Final Countdown!

So, We have just over a month left of school! Thank God! I am soooo ready for summer. We just finished our Gross Anatomy class and took our final exam. I'm really glad Gross is over just because it was really starting to get GROSS!! Our final class is Neuroanatomy. I kinda like learning about the brain and how it works, however, my motivation to study is slowly dwindling as they days get closer and closer to summer vaca! I'm trying really hard to stay focused though.

In other news, we are currently looking for a rent house. We would love to buy a house, but I dont think we could get a loan seeing as how neither of us have any real income. Our friend Valorie recommended the house she is moving out of, but Hunter spoke to the Landlord and it didn't go well. He tried to charge us more than what Val pays now, and even after we told him we were not going to pay more than what Val pays, the conversation was pretty much over. No negotiation at all. Well, I had a good 15 min cry about things. I just let myself get really attached to the idea of moving into that house. I had started imagining what color I would paint our bedroom, and how we were going to arrange our furniture, and what flowers I wanted to plant in the yard. I know, I shouldn't have allowed myself to get start daydreaming all those things, but I want to get out of our apartment so bad!

Spring Break Part 1

So We are spending the week in Beautiful Crested Butte, CO!

Day 1 started off pretty good. Stayed on the Greens all day, had to get used to the skis again. Day 2 However, did not go as well. Here are all the lifts I did:

And here are all the lifts that Hunter did:

No, I have not made it to this side of the mountain, but Hunter went with one of our friends, Justin to find more adventure while, Natalie and I played it safe.

Here are some other pics of the mountain:

Here's Me, looking good!!

Off With Your Head!

So sometimes, during lab, I find myself very disturbed by some of the things they have us do. If you have a weak stomach, DO NOT continue reading...

so we are nearing the end of Gross Lab (Thank God!) and we are on the Head and Neck region. Well, Today we had to explore the nasal cavity. What does that entail? Well, We had to Remove the head from the vertebra and then cut the Face in half. Yep, right down the middle so we could see inside the nasal cavity. I mean, don't get me wrong. It is really cool to get to see the stuff that we get to see, But as I'm holding this head While Hunter takes a saw to it, I just couldn't help thinking "What are we doing!?!"

Before, I go any further, Please let me say, That we are Very, Extremely Grateful to all those people who graciously donated their bodies so that we may learn and become intelligent and capable Doctors one day!!!!

Today made me think of my brother Elliott. A few summers ago, he had to have major surgery to open up his sinus cavities. And i remember being in the doctors office when it was time to remove the packing. You know how clowns do that thing where they pull the scarves from their mouth and it seems to go on and on for ever. Well, imagine that, coming out of Elliott's nose!!! I'm serious, I could not believe how much gauze was coming out of his face!!! So today, we are examining the cavities and that was all I could think about. Where did that doctor stuff all that damn gauze!!!

Gross used to be my favorite class for two reasons. 1. I have hopes of being a surgeon one day, so I was super excited to start cutting on people. and 2. because the more lab time you have equals less lecture time!!! But now, I am just really over the smell and the decay! And the things we are dissecting are in a much smaller place than say, the abdomen, so nerves and vessels are getting harder and harder to find! only one more week after spring break and we are done!!!

Free Stuff

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the Peds patient

Pediatric Patient today. We got to experience what it was like to take a history for a kid, talking to the parent of course, but while the kid was interrupting, running around, grabbing things, etc.. our kid was actually pretty well behaved for a 3 yr old. However, I did not get the Peds bug today. I have never really felt that desire to work with kids. Probably because i'm not very sympathetic. Mom, you know i get that from you. We'd come in with like a cut, spurting blood, and mom would be like "eww, that looks bad... oh well, you're ok!" LOL. So, i guess my kids are doomed, cause I'll be the same way! Also, I dont have much patience for other people's kids when they are misbehaving. Excuse me, but i just think when you are at a restaurant and your kid is throwing a fit, you should excuse yourself and the annoying child from the table so as not to disturb the other diners and deal with the kid!!! So, with all that put together, I probably would not make a very good pediatrician!

Peds surgery tho... thats another story. But word on the street is that is the Hardest field to get into. Like they only accept 20 people in the whole country to become a Peds surgeon. Or something like that.

Now for some med school updates

So here's what we've been up to:

I absolutely love Gross Anatomy! My favorite class ever! I could be in the gross lab every day!
Microanatomy- eh, not my fav, but its ok
Physiology- Hate!!!

All the upperclassmen keep telling us that med school is on a different wavelength, and all you have to do is figure out how to study and then its easy (or at least not as hard). Well, no one seems to be sharing this secret on "how to study." I guess that its different for everybody. But i'd really like to figure it out for physiology. Although, the NBME (finals) is in 3 weeks, so i guess its too late. I'm just trying to keep my head afloat! I do NOT want to retake this class. Please, please let me pass the NBME so i dont have to repeat!

Well, here are some fun things we have gotten to do in Gross:
as you saw from the last post, we cut out the intestines and cleaned out the poop
One day we had to cut our body in half! and that was me with the saw thank you very much!
Recently we've been on the pelvic region, so we had to cut a penis in half. Our body is female, so we just had to observe that one!
I am super excited about the pelvic region cause we all know that i'm aiming to be a gyno!

Next week we get to learn how to do the pelvic exam. I am so excited!!!

The Ruie Poop Story

OK, for those of you that still check this thing, if you haven't heard the Ruie story, here it is:

So on one of the end tables in our living room is a bowl of chocolates. Its been there ever since we've been married. Ruie has NEVER bothered it. In fact, the dog has never had people food. She wont go near it, even if we tried to give her some. So one day, I come home from school to fine that Ruie has had diarrhea and vomiting at least 12 times all over our living room and kitchen. Now when i say everywhere, let me paint you a picture! Seriously, I could not walk through my house without having to strategically plan my next step. And the smell!!! Oh my gosh... The Smell! So, i get on the phone and I call Hunter. I'm near Hysterics right now, and I am telling him to get home NOW. Of course he does not realize the magnitude of the mess awaiting him. So he walks in expecting one or 2 piles. Ha! He immediately has to turn around and go find somewhere to rent a Rug Doctor! I stay behind to attempt to clean the kitchen floor. All the time, poor Ruie has been locked in the bathroom, just in case she wasn't finished. Hunter makes it back with the Rug Doctor and It takes 3 hours to clean our carpet. THREE hours. and if you've been to our apartment, you know its not a big place. Oh, and how did we know it was chocolate that made her sick? Well, it wasnt because the bowl was empty. When Hunter started cleaning up the carpet, he noticed some shiny sliver pieces in the poo. From what he was able to deduce, she only had 3 Hershey Kisses. So she was in no danger of being really sick, but we were still concerned. So that was Wednesday.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday goes along. Still some bathroom problems, but not in the house, only when she went outside.

Sunday:
its sunday night and we are watching tv in our bedroom, and Ruie is laying in the bed with us. She hadnt had any more accidents so we thought she would be fine with us while we watched tv. Except that we both fell asleep with her on the bed... Big Mistake! I wake up around 4 am and there is this terrible smell. I wake up Hunter and tell him Ruie needs to go out now, she has bad gas. So i get up and turn on the light, and it wasn't gas! yep, it was diarrhea, in my bed. My BED!!! and Poor Ruie didnt even know she had done it, because she was asleep lying in it. So when Hunter finally sees the bed, and He jumps out of it, well this wakes up Ruie so she jumps out of the bed. And what do dogs to when they wake up... They shake. And there goes poo, all over our walls!! It was bad! He throws her in the shower, i start taking off the sheets and putting them in the washer. I put our comforter in a trashbag to be taken to the dry cleaners the next day, and then i get started on cleaning the walls. :( Then, we finally get back into bed around 5:30 am.
Monday:
We over sleep, obviously. we dont have time to shower, so we just grab the comforter, grab our backpacks and get in the car. We make it to the dry cleaners and start telling the lady what happened. Her first response is. "well, is it dry?" Hunter's like I dont know! its been in the bag. Now for those of you who know Hunter, He is usually slow to get angry, but when he does get angry (not at me ofcourse) it is really funny, cause its a rare thing! Anyway, after arguing with her for a few minutes about the differences in biohazards being wet or dry, she refuses to take it. So now, we are 15 min late to class with a poopy comforter. WE dont have time to go back to home, so we have to open it up in the car, crack the windows, and just leave it.

We finally make it to class, and today we have lab in the morning. We walk into lab to find out that today is the day that we get to dissect the intestines, cut them out, and clean out the poop!!!

My heart sank.