This picture shows my best imitation of enthusiasm at 5:00 in the morning, as I head off for an exciting day of surgery! Actually, despite the long hours, I am absolutely loving the OR. I am rotating with the emergency general surgery team at Baptist hospital, a level one trauma center. I've seen and assisted on very interesting cases. Today, for example, we had an ED consult for a gentleman who had been shot with an arrow. We inserted a chest tube down in the ED and took him up to the OR to explore his abdomen. The adrenaline was definitely going!
I really have come to respect the surgeons and med students I work with. They are ridiculously smart, and I feel so lucky to be working with surgeons who take the time to teach me how to do things. The surgeons hardly sleep, and only eat or use the bathroom when they can. Yesterday around 4:00, I finally broke down to ask if I could grab a quick sandwich (since I hadn't eaten since 5!). There's definitely something rather hard-core about this field. Sadly, it's only 7:30 and I'm off to read and then hit the hay! At least when my alarm buzzes at 4:30, I'll know that my day will definitely not be boring!
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