New Rotation!!

Hello all!!
Sorry I haven't updated in a few weeks but I have been really busy at the hospital lately. Since I last updated, I finished my family medicine rotation with working 2 weeks in the inpatient service for about 12 hours a day. Then on March 12, I started my Ob/GYN rotation. For this rotation, we rotate through a different service every week. The first week, my group was on night float so we each worked 2 or 3 nights from 8P-9A. It was nice because only 4 or 5 of us work per night so we get to do more than we would if the whole group of like 11 people were there. On my first night, I got to assist with a vaginal delivery! I got to help pull out the baby, cut the cord, and deliver the placenta...it was so awesome!! The following night I got to scrub into a C-section which was also really awesome! This time, I didn't get to do as much and only helped retract, suction, and cut sutures but it was still really awesome to be that close to the action!! This week I am going to be working in the GYN clinic which has really long hours...some days going from 6A-7P. Not really sure what it entails but I am looking forward to learning whatever I can from it.

My roommate and I have been exploring the area in our time off and I have taken a few pictures to share with you all. We went to the NYC subway museum which is in downtown Brooklyn and learned all about the history of the subway which was really cool. They also had old subway cars from over the years that you could go in which was also really awesome. Picture below of my roommate and I in the subway cars and then a picture of an old subway car with a ceiling fan in it!!







Last weekend, I went wandering around Manhattan to try and find a new Spring jacket. I ended up getting a pretty good deal on one at Macy's. I also wandered around and was really close to the Empire State Building which was cool so I got a picture of it...



It has been really nice here lately...I think spring may be here! I was walking around my neighborhood the other day and took a picture of some flowers blooming and then later that night, took a picture of my neighbors backyard...he is definitely ready for summer!! He has lights strung up everywhere, has patio furniture out, 2 grills, and a fountain out in his little yard!





Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day and it was a beautiful day out so my roommate and I decided to go into Manhattan to wander around Central Park a little and then get a few drinks somewhere in the city. I guess neither of us really thought that the park would be so crazy on St. Patty's day but we were wrong!! There were tons of people walking around that had had a few too many drinks and then there were also just a bunch of people out enjoying the nice day (first pic below). We walked around the park for probably about 2-3 hours because it was so nice. We went up and saw the reservoir that is in the park which I never knew was there so that was really cool (second pic below). After wandering the park, we just grabbed a few drinks, came back to Brooklyn for dinner at a diner, and were home by about 9:30 or so.





I am absolutely loving it here and am so glad the weather is getting nicer so I can go outside when I have time away from the hospital and enjoy what the city has to offer even more!!