End of OB/GYN

So I haven't updated in a while. The weekend before last we went to Marble Falls for a friend's wedding. It was beautiful out there! Lance and I went to Fredricksburg for the day and enjoyed the town. We also went to the famous Luckenbach, TX. It was so neat. It is seriously a small loop with a post office and a dance hall. That is it. Oh, and you buy beer at the post office! It is so neat. I will try and upload some pictures. The wedding was beautiful on the lake there, and we wish Aimee and Trey many wonderful years together.
On a totally different note, I delivered 2 babies last night!!! It was an awesome experience and I am so glad I was able to do that. They were delivered both within the first hour I was there, and then I studied the rest of the night waiting on more babies, but no more came. Lance knew I was going to have a hard time with the night shift, so I woke up to leave and he had a dozen roses, cinamon rolls, and a coke waiting for me. I actually was pretty awake all night. Maybe it was the adrenaline rush!

bath tub=water

Now that it is more than halfway through the week, I thought I should write something. I decided to stay home from the game this weekend to work on my research paper. Hopefully I will get most or all of it done and not have to worry about it for the rest of this rotation.

Maggie has been funny lately. She would go over to the bath tub and start crying. Lance figured out that she wanted her water bowl filled, even though her water bowl isn't anywhere near the tub. Then yesterday she sat by the tub and cried so I checked her water bowl and sure enough she was out of water. She normally sits by her water bowl when she wants more water. oh well, I guess she is smart because she knows water comes out of the tub faucet.

I am on my lunch break right now. I have felt lots of babies in utero today. It is fun for the most part and exciting for the patient when I find the fetal heart rate and they get to listen to their baby. 98% of patients here speak spanish so I have been picking up more and more phrases.

Until next update,
Amy

24

Lance's birthday is Wednesday. He will be 24; one year away from 25-quarter of a century. Man, he's old. haha. So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANCE! I am so happy you are my husband and happy to celebrate another year with you! Hope it is the best year yet!


Yay! Another Aggie win. It might just be the last win. haha. We had fun. Ob/gyn is going well. I think I might be tired of it by the end of these 5 weeks, but then I get to do labor and delivery and that will definately be a new experience. I am definetly excited about the hours I work- 8-3. : ) Can't beat that!!! I have over an hour drive to Katy and back, though but I don't mind being HOME BY 5!!!! Especially after my first rotation of 7am to 9pm!!
That is all. We didn't take any pictures this weekend and I know I haven't posted pictures of last weekend, I just have better things to do like laundry right now.

another tailgate tomorrow

YAY! I am officially done with block 1 of my rotations!!! Next is ob/gyn..... I am enjoying this friday off. Lance and I are going to a game night with his coworkers tonight and tomorrow is fighting Texas Aggie Football. I think it is fun to go and tailgate and this time I will take pictures. Yesterday Lance and I went out after dinner for some retail therapy! haha He has been going into work very early and working hard and I just finished my first block. I got a dress and shoes for a wedding in october and of course Lance got Aggie shirts. TJ Maxx was our best friend last night.

I wanted to get my hair cut today, but didn't exactly know what I wanted so I decided to wait. I don't want it short or anything. I also can see my pesky grey hairs and I am not sure what to do about that. I am 23 for goodness sake, am I supposed to be worrying about grey hair??? Anyway, I think there are only like 6 of them, but they stick out like a sore thumb in my dark brown hair. I just part my hair on the opposite side of my head for now!

Look for pictures from the tailgate.

Aggie football season is here!

Lance and I had a great time in College Station this past weekend. We always love going back to A&M and just walking around campus. Sadly, we brought the camera but didn't take any pictures. We decided to tailgate and had brisket, ribs, beans, corn casserole, and sweets. It was nice outside and we enjoyed chilling before the game. On the 19th we plan to tailgate again, but make something that doesn't take so long to cook. We will probably to hotdogs and hamburgers. We spent the night with my sister and went to church at A&M Church of Christ. We missed the church that we went to throughout college. We also did our premarital counseling there.

Thank goodness we both have labor day off and can do our grocery shopping for the week tomorrow and rest before our work week begins. I have a final in about a week and a half and I REALLY have to buckle down and study. I can't believe my first block of rotations is almost over. I am enjoying my current rotation and the freedom that it brings. I also like the interesting adn complicated cases that it brings. I also have done about 25 nasal swabs that came back positive for the flu, so I am bound to catch it. Good thing some places now have the flu shot out. I need to go get one.

After finally losing some of my "I am in PA school and all I do is sit on my butt and study" weight, I really pigged out this weekend!! oh well, I'll get back on my diet and back to working out. I still have quite a few pounds to lose. I am glad I was finally able to lose some weight at all. Lance has been working out too and doing the P90X. So, we will see in 3 months how that plays out!

downtown

Exciting news- Lance is now full time downtown. He is excited for the projects it could bring, but he has been working longer hours. I know he will also miss his work buddies. I am proud of him and I know he is excited to do something new. He is also getting excited for A&M football. We will be at the first home game next week. I plan to see my sister for a little bit of the time. She doesn't like football and works at the bookstore during the football games. We were excited to get Maggie back after her being gone for 3 weeks!!! We missed her.

The past week I was at my rotation with the Galveston County Health District. I have gotten to see some interesting things and my preceptor lets me do almost anything. The PAs there also have to act as social workers because the patients don't have insurance. The patients also can't get refered to specialists so the PAs there have to handle everything. We saw a 19 year old guy that shot himself in the face. He no longer had a nose and he couldn't see. Also, there are some STD cases as well as telling people they have HIV. I have also done lots of pap smears and taking stiches out and such. Most of the cases are emotionally tough and there is lots of patient education and counseling. I have learned lots in my first week and am excited to go back. At the end of this rotation I have a big final. I have been studying the cases I have seen, but I am not really sure how to approach studying for this final.

Hopefully I will update next weekend! See ya

8-19-09

Hello all!
I just finished my rotation in Bay City. I stayed at free housing in West Columbia, a tiny town. I am so happy to sleep in my own bed. I did not sleep well there at all. There wasn't a deadbolt on the door and the front door was so thin and cracked you could see through it. I wish I didn't look under the kitchen sink, because I found mouse droppings. The place was disgusting, but hey it was free and it is now over with!!! I also went three weeks without television. I didn't really miss it at all; I got lots of studying done.

My rotation was in internal medicine. I loved it. I liked seeing the patients again and establishing a relationship with them. I got an awesome evaluation from the doctor and he even told me to call him when I get out of school for a job!!!!! He said the patients loved me! I don't think I could convince Lance to move out to Bay City, though! Tomorrow I turn in my paper on transient ischemic attacks and listen to presentations by other students.

My next rotation is with the Galveston County Health Department. I will be happy to be at home. I plan to exercise and eat well and hopefully lose a couple pounds.

Lance flew back to New Jersey this week. He will be back Thursday night because we have to travel to Longview and attend a wedding in Louisiana on Saturday. I hope the next time he goes to New Jersey I will be able to go up there for the weekend and visit New York City. I think it would be so much fun!

Amy