a turd

My attending storms out of the bathroom and looks over at me, “It’s a fucking turd!”
Let’s back up a few minutes.
My patient has been having (if you are squeamish you might as well stop reading now) copious, purulent, pungent discharge coming out of her vagina for two months.  When I say copious, I mean she [...]

three little old ladies

The first little old lady I came across today was my lovely 96 year old patient.  Long story short, she doesn’t function well.  She is disoriented and demented and bedridden.  And every day for the past week the worst part of my day is explaining to her husband of 70+ years that she is not [...]

quick recap

One month and a hundred or so kids, ear infections, and viral exanthems have gone by since my last post.  Not really sure when or how that happened.  
Quick recap on my first clerkship: peds is over, and surprisingly I enjoyed it.  
I do not see myself as a pediatrician. The part of the clerkship that [...]

blunder

Today in the sports medicine clinic we had a dancer-patient.  As the resident was presenting the case to the attending, the attending interrupted, “YES, but I’d really like to know, what KIND of dance does she do?” The resident had a brain fart and looked at me for some help.  
Finally! A question I can [...]

off-site

Last Thursday at my off-site hospital, I started off on the right foot. I got there early, and remembered to bring all my toys.
I sat down with the attending/preceptor to go over the H&P I turned in last week, and that’s when things started to take a turn for the worse. My classmate [...]

pink stethoscope

I just made my mother, who came home from the hospital today, put a pink stethoscope around her neck and pretend to be an attending. Poor woman. Just home from surgery, practically bed-ridden, and I’m already harassing her.
BUT I had to practice the oral presentation I have to give tomorrow afternoon.
Tomorrow morning I [...]