IM: Wrapping things up

This morning as usual, I went to see how my 3 patients were doing. My hospice patient is doing better and awaiting placement in an assisted living facility (I don't want to say "nursing home" b/c he's younger than my parents); he might be placed in SNF for the time being. My HIV patient with pneumonia is doing better; we discharged him later this afternoon. My lady with heart failure doesn't have any complaints, but her lungs really sound like crap. Anyone who's never heard rales or crackles will know what they sound like after hearing her lungs b/c she's crackly everywhere. Right now we're awaiting her echo to see how it looks. Dr. L came to work wearing a "ulnar gutter" cast or something like it after he'd hurt his hand in an accident; as a result, he had to dictate all his notes b/c he couldn't write. On a random note, I ran into my ob-gyn chief, Dr. C, near the cafeteria today. She's as cheerful as ever, especially since she'll be graduating soon; she plans to practice near Lake Worth. Best of luck to her =)