http://www.kimtran.net Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:50:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en leaving today for our family trip (minus one) back to vietnam.  oreos are packed, as is the dramamine and meclizine.  no more episodes of projectile vomiting, hopefully.  will need my strength to bargain down prices at the tailor and at the roadside stands for ryan's daily bowl of pho. i should ... http://www.kimtran.net/archives/534 post call, left to go sign charts at another hospital, then visited sprinkles in newport beach.  drove up the coast on PCH all the way home. http://www.kimtran.net/archives/532 first thoracentesis today! half a liter of milky, orangy fluid, looks like sobe. so fun.  must do again. http://www.kimtran.net/archives/531 just a few things about block 2: the hospital that smells like pee. - well, it does. smell like pee.  in the lobby. - it's old, like the patients.  and creaky. - my new senior is super cute. - my new patient is super sick. - food sucks. - one of the super-chinese nurses snapped at ... http://www.kimtran.net/archives/530 http://www.kimtran.net/archives/529 i've just finished my third week of intern year!  woo hoo!  call has been less painful than expected, but i'm on night float this week, so we'll see how long i last.  the entire hospital is buzzing about the last harry potter book... so i caved and read the first ... http://www.kimtran.net/archives/528 woke up to scary alien millipede monster bug near my closet. freaked out, made ryan get up and kill it for me while i freaked out in the bathroom. then my mouse stopped working and somehow ended up in my work bag.  then... i shoved a kashi bar ... http://www.kimtran.net/archives/527 first day on peds was less painful than expected-- yay for me. people are nice, the list is light, and they feed me mashed potatoes. the hours aren't as bad as i thought, either. today: - baby with hernia, s/p resection of ischemic bowl. - baby with pyelo - more babies with pyelo http://www.kimtran.net/archives/526 we're here!  safe!  and we're having a good time... except for the leg/back pain from walking everywhere.  goodies so far: - convenience stores are everywhere and better than anything we have in the US.  even famima.  - japanese girls are SO CUTE. - early morning fresh sushi from the fish market is SO GOOD, ... http://www.kimtran.net/archives/525 i got back yesterday afternoon... and showered!  life is good here.  ryan took me to old pasadena where i refused to eat food from anywhere "south of the border" and opted instead for some good old italian food.  il fornaio to the rescue! pinkberry has a big "now hiring" sign ... http://www.kimtran.net/archives/524