ScrappyDoc

Funny what makes call...

...worth while. As many of you know, this born and bred New Yorker has always had a bit of a southern bent, and for those of you that know anything about NASCAR, you'll appreciate the fact that I got to take care of a famous driver who unfortunately can't be named because of HIPPA (confidentiality) issues. It's the little things, I guess. Otherwise it was a pretty busy night with a bunch of traumas coming in to the ED with multiple orthopedic injuries. Some were taken urgently to the OR, and others were just splinted/stabilized because they had other more significant injuries that required attention by the trauma service. All in all the night went by fairly quickly, and I was able to grab about an hour of sleep between 4-5. I was hoping for a slow post call day on Monday, but alas, it was super busy as per usual. I think I saw/worked up 6 consults before I left around 1 pm. At least it was some interesting stuff, including a kiddo who dislocated his hip wake boarding, and a gal who managed to both dislocate her should and break her upper arm in 4 or 5 places in a car accident (note to self, don't smoke marijuana and drive and always wear your seatbelt). Now that was interesting trying to get everything back together. It's pretty weird that I've already been on the service for almost half the month. It's actually gone by pretty quickly and I do feel like I'm learning a bunch of stuff that is relevant to EM.

Sleepy head

So much for posting later. I went to sleep after being on call Friday night, and set my alarm for 1 pm. I figured that would be enough sleep to get me through the day, but still let me sleep at night. Things didn't quite turn out that way though. I woke up and was completely confused because it was kind of dusky out and I had no idea what day it was, let alone what time. Well, I looked at my phone and it was 8:30!!! Holy crap!

I obviously I didn't hear my alarm or the phone for that matter since I had a bunch of missed calls. I guess that was just accumulated sleep deficiency over time and my body decided to make up for it all at once. When I got up, I felt a little weird, and it took me a while to get it together and figure out what to do with the rest of my day. I ate some food and then went to the grocery store, since I knew I probably wouldn't have time until next weekend. That certainly took a while, I felt like I was moving through molasses. Once I got home, I was still pretty tired, but decided to check in with Andrea and see if she was around. I lucked out and we got to chat for a while while I put away groceries and got my stuff ready for today. Hopefully today will be a good call day/night, since we got our rear ends handed to us on Friday.   

Call is for the birds

I took my first night of call as a resident last night, and I can tell you what, CALL SUCKS! We had a bunch of goofy people come in after doing stupid things to themselves, and wound up with 4 cases that needed to go to the OR urgently or emergently to fix some nasty fractures and vascular injuries. Then there was lots of sitting around waiting for rooms to turn over and what not. I am once again convinces 200% that ER is the right thing for me, I so don't mind getting my behind kicked for 8 or 12 hours and then going home, turning off my beeper and not thinking about work. At least the bright side of things is that I learned a bunch yesterday and got to do a bunch of cool stuff on my own. But now my eyes are closing so I'm off to hit the hay. I'll try to post more later.

Back from my unintentional break

So I'm sure all of you have been wondering where the heck I've been over the last 2 weeks (or maybe no one cares and I'm just being narcissistic). Either way, things just got super hectic after my trip home that all I've really done is go to work and sleep. Wow, what an exciting existence. Despite my boringness, some fairly exciting things have happened, including...

I found and ordered my wedding dress, which was a huge relief. I went to a bunch of places in the city while I was home and tried on a ton of dresses, most of which I hated. But when I tried this one on, I just knew it. I wound up putting it on 2 more times that day, now I can't wait until it gets here (12 weeks from now).

My dad and I made our way up to Manhattan Penthouse, which is lovely, and did a tasting. The food was out of this world, way better than I was expecting from a caterer. I hope it tastes that good when they're cooking for 125 people, but at least we're starting out with something high quality. We also went out Friday night and listened to a band that my parents have been going to see for years. Their wedding prices are reasonable, and we really thought they sounded fantastic. The singer is just amazing, and they sing in something like four different languages.

The trip home was also fun because I got to hang out with Rob and Jenny, who is super cute and super pregnant. She has a little less than a month to go, hopefully the time will go by quickly because I know she's getting more uncomfortable by the minute. The baby shower was on Sunday and everyone had a great time. They got a ton of wonderful gifts including a bunch of travel-friendly baby stuff so they can come and visit Uncle Nick and Aunt Cari down in NC. I'll post the pics up on Flickr in a bit.