I moved back to BR for the start of school at Pennington. I'm really anxious about what they're going to say our first day back...it feels like it's been a year since we've been in school. For those of you wondering, I moved in with some relatives of Steven...it's his cousin Michelle and her husband, Ricky. They are both doctors that went to the ( Read more... )

Hello all...I guess the biggest news on my end is that we've made it back home! We came back on Sunday, and we've got everything except cable -but we've got bunny ears to at least catch a few things (i.e. the weather). We're still under a curfew here in Jefferson Parish that goes from 8pm-5am. We drove around a bit on Sunday evening, and it was ( Read more... )

Hey all...it's been a couple days since I last posted. All is well with us. We're still waiting for some information on school and housing. Last I heard, they'd procured a cruise ship to house us. We'll see I guess. There was a meeting in Lafayette the other day, and one of our professors came to talk to us. It went really well, and we got ( Read more... )

I volunteered at the Cajundome today...it was a good experience. I volunteered on the second floor of the dome which is the medical level. I was in the mental health and psychiatric triage area...being that I'm all of 2 1/2 weeks into medical school, I can't do too much:) I pretty much sat and talked with a family for like 5 hours. They were ( Read more... )

We left at 4am to go to New Orleans (well, technically Jefferson Parish). The ride was smooth sailing all the way up to about 50miles outside of New Orleans. Once we got there, the traffic was bumper to bumper...for FIFTY miles! We thought maybe things would clear up once they opened the road into Jefferson Parish at 6am...but, that didn't ( Read more... )

Well, we had our conference call with Dean Hollier today. It went ok, but I've still got plenty of questions! In the way of housing, he said that they are in the process of reserving 1,000 recreational vehicles (campers/trailers) for the students...it'll be our very own med student trailer park! Dean Hollier was very nice, and was pretty honest ( Read more... )

Hi all...just got some news. There's going to be a conference call for the 1st and 2nd year med students tomorrow with Dr. Hollier, the dean of the school. I guess he'll go over everything then about how they're going to run things. The last notice they sent said that we'd be starting back on September 26th. I have NO idea how they're going to ( Read more... )

Hello everyone...Steven and I did make it out of New Orleans prior to the hurricane. We're doing fine, but are, of course, a little uneasy with everything going on. We are staying with my parents in Lafayette and waiting to hear news about our home. The whole thing has been overwhelming, especially all the footage on TV. We've received notice ( Read more... )

Well, figured I'd update. I'm pretty much looking for a reason NOT to review the branches of the axillary artery and how they coincide with the brachial plexus. Yes, this is my life. I get up at 6am, school til sometime in the afternoon (3ish usually), home to study, and sleep at some point in the wee hours of the night. The strange thing is ( Read more... )

Ok, so I made it thru my first three days of medical school...barely. It's only been three days, and I feel like I've been hit with a truck! All of the first year students are walking around like zombies. I guess it's somewhat encouraging to know that I'm not the only one that's feeling totally beat down. I spent like 3 hours going over anatomy ( Read more... )