The pages started after 9 last night, it wasn't bad but one of the pages was about a patient I knew I would have to admit; lucky for me our fellow was moonlighting and was taking call in the hospital. Now, our fellow has been very good to me from the start but since my diagnosis, he has been extremely willing to help me out; he had even offered to take Friday night call for me. I insisted I take the entire weekend of call but did tell him I would call if anything came up that required physical evaluation. So, thankfully our fellow took my call after I received the page and admitted the patient for me so I didn't have to drag my balding self to the hospital late last night for an admission.
I went into round this morning thinking it wouldn't be too bad, I'd be done in 2 hours tops. Well, wouldn't you know it; a consult from yesterday decided to go south and we had to operate. My surgeon said he would call in the fellow but I knew our fellow was coming off call and had to admit our patient last night. I truly thought it would be a simple case and I of course insisted I be the one to assist. Assuming it would be a simple case was my mistake, 5 hours later I was leaving the OR! I'm very happy to say I lasted the entire case!:) Not only that but I'm feeling good and going strong even after getting to the hospital at 8AM to round and operating for 5 hours.
I hope this evening is quiet and I really hope tomorrow will be an uneventful day as you all know I have very important plans in the evening! I have lost more than half my hair now and had to wear a hat to work as there is more bare scalp showing than actual hair on my head. So many people made comments about how cute I looked and how fashionable my hat was, little did they know why I had it on-hehehe!!:D I just thanked them and kept working. Well, after tomorrow night I no longer have to worry about picking up hair from EVERYWHERE! That's what I am MOST looking forward to!
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