I'm sitting in the MICU fishbowl, (thats the resident work area in the MICU, so called because it has windows the nurses use to watch us), waiting for code bongs to go off, and it dawns on me - tomorrow is June 1st! Important because that means only 21 more days of 'tern life for me! Woohoo! Thats either really awesome or really scary, depending on whether you're my patient or not :).
Due to such the occasion, it has me nostalgic for the craziness of intern year and more specifically the multitude of interesting patients I've cared for thus far. The one I'll never forget no matter what I do, where I go, or how senile I become (I would've said bald, but sadly I'm dangerously close to this already)... Mr. O. What makes him so special? Oh only because I've had the distinct pleasure of taking care of him twice and, oh by the way, have I mentioned he's my neighbor! Yeah that kinda takes the fun out of casually passing each other on the steps every other day.
Our first encounter. First month of internship, the doublemint twins and the rest of the team are heading down to the ED to meet the new overnight admit. We're standing in the patients room and I'm thinking to myself, "this guy looks awfully familar." Didn't take him as long to recognize me, as he belts out a heafty, "Howdy neighbor!" with the entire team standing around. Awesome.
Second encounter. I'm on one of my ICU months and is early AM during rounds. Code bongs reverberate the building and direct us to a room down the hall. I rush in the room with about 5 other people and wouldn't you know its my old buddy. Thankfully, it was just a narc overdose, but about 45 minutes later, there was a "Howdy neighbor!" directed at me from across the ICU. Great times.
21 days. Get it done.
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