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.
Today has been the worst day. ugh. I got stuck in traffic on my second day to work (yesterday I left earlier - who knew 15 min can make such a difference), then parked in the wrong lot and was 20 min late to conference. Then I had to move my car and was over an hour late to work. Insert other chaotic things. At least we had macaroni grill catered for lunch, that was awesome.
On the up side though, I am really enjoying peds cardiology! I've been surprised how interesting it is, especially because 1. I suck at cards, especially murmurs and 2. I'm mostly shadowing and have very little autonomy in this rotation. It's very cool to see interesting pathology on a daily basis, something that doesn't necessarily happen with primary care. This has been very refreshing, as I had been questioning whether or not I even wanted to specialize (primary care has been very appealing lately). I know that cards has been "the trend" lately, but I'm thinking this could possibly be a career for me. I'll have to see how the rest of the rotation goes. Meanwhile, I think I'll go study...
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