a world down under

Women's health... never thought it was really a field for me (for no specific reason) and still, don't think it's my cup of tea! But regardless, I'm having fun and it's a different world for sure.. The south side of Chicago will open your eyes to things you didn't think you'd encounter and will make you much more aware of your surroundings! I keep crossing my fingers that I'll continue to be on the RIGHT corner at the RIGHT time :)

BUT!!!

I delivered my first beautiful healthy baby girl! The labor wasn't too intense and I even caught the slippery little munchkin. I had no idea what I was doing but I think I understood the basic concept and with the helpful advice from the doctor standing at my side ready to jump in, I got her out in one piece without dropping her and helped deliver the rest of the goods that go along with pregnancy! It honestly wasn't as bad as I thought it would be... but I also wasn't the one lying on the table trying to push a massive object out either! Other than that, women's health is basically a lot of "dirty va-j-j's" as I termed it but it's a lot of fun. I can relate with my patients being a woman, I can help comfort them in a situation that probably isn't very thrilling to them, and I get to provide joy with fetal heart sounds and exciting baby news. It's not what I want to do... but it's an experience! I miss surgery a lot but I do get to be in the OR a few days of the week with surgical cases of a different type so it's ok!

Five more weeks... then cardiology/internal medicine.
Six weeks after that... then emergency medicine.
Five weeks after that... then the holidays :)
THEN BELIZE!!!!!! (still counting down...)

Another day in the life of a PA student!