Oh the frustrations!

I absolutely love Family Medicine! Just not in big cities.

Argh!

Anyways...

"Things" out here are going well for me. A few patients have said that I seemed better than other medical students they have run into in the clinic. It isn't that I necessarily want to compete with my classmates, but it is nice to hear compliments from people that have worked with other medical students and not just myself. The doctors seem to like me as well.

I still sometimes get that feeling that people will recognize me for who I am and realize that I am a fraud. I wonder when (if?) that feeling will ever decide to leave? Maybe it is good that I have it though; it keeps me honest and keeps my head at a size that my neck can support.

I love working with kids. :) It is so much fun! I have seen quite a few kid things in my first week here: a highly competitive teenage boy be told he can't compete in a tournament over the weekend because of a recently sustained concussion, a boy who came in with a 2 year limp (yeah, they were right on top of things) who ended up having SCFE, a baby that fell down a flight of stairs but WAS COMPLETELY FINE, and a bunch of other things.

I am also missing Mike a ton right now. All of a sudden, spending $280 for a weekend trip to fly back to Seattle isn't seeming too expensive.

Oh, and I haven't uploaded pics of this place because the internet connection is super slow... I don't feel like dealing with it.