Reason #283084230987 why I won't go into surgery.

Today:

5:50am - up and at 'em!
6:40am - leave the house (late)...realize halfway to the hospital that I have forgotten my wallet and my gas tank is dangerously low.
7:40am - arrive at hospital #1, 10 mins late for a colonoscopy. Fortunately, my preceptor is always late so I got there right as he did.
8:40am - leave hospital #1, head to hospital #2 for two more colonoscopies.
10:30am - leave hospital #2, head to hospital #3
10:40am - borrow money for gas from resident...slightly regret my disdain for him.
11am - arrive at hospital #3 for the fourth colonoscopy of the day
11:40am - leave hospital #3, head back to hospital #1 to scrub in on a GI case that my preceptor is co-surgeon on.
(no lunch)
12:20pm - 6:40pm - in surgery (Nissen fundiplication, esophageal myotomy and pyloroplasty...all on the same patient, at the same time).

Six hours in surgery almost killed me. I did, however, get to hold the camera for the pyloroplasty, do a little bit of suction after the myotomy, and help close the incisions with some rockin' running sub-q stitches.

Actually my stitches were kind of crappy...I was exhausted.

Tomorrow - to hospital #4 for 3 colonoscopies in a row.

Jen