On second thought

So I'm liking peds. A lot. Especially peds genetics. Which I have always liked. But until now I hadn't really seriously considered going into peds. I have to admit I'm tempted by the chill lifestyle, the nice people, patients that actually get better, and playing with babies all day.

But today all of that changed.

I saw a 3 year old for worsening asthma. And sick he was. Definitely in respiratory distress. Breathing hard but he wasn't dying in the next 5 minutes. Maybe a couple more days like this and he'd be toast. But not this minute. My attending admitted him and they sent an ambulance for transport. Ok, no big deal.

Let me tell you, folks, you'd have thought that aliens attacked the White House. People in the clinic were excited. Like really excited. Including the attendings. So I asked... "is this considered a lot of excitement for y'all?" To which I was told, "Yeah!!! Thats the most excitement we've had in years."

Hmmm. Maybe it isn't the place for me.

The babies

are making my ovaries do jumping jacks. which is sooooooo not what i need to be thinking about right now.

god. i'm going to be too old for babies soon. ugh.

Foot in Mouth Disease

Friday my attending is taking me to work a juvenile detention center clinic. And today we were discussing logistics. Where to meet, what to bring, etc. And then he said this.

"Just don't wear anything cute or sexy. What you are wearing right now is perfect."

Um?

ADD worse than me....

Holy smokes. So today I was on Peds ID. Which was pretty cool. But my attending, whew. I mean, she is smart. Really smart. But she talks a million miles an hour and is an ADHD mess!

Example one...

She is on phone call A. On a land line.

Her cell rings. She looks at it, hands her cell phone to me, and says "Can you just tell her I'll call her back?"... as if she totally knew the person.

I say "sure", pick up the phone and say to the woman, "Hi this is Dr So-n-so's phone. She asked me to tell you that she'll call you right back. Is that ok?"

Twenty minutes later after she gets off the phone, she looks at me and says "Well? Who was it?"

I'm like "uh, duh, I thought you knew who it was.... duh...."