1 weekend of call
3 sepsis workups (on the same night)
1 last-minute presentation for resident's rounds
5 12-hour workdays... and 1 30-hour workday
2 patient transfers to the ICU
2 Whipples (DAMN the Whipple!)
1 meeting with the dean
1 program switch
7 first-year med students expecting me to teach them something
1 ACLS Instructor's course (with much prep work needed)
4 unprovoked crying fits (not in public, at least!)
1 night of journal club
1 postcall meltdown
0 personal life
= 1 very, very bad week.
More when I feel better.
posted by Couz at 8:59 PM
7 Comments:
ah, you've just described the main reason i lost interest in pursuing a medical career...
now, what's this about a program switch???
11:09 PM
us "nonmedical" people really appreciate the dedication of those in the medical field.. thank you for your long hours, hard work and willingness to put others before yourself. you are a special person
11:19 PM
Wow. That's one really, really bad week. I'm sorry you've been through all of that. :(
I'd take you out to the coffeeshop tonight for the knit-in to help you relax if I could. I know that always helps me when I've had horrible, awful, no good, very bad weeks.
3:57 PM
and one funny blog !!!!
4:03 PM
Dude. I feel your pain. Except I CRIED in public. One small tear of frustration, but still.
I'm sending some lovin'.
12:50 PM
The doctor on Grey's Anatomy last night was EXCITED about a whipple in operating room two. I think you complain too much. ;)
9:43 PM
Being a Nurse for the past 25 years and spending 20 of those years in the E.D I saw very clearly the pain and frustration that you are experiencing in the faces of many a resident. Almost all of them ( > 98 % ) turned out to be excellent physicians as well as excellent people. Hang in there, it gets better.
P.S.
If anyone has witnessed or taken care of a post-op Whipple pt they would be in total agreement of your apt description of it !
9:31 PM
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