Sock Yarn. Self-striping, so that you get a centimeter of black alternating with a centimeter of sort of iridescent color. Makes something like this:


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     I shall never, ever forget Wenckebach block. However, remembering it might inconveniently result in a fit of giggles. Should be funny even if you don't have to know cardiology! :)
     Class of 2010, UAlberta Med... you guys rock.

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      Something slightly different. Too many medicine related-posts recently, so I thought it time for a change of pace. Plus I get to play with the whole cut option (pictures included, keeps the friends page tidy).

( Knitting! )

   Patient I was worried about not only did well in surgery but made it out of the intensive care unit. Woo! It was really nice to walk onto the orthopedics floor this morning, stick my head into his room and hear "Greetings!"

This job does have its rockin' moments.

    Home early! A great surprise, given that the days so far have been solidly 8-5 or 8-6. So after getting through all the team's work really early, my resident says "hey, why don't you go home and relax? I'll page you if there's anything interesting." Of course, I've never actually been paged in from home (with one exception) so I figure that's ( Read more... )

   Today was mildly crazy. Mentally, it has been dubbed "why Psych and Zoli do not get along." I had three folks to be responsible for today: a really nice and really sick elderly gentleman with a broken hip. He's in the OR nowish, and my team is giving it about even odds that he'll make it home after this ordeal. (I have no idea of the religious ( Read more... )

Things I realize I'm addicted to:

1. knitting - (It doesn't help that there are lots of other people similarly addicted and with more disposal income. It doesn't help that they appear to be a creative and generous bunch, and there are tons of webpages with neat patterns and great advice. Thank goodness I'm a slow knitter.)

2. oranges - We've been ( Read more... )

Another day on Medicine Consults - I didn't really honestly work up any patients, but the day was full from 8 to 5 and I feel vaguely as if important knowledge/memories/brain cells are spilling out of my ears. Just to put this in a little context, I'd been away from the med student thing for a full year. Not doing much really, mostly letting my ( Read more... )

Well, I've been thinking about having a blog for a long time, but I guess it's finally come to a head. It's not so much that I think people want to listen to my ramblings, but that a blog might help the process of organizing the crazy jumble of thoughts inside my skull at the end of the day. That, and the dear husband is sick of listening to me go ( Read more... )