I had to do a shift in the ER yesterday. It started out slow, but after lunch a crazy number of patients came into the ER. There were some interesting cases yesterday: a probable Steven Johnson Syndrome, a cachexic man who had terminal cancer and had an arterial block that turned his leg basically into a purple ice pop, stroke patient, and someone who almost drowned. Now don't get me wrong, I love medicine; however, I don't love the ER. I respect ER physicians and staff, but I don't think I have the personality that fits ER. I really wouldn't be surprised if I went into oncology. My favorite patient was probably the cachexic man with terminal cancer because I felt like I could do something to ease his pain by holding his hand while they had to examine him (even the smallest touches caused him pain due to the cancer). Emergency medicine, obviously, involves a lot of stabilizing and admitting or discharging the patient. I think I like being able to form relationships with my patients and being able to spend more time with them than is possible in emergency medicine. There are so many of my peers who want to match in Emergency Medicine, but I know that I wouldn't be good at it and I know that I would make a great oncologist, pediatrician or obstetrician.
Today, Farley and I decided to take a break and go to the beach. Being a holiday weekend, it was much more crowded than usual but luckily we were able to find a little secluded place on the beach. It was so nice to relax and read novels on the beach. There was a breeze so it wasn't too hot and the water felt fabulous. Being from the north, it always amazes me how warm the water is. It was like cool bath water: perfect!
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| Here are one of the airplanes flying banners over the beach. This one is about a party at a club tonight. |
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| Farley enjoyed his time on the beach reading too! |
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| I don't know how we were able to get such a secluded spot on the beach. |
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| This picture doesn't really show what I wanted, but it is suppose to be showing how many people were on the beach south of us. |
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| This picture was suppose to show how many people were on the beach north of us. It gives a little better idea of how busy the beach was. There are usually just a handful of people near our apartment, but not today! |
After we relaxed on the beach, we took a jog south to
Lummus Park. I did really well during the first mile of the job, but then it was like hitting a brick wall. I was so hot. I managed to make it back to the house okay and was able to jog part of the way back. I probably was dehydrated from sitting on the beach all day, especially since there was a breeze and I was sitting in the shade: I probably didn't realize how much I had been sweating. All and all, it was a great, relaxing day.
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