M3-- WEEK TWENTY

This past week I was back at Children's Hospital working on the 5th floor. The floors are sorted by age but also by type of disease. The majority of the patients I cared for on the 5th floor were kids that were in the process of a series of cardiac surgeries. A few of the kiddos were ones that I had taken care of the PICU and had "graduated" to the floor! I spent my week reviewing diagrams this this trying to keep the many surgeries straight:

I love cardiology. If I wasn't concerned with getting through my training and having babies, I would most likely be a pediatric cardiologist. I love studying the physiology and looking at the angiograms. It's super interesting!

But anyway...

I started this week super stressed. I'm having a hard time staying in the moment and enjoying where I'm at. I keep feeling like I need to have the next few years all planned out. I just couldn't chill out. Plus, I always get nervous before starting a new rotation. Things are always much better once I'm there and have a little bit of an idea what is expected of me :) Thankfully my stress level decreased drastically throughout the week and I'm not nearly as anxious as I was last Sunday night!

I did sneak in a few fun things outside of the hospital this week: A friend in the neighborhood had a bunch of girls over one evening for dessert and wassail (delish!).. we watched the Husker game at my parent's house.. Saturday morning I had an awesome women's activity at church.. we had dinner with T's Mom tonight.. Overall it was a good week!

Craft from church meeting

This next week I'll be working on the 4th floor at Children's. It will be another week of early mornings and Friday night call but with a few more lectures mixed in. I am going to do my best to quit thinking about next year or residency throughout the week and just stay focused on this year. I have a lot of studying I need to do for this rotation - so that will be my goal this week! If I can accomplish that goal, maybe I'll treat myself with a trip to the new outlet mall for work clothes ;)

Enjoy your week!

xo,
Krista