Christmas at Batson

Wards has been super fun the last few weeks. Yes, using the terms "wards" and "fun" in the same sentence should be highly frowned upon - blame it on the Christmas excitement!

Batson is happier than ever with Santa roaming around, lots of trees and decorations, Child Life with their never ending supply of Christmas decorations, and happy(er) nurses and doctors. On the other hand, it's bittersweet. It's always so sad to see kiddos in the hospital for Christmas. I remember how hard my pediatrician always tried to get us home. Whether I was completely ready or not, if I was on the mend, we were discharged Christmas Eve so we could have Christmas at home. I'm hoping we can "clean house" in the next few days for that same purpose.

Tomorrow is our last day on wards and our last call. It's bittersweet. I'm ready for a break, but I'm also finally in the routine/rhythm and really enjoying the rotation. I just don't want it to end. The bonuses: When I come back, it's a week of nursery (with my favorite attending on in the NICU, so I can spend my afternoons there!) followed by heme/onc and specialty clinics; it's thismuchcloser to fourth year (only 3 more rotations + elective stand in the way); and somehow, despite the crazy slowness of the day to day, it's that much closer to intern year.

Believe it or not, eventually I'm going to be a doctor. And that eventually is coming quicker than I imagined. Where did third year go? I'm not sure, but I'm not going to miss most of it too much. Just hope life slows waaaaay down for the "best year of our lives" coming up in July!

PS: Made surgery elective requests yesterday. Pray with me for Peds Surgery as my elective please!

General Peds

I'm having so much fun doing what I love every day, even when I'm tired at the end of it (and can't shake the runny nose/asthma cough/overall blah from Thanksgiving). I'm pretty sure I've run into the "peds crud". Even if it lasts for the next 2 years, I'm still in love with my chosen profession.

Soaking up every day, every wheeze, cough and cry. Learning as much as I can. Enjoying working with my team. And wishing it didn't have to end so soon!

In other news, I've finished Sam's very special Christmas present. I can't wait to spend the holidays with that little bugger this year! It's even more magical than usual having a little one around :)

I'm going to venture out and do a little shopping on my day off today. Hopefully I won't hurt anyone in the process.

'Tis the season to be wheezin'

I love peds. I love my new team (shoutout hemeoncdoc). I love my patients. And I especially love my attending, who was quoted with two awesome sayings today:

"Tis the season to be wheezin"

"I'm looking for the weasel, he's hiding in there!"

Asthma. Is. Everywhere. Or as my favorite intern says "Asthma is the hypertension of pediatrics".