I went to the OR!

I did it!  I went to the OR to watch a surgery.  It’s something I’ve wanted to do ever since I interviewed for this job, but for some reason, once I started working, I kept putting it off.  Cold feet, I suppose.  But after the cocktail party, the plans were made for me to come [...]

In Which Alcohol Leads Me to the OR

Tonight, my division within the Children’s Hospital held a cocktail party, and I’m so glad that I went.  I finally met doctors and audiologists whose names I’ve seen for almost 6 months.  One of the physicians, I actually helped him with a project early in the fall, but we only worked over the phone and [...]

Biochem fail.

As if my biochem class weren’t bad enough (it is the bane of my existence at the moment), I have to come home to find that some Smartass McPremed has made an asinine post over at SDN about the topic.
Kill me.  At least the premed gods smiled upon me: the person who wrote this was [...]

3 strokes, makes you think

So last night, during my volunteering shift at a Meals-On-Wheels type organization, I met someone who’s gotten me thinking.  He was a fellow volunteer, no older than I am, and he’s suffered 3 strokes.  All within the course of one month while he was at college.
I have certain preconceptions about stroke patients, and he defied [...]