Week 6

The second week on trauma really drained me. The days start at 6 but consistently end at 8pm, and even though 14 hours isn't absurd for surgery, ending that late ends up being really draining. I took care of a lot of ward patients (our census went up to the high 40s) but only scrubbed into two surgeries: an emergency laparoscopic appendectomy (I got to fire the stapler which cuts the appendix from the rest of the bowel) and a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It was fun even though they are not particularly stunning procedures. The rest of the week was fairly unremarkable. The weather has been cooling down here and on Sunday, a few of us had a barbeque outside (students on other clerkships actually have free time).