So, after almost a year of writing in a blog (who knew?!), I'm running out of ideas. I usually try to make it something related to food, or my rotation, or the internship, or how tired I am, but alas, my mind is running dry.
Either that, or my brain is just in overdrive because of my written case study that I'm preparing on necrotizing enterocolitis. This paper is basically like the oral case study but on paper and much more in-depth. But I know I'll live. I'm actually learning boat-loads about the subject and happy to report that the actual patient the paper is based on is doing well and hopefully going home soon.
Like I mentioned before, I'm in my BMT rotation. I mentioned yesterday that I really like the interaction with patients, which is still very true today. I find that I really like this patient population but for some reason today I found myself becoming very emotional when I was rounding on one of our BMT patients. She's a high school-aged girl who has leukemia, which she's had a bone marrow transplant, chemotherapy, lost all her hair, feeling horrible, mouth sores, etc. I'm not sure why I became emotional...it's weird and has never happened to me before. I'm not sure if it's because she's (somewhat) closer to my age and we have a lot of similar interests. She has amazing support as well through family and her significant other, so I'm not sure if it's just the overwhelming sense of love and support in the room that gets me out of sorts. I mean, it's not like I start tearing up or anything, but it's nothing I've experienced. .Weird Maybe it's because I can somewhat relate because when I was in high school, an acquaintance of mine had cancer and I was never sure how to react. Then again at the time I wasn't sure what the cancer treatment was really like.
But all personal things aside, I'm learning a lot (as usual). I am getting more practice with TPN, as well as discharge information and ordering forms and HomeEd consultations. HomeEd is the company that comes in and helps a family learn how to administer home tube feedings. The new attending that is on rounds with the BMT team is very thorough so rounds take about 1.5 times as long as they did before. But he's brilliant and has tons more experience than I do, and he's very open to educating medical students, residents, and interns like myself so I'm not about to complain.
87 days left. Gettin' there...slowly but surely.
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