The Bird in Flight

So I've spent almost three weeks on pediatric cardiology, shadowing away. I'm still pretty darn interested in doing pediatric cardiology. We'll see how that goes. Apartment life is fun, although definitely distracting now that I'm used to having my own place. I definitely don't have the same privacy sharing a room, but there's always someone to hang out with.

So I'm about to leave work when one of the cardiologists opens up a drawer and offers me a black market rappaport-sprauge stethoscope for $12. That was awesome. Turns out it wasn't illegal at all, sad to say, but it was a generic which runs about $15 retail. oh well. For you steth buffs out there, the R-S was made by hewlett-packard and originated back in the 1920s. It's still considered gold-standard by the old-school cardiologists, although the "modern" littmann steths are rapidly taking over, as they're lighter, sleeker, cooler-looking. Plus, HP got out of the steth business decades ago, and philips makes them now; retail $300. I think I'll stick with my littmann. Besides, buying three stethoscopes while in med school is crazy enough, but FOUR is just too much...

and yes, the l is missing.