Just kidding! We definitely didn't get the massive amount of snow that they had predicted. Of course, we got lots of snow, but not the 13-24 inches they seemed to take a guess at. But it wouldn't have mattered either way, because as an intern (at least at U of M) there are no snow days. And instead of a regular day, all 12 interns were called in to be "emergency staff" in the food service area. Because of this, I stayed in Ann Arbor for the night at another intern's apartment.
What does this all mean? I was walking a mile to the hospital at 4:30am. Yep. In a blizzard.
But, it was nice to be back in the kitchen and to see all the staff again. I didn't end up doing much, just helping things get set up and waiting for regular staff to come in. I only ended up working in food service until about 7am, then I went back upstairs and resumed my regular clinical rotation.
Except for the fact that my preceptor wasn't able to get to work because of the crazy snow! So, I was kind of in the professional staff experience all over again where I had to get everything set up, decided who needed to be seen, for what, if it was urgent, etc. I got to see all but one patient, and that's because it was getting late and their assessment technically isn't due until tomorrow.
Sadly, I didn't have too many crazy patients today. I had a few diet educations on low fat diets and Dumping Syndrome. This syndrome is characterized by bad diarrhea almost immediately after eating a meal. Patients get this because of surgery they have on their stomach, which decreases the ability for a sphincter in your stomach to open and close properly. The patient I saw had a Whipple procedure, which is where the head of the pancreas is removed because of cancer.
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