What I Really Learned in Med School

LSU Tigers vs Florida Gators Most fun I have had in a while! Cheered and danced with the 102,000 person crowd in Death Valley My first experience tailgating involved parades and beers and wild animals We met up with our friends from the hospital at an off campus bar afterwards My mind has been blown and my expectations for sporting events has been raised so high ~300 person marching band LSU's mascot is an actual tiger...

Internal Medicine has been filled with interesting patients and diverse pathology. It has been our longest rotation yet - 12 weeks instead of 6. I've definitely enjoyed it, but we weren't given as much independence as I've had in other rotations. Many people (including me, like 3 months ago) don't know much about what Internal Medicine is, so I will preface this post with that. Basically, the Internist and his/her team are the physicians (and students) that takes care of you when you get admitted to the hospital. That is, if you are an adult and you are there for a reason besides surgery or psychiatric care. Our patients are the people who come into the ER or to clinic who are sick enough to need to stay in the hospital overnight or longer. The admissions can include heart attacks, heart failure, strokes, pneumonia, cirrhosis, pancreatitis, kidney failure, and serious infections of the skin or heart or brain. Sometimes we work in partnership with the surgery team if, f...

Had a great weekend while Shawn was visiting Louisiana!  We explored Houma and New Orleans and ate as much local and Cajun food as we could. Our favourite meal was at Coops Place in the French Quarter - a great little hole in the wall place that served delicious Jambalaya, Seafood Gumbo, Shrimp Creole, Cajun fried chicken, and an old Louisiana favourite - red beans and rice.  We did a swamp tour in the bayou to see some alligators, visited a plantation and the Acadian monument, and bar hopped along Bourbon Street.  I always love showing family and friends around my temporary homes and communities. I can't wait for our next visitors! Me and my boys on a swamp tour I didn't imagine a swamp to be so beautiful Feeding the gators! Streets of New Orleans Shawn found a Tabasco store! Basically a summary what goes on in front of St Louis Cathedral Art for sale, a girl offering "free listening," a full band, and tarot card rea...