Sunday, October 04, 2009

A very amazing end to the week!

Wow, the past few days have been amazing....and interesting. Its really sad to know it is ending. Hopefully next week brings more excitement. Lets recap:

On Thursday we were assigned to our new floor, new residents, and new attending. The new floor is the same old sick patients. My new residents are great. I have one PGY-3 and one PGY-1 (intern). The intern is still learning and seems a bit overwhelmed so far. But our PGY-3 knows his shit. Very smart guy and loves to teach. He is so interactive which is great for me. In addition, our attending is AWESOME!!! We get to spend the whole morning with her, almost 3-4 hours. She loves students.....loves teaching more. And in 2 days, I have learned more on the floors with her than at any other time during this rotation. She requires alot from us: we have to divide patients up, know their history in the hospital, know the current problems, devise a plan of management, and continue our follow-up until their discharge. In addition, we have daily reading assignments on important medical topics (we covered pericarditis and pericardial effusions on friday). I feel like part of a team and its a great feeling. The only downside....being at the hospital at 6am to accomplish all of the above. But it is okay....I have the pleasure of being with this attending for the next 4 weeks and I am going to take full advantage.

So on friday, a fellow student was having a b-day extravaganza at a sushi bar called Aishya. For $40 it was all you can eat and drink. The sushi was not limited to cheap rolls. All rolls were included and I took full advantage by ordering some of the expensive ones. For the drinking portion, it was sake bombs. I had never had one before. Basically you are given beer and sake. You pour a little beer into your glass and then place your chopsticks flat on the top of the glass. You pour some sake into a small cup and then balance this cup on your chopsticks. Then, you pound the table....sake falls into beer....and you chug. I had four of these before the food even came and I was SOOOOO DRUNK! Then I ate....had some more to drink (although I just drank sake...no beer)....ate some more and drank some more. 2 hours later we were headed to union square to a bar to continue the celebration. I had one glass of water and decided to head home. It was 11pm! But I couldn't keep my eyes open. And did I mention I was really drunk. So, I was at home and in bed by 11:35pm on a friday. And I did wake up saturday morning with a slight hangover :) Only slight though......

Saturday night was my first ever Brandi Carlile concert at the Beacon Theater. I have listened to her music for a few years now and she has an amazing voice. My good friend Kate has been telling me that she is even more amazing live and she was absolutely correct. Seeing Brandi Carlile live was a great experience. I got to the theater around 7:45 and watched her opening act, Katie Herzig. I had heard the name before but never really heard the music. She was good...just not my style of music....much more happy, peppy country music. But still good. And then Brandi Carlile performed and I was blown away. Not only by her voice, but her entire stage performance. She is a great performer. Her band was equally fun to watch. I am so happy I saw the show and I really can't wait to see her again when she plays in NYC. If you have the opportunity to hear her music please do. You will not be disappointed.

While at the concert, my friend Daniel texted me to see if I wanted to see Lady Gaga. I respectfully declined knowing I was getting the better show :)

So, that is my last 3 days in review. The prior 4 days were not very exciting except for Heroes....very exciting!!! And Grey's is doing a pretty decent job this year too! Today is a major study day because this week I am on call both Monday and Friday. Have to do my write-ups for my preceptor now so I don't get behind.

Which reminds me. Pink is playing tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden. I absolutely love Pink. I really wanted to go but then found out I was on call. I guess it is just as well considering I would have had to pay $150 for a ticket. NYC is just so damn expensive. Hopefully someday in the future I can see her live again. Her shows are fantastic as well.

Take care everyone!!

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