Archive for August, 2005

Typical Day, part 1 of 2

August 17th, 2005

Everyone always asks me what I do in the hospital. Here’s a description of my typical day, starting from when I get up in the morning.
The day technically does begin at 4:30 in the “morning”, even though the sky is even darker when I get up than when I went to bed. I then hang […]

Out With the Outpatient, In With the Inpatient

August 15th, 2005

Life changed for good last Monday when we began our 3 inpatient weeks of pediatrics — the prior 3 weeks had been exclusively outpatient. Gone are the 9-to-5 days with no time pressure. Days now begin bright and early at 4:30am when I wake up in order to be at the hospital by 6am, only […]