Peds?

So I'm beginning to think that maybe peds is an option...I think I'm just confused by all of the cute kids.

Yesterday, I got put in my place by neurology. Dr. Pinter literally talks faster than I can think. He makes faces, sounds, plays with kids, analyzes their development and notes every aspect of the kid, while doing calculations in his head at the same freaking time. The man is smart...I was impressed.

ED was awesome. Saw my first sickle cell crises...I finally understand. It sucks...girl was in pain of 9 or 10 all night...all drugged up on morphine, vicodin, motrin and some other morphine derivative. In pain for days at a time...man. I'm sorry. Then I saw a kid with a huge fro who kept yelping and jumping on the bed. Had to check out his rash. Kid jumped off the bed and ran around the room naked and yelling. haha. too cute. Then I saw a couple of giggly girls who wouldn't stop laughing behind the curtains...I got strange looks from the nurses after seeing those kids.

I know this is boring to read, but I'm seriously journaling at this point.

Saw a pretty crazy patient in the outpatient setting. 16 year old girl presents with a 1 month history of 24 lbs weight loss and nausea and emesis during the past 4 days. She exhibited orthostatic hypotension, severe thrist and recent history of frequency. This poor kid was going into DKA shock right before my eyes...complete with shaking and shit. Kid found out that she had to take insulin every day for the rest of her life and she just started bawling...damn...poor kid. During the whole history, my preceptor and I kept just looking at each other thinking shit...we've gotta admit this kid fast across town at endo.

Anyhow...who knows? Maybe peds is for me. Maybe I'm loving it because it's novel or because the people I work with love it so much. Either way, like a lot of other fieds, it's underserved in a huge way in the way of female pediatricians. Seriously...I don't feel comfortable tanner staging a teenage girl. On to light things...

Today I got a taste of the dark side...and let me tell you. It tastes good. Some pharma guys came by to the adult side of the clinic. While my preceptor kept trying to bum some free allegra and shit for self use, I got breakfast burritos and fresh squeezed OJ for breakfast, and some Jamba Juice for lunch. Yea, I know, but does it really matter if I'm dispensing from a formulary on the other side of the clinic? Maybe...

-bender out