"Miss you, miss our group, miss ob/gyn. You off this weekend? P.S. I like PEDS but it is MUCH slower..."
-Nicole

Im not the only one that feels like peds is much slower than OB/GYN. i knew this was going to happen.

Today i got to the hospital at 7:15am to prepare for rounds at 8:30 because our attending this morning was the chair of pediatrics at the hospital [the 'man']. So i got there early to know my patient very well. I saw 2 patients, one of which was the 19 month old girl who i admitted from the clinic yesterday. She was doing much better and i have to admit, she really is adorable. I wouldnt mind seeing such cute faces everyday but as everyone says about peds, you spend way more time with the parents than with the cute kids. this is making me re-think peds a lot. its not that i dont like it, but its just something to consider. Oh, and another attending today told us she didnt recommend going into peds because she didnt want us to be poor knowing how high our school loans are, she said that we shouldnt go into it. So that was interesting....

Rounds too a long time today. The doctor came in around 9:30 and then we spent almost 5 hours covering our patients. It wasnt bad though, he asked us a ton of questions but also taught a lot. We all had fun also, talked about lots of things outside of medicine and made the whole morning very interactive. When we were in OB/GYN, rounds took about an hour and a half and it was just a small part of our day. On peds, rounding IS the day because after we can go home [one student will stay each afternoon until 5pm but since there are 5 people on our team thats only once a week!] Needless to say, the hours of this rotation are much less stressful.

Lastly, there are 2 medical students from other schools on our team, 1 of them is the most annoying girl i have ever met. Well, that may be an exaggeration, but shes pretty bad. She is very eager to demonstrate her 'abilities' and will cut off other people as they are trying to explain things. It is taking me a lot of effort to not say anything to her [knowing my personality]. It is a learning experience because for the rest of my career i am going to be working with people like this girl and i just have to learn how to keep my mouth shut. The problem is that everyone else feels the same way i do, i just express my feelings while other people remain quiet. I do have something positive to take away from working with her: it helps me to shape the medical student/resident/ physician i want to become by making sure to NOT be like her and others i have worked with in the hospital...

Things i have learned:
1- kids get a lot of fevers....and a lot of illnesses can cause fevers in children
2- it doesnt matter how many times i study antibiotics, they still get mixed up in my brain
3- reading a chest x ray is not easy