24.

It's March 2nd. For me it's a particularly special day, marking this time around my 24th year of life 🎉🎂. Side note: I need time to slow down. I am forever thankful to God for bringing me to celebrate another year of life in great health (alright my health is ooookay, I could always lay…

2017, I’ll miss you but I’m ready for more

Happy New Year! Another year has come and kissed us goodbye in the blink of an eye to be honest. I considered 2017 to be my year of self-growth, a transition year in a sense, and I loved every second of it, even the bad times. I remember coming out of 2016 feeling like shit.…

How about those “-isms”

This past weekend, I had just left my first weekend shift for my Medicine rotation which was only for a few hours and yet very interesting. I came back home, jumped right back into bed, relaxed looking at the snow falling outside the window, and hopped on social media to past some time before I…

Let’s say you’re the patient this time…

Yesterday, I got to be the patient. Experience the other side of the chair and honestly by the end of it I was jumping out of seat, ready to head back home. I personally haven't had a check up since it was mandatory I got one before starting college years ago, so its been about…

Surgery Clerkship ✔

  I made it. 7.5 weeks of Surgery. Done. And in my opinion, it flew by way too fast 😦 I finished up the last few weeks with a week of Anesthesia and one week of MIS (Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatric Surgery) which was honestly the most fun I've had on any rotation yet. I also…

Surgery (Half way point)

So I am in the middle of my 5th week out of 8 in my surgery clerkship, and my feelings haven't changed so much - I'm still enjoying myself [WHO AM I?!?!?!] Since last time, I have finished my Transplant rotation and yet that Transplant life just keeps calling me back. It is everywhere. I…

Surgery: It’s going well :) (Day 2, that’s why)

I've started Surgery! It's literally only been 2 days but I've already made a 360 degree switch about how I feel about it. I said 360 because before starting, I thought I'd really enjoy Surgery. I've enjoyed being in the OR before in HS and college, however I was very biased and never got the…

All da babies! (& toddlers, & preteens & adolescents) – Pediatrics rotation + Shelf tips

Yet another rotation bites the dust. **Skip towards the bottom if you just want my Shelf studying thoughts or keep reading if you also want to hear my ramblings about pediatrics because you'll get to the shelf stuff anyway :)** This one definitely marked the start of a long uphill journey that is to come…

I’m not an Imposter

So I recently transitioned to the inpatient world of Pediatrics and my oh my is it a difference. My group of classmates who are on the same track as I am are the last group to have an inpatient experience. This entire summer and change, I have been immersed and "mastered" the ins and outs…

Radiology Clerkship ✔, short & sweet

Fun fact: My radiology clerkship actually finished a week ago and I'm just getting to writing about it. Lo siento, I've gotta do better at spilling my thoughts more frequently because I'm on the "lighter" rotations and I'm already slacking. It was yet another 2 week rotation which was a perfect amount of time to…