I could be a geriatrician

I got an 94% on my post rotation exam.. and trust me, you could too. Geriatrics was pretty much family medicine at a muuuuuch slower pace. And its slower not only cuz old ppl move slower, but also because they have about a million stories to tell you, and you cannot seem to escape.

My personal LEAST favorite patient was the one who made fun of my acne. I believe her exact words were "it disgusts me that professionals in health care can't even take care of their own faces"
well.... If i didn't have the stress of taking care of your decrepit behind I probably would have the amazing skin I had all through my teens... Give me a stinkin break!

Oh, and speaking of stinking, you know why old people wear so much cologne!? Its not because they can't smell it, tis because they can smell themselves but won't take a shower.

No offense to old ppl that I like, and who aren't old mean nasty people. I love you all. But seriously, be nice to the medical student, we are trying to learn. And we are trying to breathe in your stupid exam room.

augh! okay i'm over it


So now i'm on anesthesia. Yep, I'm helping put people to sleep before surgery! I got to put a tube down someone's throat (intubate) yesterday. I was pretty excited I got it. I could see the cords and i went for it... woo hoo!
I also got to push the drugs... it was pretty exciting.

Today we had this ridiculous mom. Now okay let me preface this with, IF I had kids, and my kid had some weird disease that affects 1:20,000 people, I would probably read up on it. And I would probably know absolutely everything there is to know about it... just in case. Wellt his mom didn't do that. She expected us to just blindly believe her. Well, we went and read up on this kid, and apparently his disease gives him a 5% chance just dying right there on the table while under anesthesia. I'm sorry, but if my kid had a 5 out of 100 ppl chance of dying, I'd probably be concerned... oh no, she was all "i have dealt with this kid for 18 years you're doing the surgery" wtf.. u want to risk your child's life when we can just wait one more day and do a freaking echo of his heart and make sure he's not gonna die on us? what the heck!?!?!?!

It's only his life lady, lets make this about you! ugh! bad parents... lol no offense to all the GOOD parents out there


anyway, thats about all the excitement up here.

I'm moving out at the end of august... I'll be living like a nomad until graduation. I'll be back down in Athens around march/april of next year, and I can't wait!!!

Let me know if you want invited to graduation/graduation party, so I can add you to the list and get an address for you. The party will be in Athens, whether my family likes that or not, I feel like thats where I'm from and where all my friends are.

Love you guys!