Frozen Waves

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No More ER

I completed my very last shift in the ER yesterday (unless I get jeopardized). It was a little weird to walk out and know that I may never have to do a 9-7 shift ever again. As I was presenting my last patient I told the attending that it was the very end of my very last shift in the ER and he said "That makes me really sad." That was nice to hear that I will be a little missed. It also makes me sad to think that the end of the year is coming and with that comes all of us splitting up and going somewhere else to make the big bucks or something. Of course I am excited about all the new things that we will be doing, but we will no longer be together. Brad told me a few days ago that he had a dream that I left for fellowship months early and there was a going away party and he was sad. We need to have a big end of residency/going away event. Does anyone have any ideas? Vegas? Beach? Tahoe?

Dude Urban Legend ER I'm applying to this job

The best of CRS

Cost Of A New Baby- Babies are Expensive! hahaha
Swimming Safety: Preventing Diarrhea from Contaminated Water- Don’t go Swimming if you have diarrhea no sh*t
Electric Eel Shocks-Your child may feel shocked, stunned, or partially paralyzed after contact with an electric eel. How often does this happen?
Fast Food- it has a list of common items and caloric content
McDonald's Happy Meal with a cheeseburger, small fries, and a 12 ounce soda has 670 calories and 26 grams of fat: DUDE i want one right now
Smearing of Fecal Material-Don't get any poo-poo on your bed or the walls. Poo-poo is messy. Poo-poo goes in the toilet: Wow I’ve been doing it wrong all this time
Fever Myths and Facts- this isn’t humorous I just wish every baby was sent home with this from urgent care
Excessive Gas (Flatulence) does not need to be released by inserting anything in the rectum. Good advice
Screaming and Shouting-Screaming is a super-duper temper tantrum unleashed by a youngster with exceptional vocal cords and lungs: Where else but in Peds do you give someone a piece of literature with the words- “Super Duper”

Don't trust pirates.

Merry Christmas Kid!

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Did anyone watch american gladiators?!

Haha amazing. Makes me miss the old one. Here is a list of differences
1) Change in color scheme. Bring back those AMAZING TIGHT red white blue outfits.
2) The gladiators are less scary. Two exceptions. Toa's polynesian dance was pretty scary. Wolf looks unclean, like a biker dude possibly HEP C +
3) Maybe i missed it but what happened to the Assualt? You know where they shot a cross boa or a bazooka thing? I loved that. Powerball was cool someone got injured!
4) Hulk Hogan and Muhamed Ali's daughter. Really awful commentators.
5) Trash Talking- I've never been a big fan of it. What happened to good
sportmanship.
Anyways I'm going to start training to be a contestant. After about 5 million squats I think I'll be ready

I heart Toby from the "Petite Asian Women Club"

So, last night was my second to last PICU call and Toby is cross covering the other team. Now, I love Toby and part of what I love is that he is so friendly, complementary, and pleasant to be around. By no surprise all of the nurses that have ever interacted with Toby also love him for likely many of the same reasons. This love is so strong that they shower him with gifts, hugs, kisses, and baked goods at any opportunity.

I will also acknowledge that Toby is easier to pick out of the CHO line up being that he does not belong to the "Petite Asian Women Club" that consists of any number of fairly interchangeable, at least superficially, petite Asian women.

So, here I am finishing up a month in the PICU, I felt like I did a pretty good job, had good interactions with the nurses, provided quality, thoughtful care for my patients, you know, all around good work. And then Toby starts his cross covering. We're having a good night, saving ward-status patient's lives and all as the hospital is full and the patients can't get beds. Toby and I are sitting at the computers typing away, doing doctoring work, when we overhear the nurses on the other side of the room-"Toby is our favorite fellow!" The nurses then poke their head around the corner-"Hey Toby, you are our favorite fellow." "Are you a fellow? No, well, you're still our favorite." And then silence.

Hmm, no comments for me, I guess I'm just an ordinary member of the "Petite Asian Women Club."

gypsy

I have met two gypsy families in ED2 within the last two days. The first family got toys for every single kid in that room, grabbed a stack of blue chugs, a stack of diapers, and who knows what else by the end of the visit. The 2nd family did not grab anything that I could see, but here's my enlightening conversation with the mom when I was discharging her kid:

Gypsy mom: "I usually don't say this to anyone, but I can sense very strong vibrations from you."
Me: "What do you mean?"
Gypsy mom: "You are going through a lot of changes in your love life"
Me: (very puzzled, thinking to myself, "changes in MY love life?")
Gypsy mom: "or at least you are expecting big changes"
Me: (still puzzled, trying to think of what changes I might be expecting...)
Gypsy mom: "Here's a flyer from me. Come see me for a palm reading consultation."
Me: (still thinking of what changes should I be expecting from my boyfriend of 4 years...maybe I should bombard him with questions tomorrow)

And I heard some other gypsy family read an attending's palm and told him that he, unfortunately, had very bad luck his love life.

Interesting families here we have at CHO, huh? And why are they all coming to us now? And how come all their grandmothers look soooooo similar?