Tomorrow I get to watch an open heart surgery - standing right next to the surgeon in my scrubs and everything! I will actually get to see a heart beating inside a chest and be close enough to touch it. How cool is that? I’ve been to the school’s cadaver lab and actually had the opportunity to hold a heart, and yes it may sounds kinda gross, it was really neat. I didn’t realize how big the aorta really was until I looked into it. This one was about the size of a fifty-cent piece. Tomorrow will be a long day, but I promise to tell you all about it. (I’m sure some of you are thrilled and can hardly wait…Brad.)
Shadowing – what is this? Shadowing is something you have to do to show to the medical admissions committee that you know what you are getting yourself into – that you know what a dr. does. Most of the ones around here are pretty cool about letting you follow them around for a day to see what life as a dr. is really like. So far I’ve shadowed my family physician that is really wonderful, and every time I shadowed at least one of his patients complimented him. He is also kind enough to offer to write me a letter of recommendation. I have also shadowed a pathologist for a couple hours and will get the opportunity to shadow another one on Wednesday for an hour, and every Wednesday until the end of December.
Well, I’m off to study for my psychology test that is in two hours. Hopefully I won’t do too bad on it. :o)
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