There were no surgeries yesterday, so I had the day to study before coming in today for my last day of ENT. I saw a few interesting patients today. One was a 15-year-old overweight girl who was taking like 10-15 drugs due to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Her mom and her grandmother were all there with her, and from appearances they were clearly cut from the same cloth. She reported having ear drainage that began shortly after she moved to TX about 3 years ago, yet Dr. P and I didn't find anything in her ear. "I cleaned them this morning," she said. If she came alone, I'd wonder if her schizophrenia was playing a role in this, but her mother confirmed she had some yellowish ear drainage so it's not made up. Another patient who came was born deaf, but she wore hearing aids and fortunately I was able to understand her speech. My last patient of the day was a 97-year-old man with mild dementia and had trouble breathing but was otherwise in good health. He's a lucky guy =) All in all, ENT has been a pretty laid back rotation. Sandy (the LVN) invited me to come back 4th year if I want an easy 4 weeks. We'll see.
Now...off to study.
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