Embracing The Moment

And just like that, my fourth and final ED rotation of residency has come to an end…if you read my last post, you know what that means ๐Ÿ‘€ I am officially in vacation mode!! ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ™ƒ Well, kind of. While I’ll be in full-on vacation mode next week when I go on my honeymoon, this week […]

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Blessed And Stressed

Gosh, it’s been so long since my last post…so much has happened in the time between my last post in August and now. I literally don’t even know where to begin with my updates. What I will say is that I’ve been incredibly busy these past couple of months, so busy that I really hadn’t […]

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Adapting To The Transition

It has now been about six weeks since I started my second year of residency. Yeah I know, time flies. I must say though, this PGY-2 life has been treating me well so far. As you may remember from my last post, I started the year on my Peds ID elective, which was a wonderful […]

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Expecting The Unexpected

The fact that I haven’t gotten sick yet during my time in the Emergency Department has been nothing short of a Christmas miracle. *knocks on wood frantically* You wouldn’t believe how many sick children I’ve been around since I started this rotation last month. Sooooo many viral upper respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. Both strep throat […]

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Switching Back Into The Fast Lane

Wow. I almost forgot how pleasant being on vacation could be. The last time I was officially scheduled for vacation was back in early July, a couple of weeks after starting my intern year. It definitely wasn’t an ideal time for a week-long vacation, considering the fact that I had just had an extended vacation […]

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More Life II Live

The Newborn Nursery has GOT to be the happiest place in the hospital by far. After having spent the past three weeks rotating through this service, I’m fully convinced that just about everyone here is relatively happier than anyone else in any other area of the hospital. Like, how can you beat the emotions that […]

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