Pre-call

I feel like many of my recent posts I've written after a call night, so I thought I should balance things out with a pre-call post.

Going into a call night is somewhat exciting as many questions run through my head:

Will I get any sleep?
Will someone code?
Will I have some interesting patients?
Is there going to be good dinner at the cafeteria?
Will I know enough?
Will my PDA run out of batteries?
Where did I leave my stethoscope?

Then come the answers:

I hope so.
I pray not.
Usually.
Occasionally. But there are always milkshakes.
Never. Absolutely never.
Only if there is information on it I absolutely need.
Who knows, but I hope all of you appreciate that even with becoming a doctor, deep down I am obviously still the same absent-minded person.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Good News! I was just over at the hospital to grab dinner with Aubrey and we found her stethoscope.

jeff
11:47 PM
Melanie said…
Surely you have room in one of your white coat pockets for your stethoscope, right Aubrey? I mean, it probably only weighs seven thousand pounds with out it in there, if it's anything like Andrew's.
10:02 AM
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