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Today was relaxing. I got a ride in the morning to the Synergy library and spent my entire day there. Studied some, printed some, and wandered through the hospital hall ways. It's official - I LOVE the smell of a sterile environment, mmmmm!I ran into residents, doctors, nurses, and social workers - all on their feet going places, talking to patients and each other, flipping through charts, and responding to the non-stop paging... That will be me soon! Can't wait! But to get there, I'm starting from the bottom of the ladder again. This time things are serious every step of the way.Tomorrow I have my wound care clinic. Will update then!
I adore the amazing photographs of thunderstorms. The pure beauty of nature. However since I could remember things I had always been scared of them. It's the noise, the power, the intimidation. While I was still on the island of Dominica there were many tropical thunderstorms. I have stayed awake at night during each one of those with my pillow around my head, unable to fall asleep, wishing it would stop right there right then. I would play my music as loud as I could, trying my best to drown out the thunder. However, my effort was always in vain.Last night there was a thunderstorm here in Saginaw. I flinched at the first sight of lightning, grunted and cursed under my breath. Then the thunder came, somewhat gently, almost mockingly. My finger found the 'up' buttom for the volume and kept pressing it till my eardrum was tingly. I was listening to a piano solo by Andrew Ross called Diving In. A second lightning came through and my room lit up for a brief second, exposing every inch of darkness. The thunder rolled in quickly after, this time loud and powerful. I noticed that I did not cringe this time. And quite surprising, I was semi-enjoying it along with the piano solo bouncing around in my head. I pulled up some pictures of thunderstorms right then and caught myself being amazed once again by their majestic nature. The way they just take over.
Then another thunder rolled in.Last night the thunderstorm lasted for no more than 30min. I stayed up again during the entire time, unable to sleep. But this time I wished it to be longer, because I was just starting to fall in love with its noise, its power, its intimdating nature. And of course, its grace.
Finally eased back into a study mode after the exhausting break and first week of school. I was going to update a bit earlier but got sick 2 days ago with a fever yesterday. But I feel fine now. Blame the sickness on the cold cold days in Saginaw - the worse is to come? Haha oh boy...Anyhow, last week after some neverending orientation lectures we started some real lectures. Ophthalmology and Geriatrics were the main focus. The lectures in 5th differ from those in the first few semesters in that now they are longer and can have one doctor lecturing for hours before switching to something else. Lectures may or may not be scheduled in different locations so we have to drive around between lectures sometimes. I am not complaining because my friends in Miami have it much worse - what takes us 15min may take them over 1hr in traffic. Plus, I get driven around by my lovely friends here in Saginaw :) No complaints!We also scrubbed in for the first time on Thursday last week. I know those who are already doctors may think it's silly but I was excited about that. Even though it was just getting us accustomed to the strict procedures of cleaning a surgeon has to go through before entering the OR, I almost felt like a doctor. We had to scrub our hands/arms many times in a specific order, leave our hands up, enter the OR and dry our hands/arms in sequence, and then have someone gown us and glove us. It was pretty neat. Pretty sterile ;)This coming week I will be starting my clinics with the real patients. I will for sure update on that. I'm eager to learn more and faster (if only I wasn't limited by my brain capacity)! For now, I'm gonna do some reading to prep for what's to come. Hang in there everyone! You are only getting closer to where you want to be!
A place with a cool sun, at least that's what it feels like here in Saginaw. The air is crisp and gives a sensation of early winter for a person coming from Vancouver, like me. Our area is really nice and appears safe. Once I get settled in I will take some pictures.I slept on my friend's couch last night - could be worse I guess. Two more nights like this and then I will be able to move into my own apartment. Stupid labour day weekend!! Why did no one warn me about that?Gotta go study now. Will update soon!
Today was relaxing. I got a ride in the morning to the Synergy library and spent my entire day there. Studied some, printed some, and wandered through the hospital hall ways. It's official - I LOVE the smell of a sterile environment, mmmmm!
