Little sad my cardiology rotation is over. It was interesting and I am not looking forward to the rotations I have over the next 8 weeks.
Last week I performed one of the most badass procedures I’ve ever done. Pericardiocentisis. I stuck a giant catheter into the sac that goes around the heart and drained 1 liter (!!!) of fluid out. It was amazing!
I didn’t have any hospitalized patients over the weekend so I got some much needed sleep and feel a lot more rested. Not quite ready to tackle my Internal Medicine rotation that starts tomorrow but definitely a little less burnt out.
My TMJ is much better, though not entirely normal yet. This past week, I was starting to feel better but then noticed that one of my molars was continuing to be very painful while the jaw pain was diminishing. Oh, crap. Thankfully, my dentist was able to squeeze me in at an odd/late time and the head cardiologist was OK with me leaving early. Turns out I cracked my tooth from clenching/grinding. Blehh. Took x-rays, which didn’t show anything too interesting, but there’s still concern that I could develop an abscess and eventually need a root canal. Wheee. My dentist numbed me up and put on a temporary crown that should hopefully get me through the next couple months until I graduate and then we can reassess, unless I have any major issues before then. The tooth is still temperature sensitive and hurts when I bite on it, but Jerry anticipated that it would be painful for a while even if I don’t have a tooth root abscess starting to form. So, we’ll wait and see. My poor, abused mouth. It would be nice to not have to try to fit in a root canal between all this remaining school madness. The one I had years ago really wasn’t that bad but crap like that still wipes you out.
Through all this mess of a year Aaron has been so amazing, helpful, supportive, loving. I don’t know how I’d make it without him.
I am fantasizing about being done with school. The idea of sitting outside in the sun with a book, maybe by a body of water, sounds like heaven right now.
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