My Aunnee is coming to see me tomorrow - hooray for friends who fly down to visit! I'm very much looking forward to having her here this weekend. If the past 14 years have taught me anything, it's that we shall have ourselves some mirthful times.
The past week has been busy as usual. On Monday we had our orientation to the human operating room. What does that mean, you ask? I'll tell you. It means that, starting tomorrow, I will be attending human surgeries so I can sketch surgical procedures. The process is fairly in-depth. First, I had to choose a surgery from the list of patient procedures and surgeons that is printed up each afternoon over in the OR. Then, I had to call the surgeon (yipes!) and ask permission to observe her surgery in the morning. So I chose to attend a laproscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) at 7:30 tomorrow morning (we have class in the afternoon, so all the surgeries we attend will be early early ones). So tomorrow morning, Emily and I have to get to the hospital by 7:00, get our sterile scrubs from the machine (it's pretty cool, you swipe your card and it spits out your pre-programmed size of scrub top and bottom), don our caps, masks and shoe covers, and head down to the OR. Scary! Emily has a tendency to pass out, so I'm to act as both moral and physical support for her should such an event occur. Let's hope not...
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Monday, February 14, 2005
Currently Playing: U2
Best of 1980-1990
I am not going to wish you a happy Valentine's Day. Nay, I shall not. Walmart has been advertising for this day since the day before Christmas (I kid you not, I was in Walmart on Christmas Eve and there were several displays full of the pink and red and white M&M's and cheap boxed chocolates), so I'm pretty much Valentine's Day-ed out.
What I will do for you, my beloved friends, is offer you a website that shall bring you two things. First, it will bring you bewilderment. You will gawk and wonder if what you are seeing is in fact happening. Second, it will bring you mirth. You will be unable to resist laughing at the enthusiastic display unfolding before you. The song you shall hear (for you will have the sound on your computer turned up to a respectable volume) is very popular in Europe right now and, I would wager, is soon to become popular with you as well. Enjoy.
I am not going to wish you a happy Valentine's Day. Nay, I shall not. Walmart has been advertising for this day since the day before Christmas (I kid you not, I was in Walmart on Christmas Eve and there were several displays full of the pink and red and white M&M's and cheap boxed chocolates), so I'm pretty much Valentine's Day-ed out.
What I will do for you, my beloved friends, is offer you a website that shall bring you two things. First, it will bring you bewilderment. You will gawk and wonder if what you are seeing is in fact happening. Second, it will bring you mirth. You will be unable to resist laughing at the enthusiastic display unfolding before you. The song you shall hear (for you will have the sound on your computer turned up to a respectable volume) is very popular in Europe right now and, I would wager, is soon to become popular with you as well. Enjoy.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Currently Reading: The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3)
by Stephen King
Yesterday I was a mere Medical Illustration grad student. But today...today I am a surgeon. :) We started our animal surgery class this week and today was my day to go. I had a great time!
We started out by scrubbing in and gowning up. Alissa and I were a surgical team and our assignment was to perform a nephrectomy (removal of a kidney) on our pig. I was the lucky head surgeon, so I did all the cutting, tying off, and suturing. It was so cool to see the organs in action. I can now say I've seen and heard and felt the heart beat, the lungs inflate, peristalsis of the digestive tract, etc. It was one of the most amazing things I've had the privilege to see. I love grad school. And it turns out, I've got a knack for suturing, so if any of you ever need to be stitched up, I'll be happy to oblige.
The picture to the left is me in action. I've edited out the stuff that some strange people would term "gross," so if parts look a little funky, that's why.
Yesterday I was a mere Medical Illustration grad student. But today...today I am a surgeon. :) We started our animal surgery class this week and today was my day to go. I had a great time!
We started out by scrubbing in and gowning up. Alissa and I were a surgical team and our assignment was to perform a nephrectomy (removal of a kidney) on our pig. I was the lucky head surgeon, so I did all the cutting, tying off, and suturing. It was so cool to see the organs in action. I can now say I've seen and heard and felt the heart beat, the lungs inflate, peristalsis of the digestive tract, etc. It was one of the most amazing things I've had the privilege to see. I love grad school. And it turns out, I've got a knack for suturing, so if any of you ever need to be stitched up, I'll be happy to oblige.
The picture to the left is me in action. I've edited out the stuff that some strange people would term "gross," so if parts look a little funky, that's why.
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