Bad day

Why are there residents out there who seem to forget what it was like to be a student??!!! I'm get tired of being treated like I am inconsequential and ignored on a team yet, always yelled at for not doing something I didn't know I was supposed to do or getting yelled at for doing something that I apparently wasn't supposed to be doing. Surgery is notorious for being rough on students but this month has been particularly rough. There is a resident on my surgery team this month that is irritating as hell. Arrogant, rude, condescending...just about every stereotypical personality trait of a surgeon that one could think of. And he decided today was a good day to be rude to me. I don't feel like going into details because I just vented to Zach for the last 20 minutes about him because he had him as a resident when he did his surgery rotation. All I know is that I worked my ass off today for nothing and he is the most unappreciative, arrogant person I've ever met.

Sometimes as a student you get really sick of the residents talking about the patients and a plan for the patients but not including you in the discussion or explaining why they are doing what they are doing. This happens frequently and then the students never have any idea what is going on with the patient, yet get yelled at for "not knowing about this patient!"

On top of all that, I am on call tomorrow and have to work with this particular resident again :(

I don't try to complain much on this blog but today was a pretty crappy day and that fact that I have to go back tomorrow is painful to think about right now....

Prayer Request

Just wanted to ask for prayers for a couple of my really great friends. She went into pre-term labor today at 32 weeks and is currently in the hospital on steroid to build up the baby's lungs and also medication to stop the contractions. Last update from here is that they are doing well, just anxious and scared....

I'm post call today and spent all last night in the OR doing cases. I was exhausted this morning when I got off at 8 and slept until about 3 but still feel groggy and sleepy. I've enjoyed surgery a ton but am ready for it to be over and to move on to something different.

Insert Jeopardy theme song here...

1 week until Match day! Ugh!

So instead of thinking about it today we had a nice relaxing day at the spa using the package that Zach got me for Vday. We got a couples massage for 45 minutes and both the ladies who did our massages told us that we had the tightest shoulders and would both benefit from a 75 minute session in 2 weeks, so....sign me up! We scheduled another session in 2 weeks and I can't wait. I knew that I held most of my tension and stress in my neck and shoulders, so it wasn't a surprise when she told me that my shoulders had knots the size of golfballs in there. Apparently Zach has the same trouble and since he is going to spend the rest of his life bent over an operating table, it's probably best that he keep up with his tension now. I'm pretty excited though because I love a good deep tissue massage and this girl that did mine today was amazing!

For now though I'm headed to bed because I'm long call tomorrow... :( Only 3 more weeks left of surgery!!

Vegas baby!

We booked our tickets to Vegas this morning! Yay! I can't wait to spend a few days out there and then head to Utah for the month of May!

We went down to DC yesterday and saw the National Museum of Air and Space. It was pretty cool. I liked the "air" side better than the "space" side. I have a slight obsession with airplanes and the logistics of air travel. They had this cool exhibit where you could watch a monitor and see all the planes that were flying across the US every second. It was amazing to see how many planes are in the air at one time! We also watched an IMAX film of the international space station...Zach said it was pretty cool...I fell asleep...oops! I was tired from the night before. I was at the hospital until 11 in the OR helping put an arterio-venous graft in a lady's arm so she can have access for dialysis. The dark room at the movie in the middle of the afternoon was prime nap time!

Today is probably going to be pretty lazy which is ok by me! I do have to go buy my brother a birthday card...he turns 18 today!! Happy Birthday Dano!!! Love you brudder!

Stress...

Sorry again for the delay....life has been busy and somewhat stressful as match day approaches in less than 3 weeks. Yikes! I'm so ready for it to be over! For reasons I don't want to get into now...Zach's number one choice, University of Louisville, had to pull out of the match and won't be taking residents this year. Needless to say this was very disappointing and Zach has had to restructure his rank list accordingly. As of now this is where his list stands:

1. University of Louisana-Shreveport
2. University of Mississippi
3. Case Western University (Cleveland)
4. University of Rochester (NY)
5. George Washington (DC)
6. University of Missouri
7. University of Maryland (General Surgery position, not Neurosurgery)

However, we did have a wonderful Valentine's Day in Charlotte!!! Driving those cars was amazing and Zach had a really great time.


This is the Lamboghini that we got to drive and it was really fast and scary and a pretty tough car to drive Zach said. The whole tour was awesome and I would highly recommend it!! The guy who runs the program is an anesthesiologist from Charlotte who bought these cars and started this company in November. Everyone who works for him is really cool and they let you have fun driving the cars on the open road without any rules and regulations. You follow a lead car but they drive just as crazy and fast and fun! We were going 110 in a 45mph zone at one point and really got to see what the cars do.

Slight change of plans for Zach and I the next 3 months. I finish Surgery in less than 5 weeks and then have a week off. We are hoping to head to where Zach's matches and house hunt that week...yay!! Then I start an elective for 3 weeks and on April 24th we are going to Vegas for 3-4 days to hang out with the Till side of my family because my cousin is getting married out there. Since the OB disaster happened and I have to wait to do it until August, I needed a rotation in May so I'm actually going to do Family Practice in Utah at the clinic where Zach's dad is a Physician Assistant. So after Vegas, we'll drive up to Salt Lake and spend the month with his parents. Zach is going to help his brother renovate his home and it'll be nice to spend a month with everyone out there because when he starts his residency who knows when we'll ever get out there??

Shocking that Obama is speaking again tonight...I'm sick of all the doom and gloom and his solution being to spend money and bail out companies that were irresponsible to begin with...AND it's cutting into The Biggest Loser...sheesh!!

Exciting Weekend!

We are off to drive those fun cars this weekend! I'm looking forward to heading south for some nice weather and seeing mom and Steve!

Halfway done with surgery and match day is 5 weeks away!!! YIKES!! It can't come soon enough yet the anxiety builds everyday!

revival

American Idol is back again this year and I'll admit I had my doubts. I was a religious watcher when it started 8 seasons ago and then I got bored somewhere in the middle...but I decided to try again this year....and...IT'S GREAT!!! I really love it! So that's what I'm doing tonight....while Zach catches up on Hannity on FoxNews but it depresses me so I can't watch it anymore. I think this stimulus bill is bull---t and the liberal loonies are only trying to push their agenda...

That's all for tonight before I go off into an unnecessary and sleep deprived tangent...