Quick Recap

This is not a real post.

1. Pedi Heme/Onc.

Not a bad first week. Pleasantly surprised that I probably have enough business-esque clothes (esp after I went out and bought a couple more pants). Unfortunately my shoes are not good enough to cut it, especially standing so much. My back and feet hurt already. Probably going to invest in some danskos or something. They're just so ugly though -___-"

Peds is not as bad as I thought. Yeah, there are screaming kids sometimes, but what can you do. But heme/onc is so sad :( we get all the cancer kids. ughhh and some of them are soooo cute. And then after chemo, they just curl up in a ball and don't want to move. And they're nauseous and can't eat anything. Ugh so sad.

Another thing about rotations is that it's so freaking early. be there by 6:30. Wake up at 5:40. ..... that means I can't sleep at midnight anymore. But i'm not tired at 10 pm.... the struggles lol.
AND even though we get there so early to round and stuff, we still have to wake up the patients. *shakes head. The poor parents have to blearily open their eyes and listen to us chat about dosing and different lab values. And they're all wrapped up in the white hospital blankets on the uncomfortable pull out couch bed. *shakes head. It sucks. I'm so sorry for the families.

It's so chill. I hate it. Okay, not true. But sometimes it feels like empty and unstructured study time. It's like... what the heck am I supposed to be doing right now? I want to be doing something. Blah.

But everyone is chill. Residents, attending, nurses. *shrug.

Oh yeah. I realize I need to learn brand names of drugs, asap. It doesn't help if I know the generic and everyone just says the brand name. why zofran, zyrtec, dilaudid? why not just be ondansetron, citirizine, hydromorphine? why? and then trim/sulfa. why are you septra AND bactrim? why?? (complain complain)

I'm really not that annoyed. It's actually pretty interesting to finally put things together with a real patient.

2. Nutrition
I am vitamin D deficient. Ughhhh. And I ought to be exercising, but I am so tired after I get back (even though I feel like I haven't done anything!). And then I have to sleep by 10!! What the heck. (complain complain complain)

3. -thoughts-
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                              -ide....."

I will be brave soon. Or stupid. Sometimes there's a fine line between the two. One more week, I think.

4. Grand rounds
Learned about tx legislature for pediatrics. pretty interesting.