OB/Gyn

Welcome back to real life!  I just finished having 2 glorious weeks off, and now it's back on rotations, for the first time at Parkland Hospital.  I'll have three weeks of obstetrics at Parkland, then three more of gynecology at a clinic in Oak Cliff after Thanksgiving.  I'm somewhere between super excited and scared out of my mind.

"Hey PJ, what did you do during your 2 weeks off?"  Well I'm glad you asked.  WE MOVED!  So the first half of my break was packing, and the 2nd half was moving and unpacking.  But it wasn't all drudgery and work, it was pretty restful.  Time to build up some bonus sleep before I lose it all on OB, I guess.  So we're officially out of our apartment in Dallas, and into a nice little rental home in Richardson.  We finally have a yard for Sully and Gumbo, which we are all enjoying very much.  As soon as we're sure they can't find a way out, they'll be able to hang out in this nice weather while we're out instead of cooped up in their kennels the whole time.  Aside from the typical stresses of moving, I had to rent a chainsaw to clear some branches away from our power and cable lines... I'll see about getting that picture uploaded somehow.

After a Monday full of orientation lectures (blah), we met at 0630 this morning to meet with our team, practice scrubbing - just what it sounds like... a ten-minute hand/arm washing - and get to know our way around the floor.  This will be my first experience working on a team with 3rd year medical students (or "MS-IIIs", and I'm looking forward to it!  I think PA students all want to get along with the MS-IIIs, but also innately yearn to outshine at least one of them at least once. ;-)  Stay tuned for when that happens.  My chief resident Heather seems very nice and has high expectations of us.  So I expect to learn a TON and be more motivated than ever to not look dumb.  And with that, I'm going to hit the books!

Overreaching goals of OB - don't be late, not even once; do some standard and Caesarean deliveries, kick butt on my test.  That's a good start anyways!

grace & peace