This morning we started rounding at 9 a.m. and finished seeing our 14 patients two hours later. WOW. Why can't we get done this fast during the week? My two female patients were fine; just "being babysat" over the weekend until they can be discharged to home care or the nursing home. CH, of course, was still recovering from his open cholecystectomy. I was bit alarmed when I heard some rhonchi in his lung and asked Andie if I could order a CXR on him. She said yes, but Dr. V (the attending covering for Dr. T) asked me why (to justify the order). Thank goodness he heard the rhonchi, too, and agreed with my assessment. I felt like a real doctor today =) But man...hospital week was fairly brutal. We took care of lots of patients that will most likely be discharged this coming week, so the next group of students will probably have it easier than we did. (We did all the work). Despite that, I enjoyed this rotation, and I'm glad my patients seemed to like me. JB told me yesterday that I had a good bedside manner, and CH (whom I've been with since he came to the ER) said he'd miss me. I hope the next student takes good care of him =)
Tomorrow it's back to the clinic with Dr. RR. Who knows what I've forgotten about working in the clinic. It'll be another adjustment for sure.
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