Happy New Year

Yay 2008. I love you all

Ted's been spending too much time on the internet

moar funny pictures

hahah eggs!

Yay third year secret santas!

Happy PICU-ing

Just want to share my joy with you all that this is my 2nd to last PICU call. Hip hip horray!
Ok, back to waiting for my kid to be put on HFOV...(sigh)
It was nice seeing you all at the hump party and secret santa (thanks Susan and Jay). don't forget to share the pictures!

Cute

Leslie's B-day Party

Here's some pics from Leslie's b-day party. Since we were camera-less we needed to use the iPhone. So see if you can pick out people correctly.

Totally awesome ride

I was digging through some old stuff and I found this photo of a sweet ride I saw randomly one day

My first blog

Hi! this is my first blog ever. I am learning new technology. It is the bomb.com
I am currently really excited because today is our final hump party! I know it will be great. let's party hard.
this is fun. i will post again

Best cookbook ever

big FU to the green movement

SUV drivers are the coolest. Especially ones from the south.

ED overnights

2 hours 'til the end of my 4 out of 4 ED overnights. Can't wait.
Jen Louie and I got kicked in the behind last night...2yo came in with GSW to head, and each of us had 8-9 patients under our name the ENTIRE long night. Parents bringing their kids in at 3am for constipation and viral URIs, and complain about the long wait. Don't they understand that somebody else's kid just got shot in the head? What right do they have to complain? And another 5yo girl died in a high speed MVA the night before. I hate traumas.
When is my shift ending? I haven't done my Christmas shopping yet.

bad day at the office--funny!

My photos from Vietnam

A funny thing happened to me

Did anyone walk to clinic today. I saw a big strap on dildo in the road. WTF?

So True

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1681838,00.html

Though I dunno about his opinion on engineers. I think the best patient are 4 year olds that's my favorite group

ED overnightin'

It's been a long time since anyone posted so I thought I would put some musings on life in the ED overnight. Fy Fy and I are here holding down the fort and giving Rona some business as she is night float. Some key things to make overnights better:
1. Work with people you enjoy: Fy Fy you rock
2. Bring snacks: I always have a Trader Joe's bag full of goodies for all when I am on. Last night it was grapes and Kettle Chips (Black pepper flavor.) Tonight it was hummus, pita chips, and baby carrots. I am not sure what will be on the menu tomorrow-I mean later tonight.

Fy Fy wants to say hello. She feels like we are on isolation. Someday we will see the rest of you... We miss you. I am sure that if Rona was here she would say hi too.

Speaking of isolation, I have been on a nocturnal schedule for weeks. I was Urgently Caring and now I am doing night/overnight shift in the ED. I don't think I remember what daylight is like. Maybe I am fine tuning my night vision. Okay, it is getting late/early in the ED I think I am getting punchy.

See some of you soon at the Monterey conference! Ah, 3rd year sleepover again!

Hugs and kisses from the ED crew!!
(Leslie and Fy Fy)

happy moments

There are a few things that make me happy:
1. Finishing my last month as a ward senior (not counting cross cover, sadly)
2. Coming to the hospital after the sun has come out
3. Writing long, useless consult notes
4. Lashing my frustration on wards out by filling out evals for interns (just kidding!)
5. Having the following conversation with a 7 yo patient:
Patient: I love this hospital.
Me: why?
Patient: I like the doctors.
Me: Really? Who?
Patient: All of you!

Just want to share with you all that we are loved by our patients. =)

Interesting Ad from Netherlands

I think we should post a large copy of this in the ED or ED2 waiting rooms.


"This poster hangs on the wall of waiting rooms at the doctor. This way we let Dutch people know how privileged they are when it comes to medical care, and thus how appropriate it would be for them to help Doctors of the World help the less privileged."

Reference: Doctors of the World, Netherlands: Perspective

25 Rules to Grow Rich by

I thought there was definitely some sound financial advice in this post

25 Rules to Grow Rich by

FYI: CHRCO matched $350 if you put money into a 403b last year

Bluegrass baby

I went to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival this weekend. Totally awesome. This song is from one of the greatest bluegrass band ever the Del Mccoury Band. It's about a motorcycle. Let's start a CHO biker gang!

funny list I found on digg.com

Twenty-five Signs You Have Grown Up
By: Salma Rumman

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of “hook up” and “breakup.”
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as “dressed up.”
10. You’re the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won’t turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
14. You feed your dog “Science Diet” instead of McDonald’s leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You take naps.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at three in the morning would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20. A four dollar bottle of wine is no longer “pretty good shit.”
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. “I just can’t drink the way I used to” replaces “I’m never going to drink that much again.”
23. Ninety percent of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking “Oh shit what the hell happened?”

Bonus:
26: You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that it doesn’t apply to you and can’t find one to save your sorry old ass.

MEDITECH YEAH

Saving lives

You know I'm all about blocking admissions. But tonight this young boy came in with the most swollen nasty purulent balanitis i've ever seen. Some were not impressed, but when it comes to saving the dick of another dude, nothing but the best as far as I am concerned.

Professor Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon University

Heartwarming and inspirational. Below is a video clip Prof. Pausch's final lecture. This link is a local news article on his last lesson on life. I found the article to be more touching.

Where are you Fy-Fy?

Fy-Fy and I had ambitious plans to study tonight. We agreed on 7:30 at L'Amyx, the usual site of our studying. I rushed out of clinic at 6:30, ate a quick dinner at home, talked to David for a few minutes and then hurried to L'Amyx so I wouldn't be too late to meet Fy-Fy. The place was packed, I managed to score the last table by the door. I ordered my tea and opened up the Pediatrics in Review. 7:35 became 8:00 then 8:30 and no Fy-Fy to be seen. At 9:15 I packed up and came home. Where are you Fy-Fy?

If anyone else is looking for study buddies or trying to get some inspiration to study for the boards, Tony and I are up for having company. We meet 1-2x/week for an hour or 2. Let us know. Call us!

Life as an Intern

So, I got to relive the glory of intern year as the purple intern last night. I had forgotten the joys of holding the team pager. Best page of the night:

Me: Purple team returning a page

Nurse: Hi, we are missing the first page of the orders.

Me: Well, they are in the computer, just print out another copy

Nurse: I don't know how to do it.

Me: Well, they are in the computer and you need to find a way to print them out. I am not going to rewrite all the orders just so another copy will print out.

Nurse: Okay, I'll figure it out.

I never heard back so I hope she found the orders somewhere. Do the nurses know how to use Meditech?

08-09 Chiefs

Big congrats to Nel, Toby, and Adrianna! Too bad there are only three spots because I could easily think of three more who would be great for the job. Our class rocks!

AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 - Ochi Dainoji Yosuke

Another idea for next year's skit. I think Ted, Mike, and Brad should do a song together. I just watched Air Guitar Nation over the weekend and it was awesome. Highly recommend Netflixin it. But, there's plenty on youtube. Search for "C Diddy" and you'll see another master of the art. Ha Ha!

Ghetto Fashion

Out of morbid curiosity I took a detour to Southland Mall in Hayward this weekend on my way to my folks' house in the South Bay. As I was strolling, this store caught my attention. All the bright colors and beautiful patterns! I was like a moth attracted to the light. So this is what the cool ghetto-fabulous children are wearing these days. Hmmm...costumes for prom skit '08? I think Ted would look good in the one with the comic book pattern. Kaboom, Beeyatch!!

Southland Mall in Da Hizzaou!

A real life dare devil?

Dude echolocation in a human!

Best Video Of The Year - Click here for more home videos

Sleepover

Just returned from the sleepover. Thanks so much to Josie for hosting! We all had a great time and missed those that couldn't make it. We ate, and ate, and ate some more. We played games, gossiped, and watched a movie into the early hours of the morning. There were also a few sleepover pranks...

unique proposal

I thought this was pretty cool.

nightfloating...

so I'm at the designated Admit/Nightfloat computer tonight, right next to x2058. Listening to pandora.com and some Jack Johnson. Tonight hasn't been so bad. No admissions yet, and instead of doing a 9p-7a ED shift, I'm only needing to cover Renee's NF for 7 hours. Poor Kensho got jeopardized to cover my ED shift since they didn't want a PL-2 doing NF. How ironic if I don't admit a single patient tonight while he's seeing the "crying all night" patients at 4 in the morning. Summit's got 2 open beds, and I'm hoping for the best.


Funny Picture of the Day

In honor of Tony's new toy. Sideburns!

In the theme of CPS

Part of me says way out of line. Part of me says totally hilarious

Purple Team is lame. Orange Team wins

Based on the sheer number of CPS cases (SEVEN) we've taken care of this month We win.
My res intern story of the day. 100+ KILO boy is FOS. I order miralax. The nurse pages me at 1230.

Hey did you guys know he hasn't pooped for a week? extreme panic in her voice
Yes I am quite aware; that is why I ordered the miralax.
Yeah but he is refusing the miralax.
Well make him take it.
He won't he is refusing, what are we going to do!!!!!! (hands wringing) MAJOR EMERGENCY
Well here are the options. If you can find his butthole you can give him an enema or I can have you drop an nasogastric tube and give him mag but you will probably get a black eye for your troubles. You tell me what you want to do.... I hang up

Later that day I learn she got him to take the miralax HAHAHAHAHA

Res-tern Life

Yes, I agree with Renee. Orange team is a bunch of slackers. Purple team only dreams of becoming slackers like Orange because we are admitting machines. On top of that, kids love coming back to us a few days after they are discharged.

Nursing highlight of the night: Obese teenage boy with left leg cellulitis also has tinea pedis. Clotrimizole is ordered. Later, nurse pages purple pager. "You ordered clotrimizole, but didn't specify where to put the cream. Could you please clarify the order." Purple res-tern says he'll look into it. Upon reviewing the order, purple res-tern notices purple intern typed "apply to fungal rash on feet" in the order. He goes up to the nursing station to tell nurse, but on the way up he decides to stop by the patient's room and discovers that clotrimizole is smothered all over the area of cellulitis on the patient's leg (medial thigh). Purple res-tern wanted to squirt clotrimizole in nurse's eye because he thought she was blinded by tinea ophthalmis.

EQ3 Chairs

The Cerrito Speakeasy is selling those nice EQ3 Scuba chairs in our lounge for $50. They retail for $199 at EQ3.

Last I saw on Thursday night, there were about 5-6 gray/black chairs and 15+ red/black chairs left. Their box office opens around 6:30pm. You want to show up before they let people in for the movies so you can scope out the chairs. You can pay cash or charge.

The chairs are slightly dirty and I had to remove the back coverslip and wash them. But they all rolled well and the hydraulic mechanisms all seemed to work well. Very good deal if you ask me.

The light...

hey,

So I ran into Patrick (the ward clerk with pseudo mohawk) in the ED Friday AM. Harrison actually lived down the street from him and their families are friends. He says OJ and Stephanie are doing well and have a ton of support from family and friends.

He wanted me to tell all the residents that it meant a lot to him personally to see so many residents at the funeral. We spoke at length about Harrison and all that he went through, all the beads of courage, all the procedures, tests and chemo. I was sorta half expecting him to start getting misty-eyed as he kept saying over and over how cool he thought it was that we took the time from our busy schedules to give OJ and Stephanie our love and support.

It reinforced to Patrick that Harrison touched many lives during his short, but love-filled life. Elio gave me a good quote the other day, "The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long."

take care,
jay

Orange team is a bunch of slackers

So I arrive tonight for night float, come to find out orange team hasn't admitted any patients for 48 hours! I'm gonna try to extend the streak at least until the morning. Even better, perhaps I will create a new trend of NO night float admissions (like my wonderful Thurs night). Will keep you posted...

Half Dome

So, David and I survived Half Dome-barely. We had this grand idea to hike Half Dome this past Saturday so we drove out to Sonoma, CA to spend the night in a hotel. We then woke up at 3:30am (what is this, a surgery rotation?), drove the hour and a half to the Happy Isles trailhead and started our trek. Before we left the parking lot we encountered a bear, David's least favorite animal. It is a surprise that we didn't just turn around then and there. We then hiked for 3 hours up the most beautiful valley I have ever seen. It wasn't until an hour after that that David tells me that he pulled a muscle in his left hip and can't flex his hip without a lot of pain. He refuses to turn around because by that time we are two miles from Half Dome and he's going to "work through the pain." He then proceeds to hike uphill by pulling up on his shorts to lift his leg every time he needs to take a step with his left leg. As we near the Half Dome the hypoxia really sets in. We each get extremely tachycardic after just a few steps. We get tachycardic eating a sandwich. Finally we see our goal, or as David calls it "his Biatch." Again, we almost turn back. Then we're at the base of the cables where you pretty much have to pull yourself up the vertical, granite face of Half Dome by only your arms and sheer willpower. And then we are at the top! It was amazing, beautiful, and scary all at the same time. Then, we had to slide down the cables and not fall off the mountain. We then started the long trek back. I almost had a mental breakdown when we were still 2 hours from the bottom because I was tired and my feet were hurting and I just wanted off. We contemplated having the ranger call a helicopter for us. Eventually we made it down with bruised toes-wear properly fitting shoes if you go! We then drove back to the hotel for a good night's sleep. Since that time David and I have been very stiff, hardly able to walk, waiting for our toenails to fall off and I have acquired a URI in the process. Regardless of the tough times, it was the most amazing and beautiful hike. David and I have learned a lot about each other during the process. I highly recommend it to everyone that wants to go, just be prepared.

I'm going to STANFORD!!!!

Hi all, just got the call-I was offered a position as adolescent fellow at Stanford starting next summer and I accepted!!!! I'm going to STANFORD!!!!!

Leslie

for you Harry Potter fans

Transcription of JK Rowling's interview on Bloomsbury (publisher) website. I guess it supposedly answers a lot of questions about the last book. Not that I would know since I haven't read any of the books.

http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/1156

The Joys of Res-intern

it's like 130 and I just got paged about some transfer list thing. But the nurse who called me was new and giving me this confused ass garble. I was like are you talking about that med renewal thing? Umm i dunno. Fine just let me talk to charge before I go writing all these orders that I am going to get paged a million times about. So i wait patiently for charge nurse to pick up. I try to start with hey are you guys bugging me about the transfer list, but the biznack cuts me off and starts talking about how she is all full of correct information and how she went to the ass wipe MAR meeting and if I had any questions I should refer to the senior resident.

I am the freaking senior resident! I say in a stern voice.
In the old days my gangasta self would have hauled ass to that nurses station and pooped a deuce on that frumpy MAR loving hag. Man i've really become a softie.

An important message for all men

Stanford here I come!!!!

Okay, nothing is official yet, but I am cautiously optimistic. I completed my interview at Stanford for an Adolescent fellowship today. It was really great to see all of the people that I worked with previously when I did my elective at Stanford. Everyone was positive and encouraging, but you never know. I will find out in a week-meanwhile keep your fingers crossed and the positive thoughts flowing this way.

Leslie

30% Off - Footlocker, Champs, Footaction

Time for new On-Call kicks!

Footlocker, Champs Sports & Footaction have 30% off coupons that can be used in-store and online, valid July 26 until July 28, 2007

• Footlocker, LadyFootlocker, and KidsFootlocker coupon code: LKS17FF7 or FF77CPWW or printable coupon
• Champs Sports coupon code: FF7726WW or printable coupon
• Footaction coupon code: FF7734WW or printable coupon

Star Wars (Family Guy style)

This is pure genius.

phillipino prison thriller

filipino prisons look fun!

kansas classrooms

This is pretty hilarious. Click on the image to see the full sized cartoon. Don't you love California?!

Ben & Nicks

Tisha's Pictures from Ben & Nicks

New CHO Peds Residency Website

Has anyone seen the new residency website? It's got some new photos of Toby also.



Children's Hospital Oakland Pediatric Residency Program

MORE POTTERMANIA

It's 9:30pm and I have finally finished reading harry potter! Don't worry no spoilers, But whenever you guys finish you have to give me a call so we can dish about the book.
Here are my comments:
First 400 pages basically filler, the LAST 400 I was weeping with every turn of the page.
Secondly Snape the most interesting character of the series.
Thirdly ALL those internet spoilers were basically hogwash complete falsehoods!
Lastly the word "bitch" should really be banished from the english language.

The Deathly Hallows

I'm sitting here in the CHO ER at 1:28 AM on my night off...Why in the world could that be? Only Potter mania can drive a resident to such craziness. So after standing in line at Borders in Emeryville I made the trek back to CHO. What did it take? A wandering over at 6pm to "check out the action" only to realize that 120 people had already received their purple wristbands letting them in the first group of people to taste the bliss of the promised land. I, again, was second best and received the silver band. Returned at midnight to have another 100 silver people ahead of me. Too bad for David Gamboa though...ended up in the Blue line... Finally got my book. Then line number 2 for Leslie's book. I was afraid for a moment that I would be empty handed. But to my glee I now had 2 Harry Potters in my hands. Walked out the door and "brrrrriiiiiiiinnnnngggg". Who is calling me...4-2-8, 3-....ah! I know who this is. I connect on my cell..."Where's my Harry Potter?" Sigh...I better run to the hospital STAT. So that brings and ending of my tale for this evening. What lies in store for Harry, Ron, Hermionne, et al? I cannot wait to find out.

PS: It saddens me to know that little children in London have already received and finished their books while Leslie and I are sitting here in the ED just reading the opening lines. Oh well...no sleep for us tonight.

PSS: Yes...I'm a dork. But happiness is geekdom.

Sushi House Photos

Here are some more pictures from the Sushi House. Mad props to Leslie for rallying!

Ted, just after trying sea urchin.



FyFy, on the other hand, can't get enough sea urchin.
Post-prandial bliss...

Mmmm...sea urchin.

CHOwhounders (elite) at the Sushi House

Jay, you wuss. You've been suspended indefinitely.

Ted's Hairs

For sometime I have been growing out my hair. I tried to style it recently, but failed. I will be cutting my hair soon, but I wanted to share my experiment

Stratos Candy Commercial

very cute commercial. perfect for pediatricians.

Testing, one, two, mic checka. Ha! I can now post on my Treo! Pics from my phone coming soon...

CHOwHOUNDS elite evite

Everyone, check your email for a CHOwHOUNDS elite invitation!

Slumber party update!

Girls, check your email to find the evite for the slumber party!

Man vs. Wild

This was SO disturbing when I watched it on Discovery Channel. Don't play the video if you get grossed out easily.

Mike Kubalik's Wedding

I just wanted to test out Picasa's slideshow embedding function

Real transformers

Post-overnight shift. Nothing like spending your b-day in the ED. It was a good night, though. No admissions for Marina. Two patients in the last three hours, except the last one needed some MAJOR reassurance (I can't remember how many times I said "spitting up is normal in a one month old"). Didn't help I had a crappy Spanish interpreter who kept interrupting me.

Oh, well. Saw Transformers the other day. I was a big collector and fan, but not this hardcore.

"Autobots, let's roll!"

50 States Game

this game is pretty fun

i got 93.85 with 7 miles error. damn those northeast states! too small.

50 States

Reviving CHOwHOUNDS

I think it is about time that we restart CHOwHOUNDS. Two places that we should go: Sushi House in Alameda and Otaez Mexicatessen on International. The Sushi House excursion may need to be a CHOwHOUNDS lite (3rd years only) as they take reservations for the patio but I don't think they can accommodate a huge party. For Otaez, I think we can just storm the doors and take up all the booths prn. What do you guys think?

ah..just got it to work. hope you guys like these colors! Happy 4th! (from inside the hospital)

Hey guys, I tried to change the layout on this thing but it doesn't seem to be working. Anyone with control over the layout want to pick a nice color scheme for this baby?

More Than Meets the Eye

I've decided that vaca really suits me and am deciding if I should renig on my contract. Anyways, the exciting thing is that I returned back from Long Beach last night to be greeted by Leslie at the airport and we had a late night run Cold Stone....mmmmmmm. While in Long Beach I got a chance to see Transformers. Much better than I was expecting and I plan on seeing it again. Ahhhh...those long gone days of weekday afternoon and Saturday morning cartoons.

Brad not happy

Sucks to be on the wards tonight, especially a res-intern. Poor Brad. ED pretty crazy too. I dunno...could it be the upcoming holiday and the PMDs doing more punting than usual?

A kid w/ a strep infection developed anaphylactic shock this afternoon. Five minutes after getting LA bicillin. Crazy shit. She had no chest movements, BP's in the 60's, and GCS of <10. She did okay after getting epi, solumedrol, and fluids. We were so close to intubating. Poor HGH resident. It was his first day and he spent time convincing mom to consent for the PCN. Anyway, it put everyone on edge that night.

I heard that rat movie was awesome. Did anyone else see it? Transformers in two days!!

Girl's slumber party

A little late on my blogging...
All of us girls had a great time at Brad and Karen's BBQ on Saturday. Thank you Brad and Karen. We all had such a great time that we are planning a girls-only sleepover party. No boys allowed!!! Girls, stay tuned for the official evite. Boys-you are not invited.

Can't sleep

330am. Can't sleep What the heck!

Airline Complaint

This is freakin hilarious if real...

Continental Airlines Complaint

RAT BITE FEVER!

Who's up for dinner and a movie. I wanna see Pixar's Ratatouille!! Sunday perhaps? Maybe we can bring a wheel of cheese into the theater and pretend to be mice!

Daily life...

Dear Blog:
9:07am-at the coffee cart with Tony getting drinks
9:15am-checking in at GI clinic, no one is there
9:16am-walking back to the lounge
10:00am-Sonal is starting a blog for the 3rd years
10:01am-I convince Tony to start one for our class
10:45am-spending quality time on the internet blogging
End of 2nd year is great!

It's on...

...like donkey kong!

Let the Blog Wars Begin

Gotta keep up with those 3rd years, ya know!