Fun with Cardiology

Friday was a day of fun at school thanks to Halloween! As we finished up our first week of Cardiology we had a costume contest and pot-luck lunch. Midway through the afternoon my friend Won decided to remove the monkey from her costume and place it in my hoodie. She was dressed as a disorder we learned about in Men's Health that is common amongst travellers overseas....and that's all I'm going to say about that! Really, you don't want more information. You might be tempted to do a google search and would end up seeing pictures that would be etched in your mind forever, and I just don't want to be responsible for that. Another classmate took this photo during class:

I am dressed as a PA student

Chili's heartbeat is very loud

Wonder Woman Day!

Sunday. A great adventure into Portland's funky SE side where you find free-roaming urban chickens alongside "vintage" boutiques toting (overpriced) used, orange tot-sized plastic school-chairs and mildewy books, and fancy new boutiques with amazing post-cards and gimmicky trinkets. And of course, a shop for comic book geeks that is hosting the fifth-annual Wonder Woman Day, a benefit for a local domestic violence victim's shelter. Nice!

Urban, free-range dominiques

Sweet front-yard coop!

My own, personal Wonder Woman.

Pics by local artists, sold at silent auction for benefit. Nice.

The little uke that could

Way back when we went to Bozeman last month, I got me a cute little ukelele. I'm working on learning a song by The Cure and the Tetris theme song... both in minor keys, but it's funny how a uke has the ability to make even those sound kinda fun.

Any requests?

Cozy Times

Fall Colors

Last year in Bozeman the trees froze before their leaves could change color. We're making up for the non-fall with serious color this year!

Hoyt Arboretum

Our apartment complex

Renal Module Recap

I finished up the renal module with an exam last Thursday. Kidneys are complicated. Issues arising in the kidneys are often a result of something going awry with another system. Hence, the complicating part. I must say that I am very grateful for the physiology primer we had this summer. The renal physiology hurt my head a bit less this time around. Which is a very good thing since we added a lot (UNDERSTATEMENT) to what we learned previously.

With this module, we had guest lecturers almost every day. Now that was groovy. My favorite lecture last week was on acid/base physiology, ok it was definitely not my favorite lecture, but rather favorite lecturer. A doctor from Britain who trained at the Elvis Presley Trauma Center. How many people can say that? Here, it is just one....I'm pretty sure anyway. Aside from the fun factor of hearing someone pronounce aluminum ah-loo-men-ee-um, everything she said sounded so sophisticated with that accent! It definitely made acid/base much more palatable. We also learned new applications for cool Britishisms....such as "that's just pissing in the wind" when discussing erroneous dosages for IV magnesium replacement. Go ahead, say it to yourself with a British accent. It just sounds so proper!

Ready For Cadaver Lab!

Here's my cute girlfriend, all ready in her scrubs for this morning's anatomy lessons at cadaver lab. Time to break out the vegetarian cookbooks!

Picture to sum up the last week and a half

I am in the midst of the Nephrology Module.....more later. Exam this Thursday. Woot!