At 9:00AM he received a text from a fellow student saying "we're waiting on you, in the professional building." Well... Nick was still laying in bed with the belief that he didn't have anything until his scrub-in clinic at 1:00PM. Yep, apparently he had missed an email saying that there was an orientation starting at 9:00AM. Oops.
He was up, dressed, and out the door in under 5 minutes. I felt so bad for him. Surgery is an intimidating rotation WITHOUT being "that guy" on the first day. Luckily we live super close and he was there shortly after, but still nothing like starting out behind the 8 ball.
He said when he entered the room everyone just stopped and stared at him and shortly after the resident leading the orientation made a comment like "and be sure to be on time." Wonder who that was aimed at? Poor guy! After that the students were supposed to go meet up with different teams to follow and get a feel for the rotation- Nick didn't have his white coat as he didn't have any idea what to expect so before he could join the team he had to RUN all the out to his car, grab his coat and doctor stuff and RUN all the way back. He said by the time he reached the team he was a sweaty, flustered mess.
Anyone who knows Nick knows he HATES being late and HATES being unprepared. So that whole day from start to finish was his absolute worst nightmare!
Sooo... basically the good news is that it can only go up from there right?
Nick's surgery rotation goes from mid November-mid February. As part of the general surgery rotation it sounds like Nick will be jumping around through all different units, spending a week or so at a time with each group.
My current understanding of his schedule is roughly:
- Day starts early- he's out the door by 5:15AM to report in with his team at 5:30AM
- Tuesday mornings he has surgery clinic
- Days seem to vary a little on length but for the most part he won't be home until 6:00PM or so.
- He has a pager that goes off whenever someone comes in/something big happens (yay...)
- It doesn't seem like he will work too many weekends- so that's a nice surprise!
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| His attire for the next few months!!! Much preferred to the dress clothes he wore last rotation! AND there is a scrub machine... so less clothes for me to clean... double win! Maybe the one perk to the Surgery rotation! |
oh no! :( I imagine that it will definitely get better! that's such a bummer that they sent the email and he didn't get it. Hopefully it was more understandable to the attending, or whomever was doing the orientation.
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It has gotten better for sure! But surgeons are not the friendliest of fellows haha MUCH different from his Medicine rotation where everyone was generally pretty nice/helpful/respectful to the students! But hey, it's just 12 weeks and he is enjoying the time that he is actually in the OR :)
DeleteLess laundry is always a good thing! haha The scrub machine is awesome! The 2nd trimester continues to be much more pleasant in terms of symptoms compared to the 1st so that is super nice! And baby is getting so big that I can finally feel movement which is the most fun thing (and most bizarre) in the whole world! Hope you're doing well and surviving the heat in Grenada! It's very chilly here in the D... I sure do miss the ocean! :)
term 4 is the longest term, ever! haha. It's really nuts. But, we are almost done, I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. :) I can't wait to go home.
DeleteI didn't know that both Grosse Pointe and St. Claire Shores have pools, but it makes sense now that I think about it. Super exciting haha, it's always about the little things.
It looked like in your Halloween photos that you had a little bit of a bump forming. I can't imagine that feeling- haha. bizarre seems like an appropriate word. :-)
That's so true about surgeons not being friendly. Talk about not so great bedside manner. :) I'm glad he's liking the time in the OR, though! one of our friends started her surgical residency this year, she really loves it! She changed her mind from ER to Surgery! :)
I'm glad everything is going well! I do hope we will be joining you guys soon!
OH and, it's so nuts that surgery is Nick's second rotation! dang! He's definitely jumping ALL in!
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