Hello again. I am now over half-way through my psychiatry rotation. Finished inpatient on Friday of last week and I am currently on the outpatient and consults half of the rotation. It is interesting overall, but it is a bit overwhelming mentally. It is difficult for me to not take on all the emotions of the patients, and since almost every patient I have seen has come in for depression it has been difficult. I am a little disappointed by the breath of clinical practice I am witnessing, as I feel that it has been very one sided and there are a lot more aspects of psychiatry aside from depression and suicidal ideation. Anyways, only 2.5 weeks left. I am looking forward to people being happy that new babies are on the way on OB (though not looking forward to going back to pelvic exams at all). Future orientation for the win!

First week of Psychiatry

This week I started my Psychiatry rotation. It is incredibly different than every other rotation and sort of feels like the beginning of M3 year all over again. I am currently in the child and adolescent inpatient unit. I enjoy working with the kids, but it is definitely a sad rotation. I had a dream about someone committing suicide last night, so the rotation is already getting to me a little bit. I also have depression clinic every Thursday afternoon, so basically my mood is destined to be low for the next six weeks it looks like. It is very interesting, but I definitely couldn't see myself doing this for the rest of my life.

In other news, it's fricken cold here! I woke up to -9ºF weather this morning, which was super. At least I was going to East Campus, so I got to drive instead of walk. I am ready for spring to come quickly!! Tomorrow I get to sleep in, but I have to work tomorrow night in the psych ER. Should be interesting.

Survived Clinical IM

I have officially survived my three months of clinical rotation on internal medicine. Today and tomorrow I have off days to study, and Thursday and Friday are the exams. I am nervous for the exams, but hopefully it will al be fine. I am really looking forward to the weekend when I can not think about anything for a change! Now, back to work!