just documenting...

sorry in advance for the ADD post...

• today was the last clinical day of third year! all that's left is the daunting medicine shelf exam and the end of the year osce... then VACAY!!!! for a whole week and a half!!!!
• july = surgery sub-I! and not only that... it's pediatric surgery!!! i didn't even request it... who can say, excited?!?!
• also, i got my away elective for october. :) but not for august. :( trying to finagle my way into an anesthesia month (1. cause it's good to know, 2. i need to be studying for step 2 during that month and september). we'll see how that goes.
• i got nominated for an organization that i really want... i won't hear back for awhile, but i'm really hoping (without getting my hopes up)
• my continuity clinic preceptor offered to write me a letter of recommendation for residency... this makes me very happy.
• the weekend attending (who apparently wrote the pathology curriculum for a med school at the age of 20) told my resident he was impressed with me... my other resident told me she thought i did excellent this month as i was leaving.... i don't know why, but it makes me happy (and feel like i'm fooling everyone).
• i was actively involved in my first code on saturday, doing chest compressions... after 4L of hematemesis, 30 minutes, multiple rounds of medications and levophed drip, we transferred him to the unit (fixed and dilated). the family choose terminal wean...
  
• my mom opened and closed an AMAZING rendition of "light in the piazza"... she was nominated for 11 awards (in one of the three different award given organizations for lansing)... and her show won 10!
• i'm no longer blonde... but kinda red... i've been blonde since forever. i'm still not sure how i feel about this, but i know i don't hate it.
  
• the last few days have been really good...