Friday, July 16, 2004
Back from the missing
It's been quite a while for me on this blog. I've been extremely busy at the hospital. Good busy. Very glad I don't have a television right now. On the days I work, all I have time for is work, sleep and a short workout. Not even time to eat. Lunch is usually in the conference room with a pile of charts developing management plans for my patients. And dinner is what I can fit in before I pass out. But I've been learning lots. Like what the typical bugs are that cause meningitis at different ages, how to approach kids with asthma attacks medically, how to differentiate epiglottitis from viral croup. I barely even notice that I have no furniture. All I would do with a couch right now is sleep on it. Which may be nice because it would save me time from walking up the stairs to go to bed.
I can see now why a lot of doctors end up marrying either a) other doctors or b) nurses. My residency is 16 days old and, if I estimate that I've spent ~90 hours in the hospital each week (which is made up of 168 hours), I've spent the equivalent of 8 and a half full days in the hospital. And when I'm on call, it's just me and the patients and the nurses. And when I go home, I have no energy for a social life. So the hospital practically serves as my social life. I'm sure my fiancee is real happy to hear about this. Don't worry.....the nurses are nothing compared to her.
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I can see now why a lot of doctors end up marrying either a) other doctors or b) nurses. My residency is 16 days old and, if I estimate that I've spent ~90 hours in the hospital each week (which is made up of 168 hours), I've spent the equivalent of 8 and a half full days in the hospital. And when I'm on call, it's just me and the patients and the nurses. And when I go home, I have no energy for a social life. So the hospital practically serves as my social life. I'm sure my fiancee is real happy to hear about this. Don't worry.....the nurses are nothing compared to her.
