Dear Friends, I just wanted to thank you so much for your thoughts of me on my birthday! My room-mate apparently spread the word that I was in a “bad mood” – like when am I not in a moody state? Anyway…. I got SLAMMED with consults at work on Friday. SLAMMED! No, I don’t […]
Back to Work
Technically, I have four more days before I strap on the pager again and get an insane amount of calls as I return back to work. But, the holidays may as well be over for me. My next break won’t be until the end of June, well maybe mid-April if you count the research weeks […]
The Bovie Smell
The Bovie Smell. This deserves its own post. What is that you may ask? Well, first let’s get technical. The Bovie is an electrosurgical knife created in 1926 by William Bovie. It uses high frequency alternating current to cut through tissues and vessels coagulating blood as it does so to decrease bleeding. It’s a tool […]
ID Consults Roster #3
In this third month of inpatient service, I saw about 45 new consults. Still not as much as that first month from hell. BIODEFENSE none BONE/JOINT Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Citrobacter freundii, Enterococcus & methicillin resitant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis Pseudomonas aeruginosa, diphtheroids, & methicillin resistant Staphyloccocus aureus ischial osteomyelitis Right great toe osteomyelitis Enterococcus, diphtheroids & methicillin […]
Back to Reality
The past few months of infectious disease fellowship have been arduous. This is my new reality. I feel I’m doing all that I can to just keep afloat. I finished residency thinking “finally I can narrow down my breadth of knowledge”, but I have since realized that infectious diseases is still a very broad speciality […]
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