Where have the last few months gone? My future doctor has been so busy. Between his rotations and all his interviews, it's been a whirlwind. Jason completed his 6 week Psychiatry rotation the first week of December and tomorrow will be his last day in his 4 week Neurology rotation. I'm sure you're thinking, "didn't he already do a psychiatry rotation?"...well, even if you aren't thinking that I'll explain why he had to do yet another psychiatry rotation. His rotation that he did back in 2009 didn't count for all the different states' residency programs because it wasn't considered "green book". To be "green book" a specific rotation has to have an active residency program at the hospital that the rotation is being done at. Unfortunately, Norwalk didn't have a residency program associated with the psychiatry rotation so Jason decided to keep all his options open and make sure all his rotations are "green book". He didn't mind doing the extra few weeks of psychiatry...Bakersfield has a lot of interesting people.
Since December, Jason has been doing a Neurology rotation. Neurology deals with the brain, spinal cord and all the nerves that make up the body. A lot of his patients have been in a severe accident or had a stroke that has left them with serious nerve damage. He's really enjoying this rotation...in school, Neurology was his favorite subject so I knew that he would love getting to do more hands on in the rotation.
Next Monday he will start a 4 week rotation in Urology, which deals with the bladder and everything that allows someone to go to the bathroom. This rotation will have more time in the operating room so he's pretty excited. I think I would just about pass out in the operating room but he absolutely loves it. It takes a special type of person that's for sure!
Next week is also the last of his scheduled interviews. He will be in East Tennessee and Pennsylvania for three interviews...pray that the snow allows him to make it there safely, score high points in his interview and make it back home as quickly as possible.
The rotations are going good but right now the biggest thing weighing on our minds is interviews, ranking the hospitals he interviewed at and preparing for what is to come after California. Jason has to turn in his rank list by February 23rd, then March 14th he'll find out if he matched (literally a yes or no) and then March 17th he'll find out where he will be working for the next 4 years and what type of doctor he'll become.
Right now, the stress level is pretty high in our house. I'm a planner and just the unknown of where we will be moving is stressful. I'm trying to 'go with the flow' but it's easier said than done. I need to keep in mind that we are MAKING MEMORIES and all of this chaos/stress will be something that we'll love to look back on and remember.
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Playing major catch up. I'm really bad lately on keeping up with comments.
Just want to say though, GO YOUR HUBBY!!! Seriously. Best of luck to him in the interviews next week.
I'm so glad he's enjoying all his rotations and the things he's doing each week. It amazes me all that he's doing. I think its so admirable.
Haha, Just had a thought. Why is he not out looking for a job in Oklahoma? Ha, I mean we could totally go on lunch dates and your hubs could be our doctor friend :)
Everybody needs a doctor friend. We don't have one of those yet.
You're such a great wife! I'm a planner too and the waiting would irritate me too, but just remember that you're only young once! Be adventurous! ;)
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