It has been a stressful couple of weeks. We are in the middle of Internal Medicine, which is going great. We thought we might be able to stay here in Miami and complete our third year of medical school rather than moving to New York City, but it looks like the clerkship agreements won't be signed in time for us to stay (the pediatric and surgery
clerkships for third year students will probably be in place sometime next year). Anyway, now we are trying to find housing in New York. Now, finding housing isn't too horrible (it is a big city), but I have never been to New York so it adds this mystery, which makes everything more difficult. But heck, if I can live in Dominica, I can live just about anywhere. Besides, as far as I know, there are no herds of cows running free and controlling New York City.
Since I have been stressed, I have decided to study one of my favorite things in medicine this week: Hematology! I know this sounds nerdy, but I think the clotting cascade is just beautiful. I haven't looked at it in a while and I almost forgot how breathtaking it is! There are multiple checks and balances to ensure that we don't clot too much, which can kill us, yet we are able to clot quickly and efficiently. We also break down clots in a timely fashion. We are constantly clotting and degrading clots. When things go wrong with the clotting cascade, everything goes to heck in a hand basket, for example
Disseminated Intravascular Clotting (DIC). Since I get so excited about clotting, maybe I am destined for hematology and oncology.
Isn't it beautiful?
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