During a ward round this Saturady morning, there was myself, a fellow student, a trainee intern, 2 house surgeons, 2 registras and a consultant (lots of doctors). We were all gathered around a patient's bed. The patient was a little old lady who was very delighted to see me. I got called a "lovely little girl" by this very patient! A little girl??! I'm a grown woman that will be graduating as a a doctor in 2.5 years time. She was completely clueless as to how terrible her comment was. I was mortified and embarrassed :(
I'm half way through 2007. It's gone by so quickly. Apparently I've learnt half the things that I should have for 4rd year. Hmm, here's hoping.
Life has been interesting and challenging at times.
I'm on holiday at the mo. I've got quite a few things to do though
-ethics assignment
-Maori health assignment
-Pathology abstract
plus I'll be welcomed back to school with a couple of tests.
Now, the logical thing for me to do is get some of this out of the way during my holiday. The problem is... Can I be bothered?
I'm off to Wellington next Monday. That's going to be fun. I'm looking forward to catching up with people. I might be a bit of shopping while I'm there. Might.
I'm leaving for Shang hai in 4.5 months from now. I'll be there for just over 3 weeks, then I'll be in hong kong followed by Sydney. I'm be back home by Dec 17th.
I'm still got the whole of January free. I'm thinking of europe. This is my last big opportunity to travel for a month without any strings. After this, i'll still have my 3month elective which is part of our course. I can shoose to go virtually anyway in the world. One of my classmate's in planning on going to Antartica (at Scott base). As much as I'm looking forward to my elective, there'll be responsibilities while I'm away. It won't be all fun and games since I'll be at a hospital for most of the time. Like I said, this summer proper summer break.
