Two to be exact.
Read MoreWhat is this? A Rite Aid??? (I thought quietly to myself so as not to get fired).
Read MoreSo today I worked in the urgent care at a county hospital for the first time all year. It was interesting! I got to see a lot of “bread and butter” general pediatric cases which is perfect because I want to go into gen peds.
Read MoreI recently had a really rewarding patient experience on the wards. I had a 7 year old patient with severe asthma, eczema and allergies. She’d already been admitted once while I was on service and was back a mere 2 weeks later with yet another asthma exacerbation.
Read MorePICU (pediatric ICU) was pawpin today. We had a child break into a seizure this morning for the first time.
Read MoreIt’s 1 am, and I’m sitting at my work station here at the hospital. I’m on night float for the next 2 weeks from 5pm to 6am.
Read MoreToday was my one day off in seven. It was so mundane and great. I got my car washed, went shopping, got boba, talked to a therapist, got a library card, started a new book, and fried shrimp wontons from Trader Joe’s.
Read MorePeds is a unique speciality in that while you generally deal with kids, you more often than not deal with the parents that come with them. Adults are…interesting.
Read MoreToday was my first day on a new service. I came from my 2.5 week neuro rotation to my first peds inpatient block. Neuro was a much more focused service and adjusting to a general team with super complex kids was #rough during morning rounds. But my seniors were so helpful and made the transition 10x easier. I survived the day and took care of my patients. Nurses paged and I actually understood what was going on and answered questions. Correctly, might I add. Guess I’m really a doctor now.
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