| | I have officially finished medical school! Sorry that I've been absent...guess I just didn't have much to say. I spent my last month in the ambulatory clinics for pediatrics. It's a great rotation because it's very laid back but taught me things that I'm going to need to know for my residency, which starts July 1. There were a few interesting things that I saw:
- when I went to neurology clinic there was a baby who was having trouble sitting up, crawling, etc and she was a year old...much past when she should have reached these milestones. She had not gotten any teeth yet, either. She also had this strange streaky rash. When I presented her to the attending, I told her that the rash reminded me of hypermelanosis of Ito (a neurological/dermatological condition - can also be called hypOmelanosis). The attending also mentioned Incontinentia Pigmenti but the rash didn't start as this condition usually does. So, basically, I all but diagnosed this child correctly with a rare neurological disorder.
- At one clinic, a grandmother brought her 6 week old grandson into clinic for his eyes doing funny things and rash. Well, the peditrician though that it would be a pretty typical "his eyes are crossed" concern. WELL, it wasn't. This baby couldn't focus his eyes at all and they were constantly moving from side to side. This is NOT normal. So, we sent him for a visit to the pediatric ophthalmologist and a CT scan. Thankfully, his CT scan is normal, so he shouldn't have problems with cognition, etc. The ophthalmologist, however, said his retina was white (instead of pink) and that he has ocular albinism. So, he'll be okay but will have very poor eyesight. Sad for him but also glad that is "all" it is.
- I had to treat myself proactively for scabies. Ugh...they just give me the heebie-jeebies! We have a good bit of this around here, and, so, one of the clinics keeps some Eurax on hand to use immediately after seeing a child with Scabies. it is very treatable but just makes me itch thinking about it!
In the middle of all this learning I also caught the pediatric cold...remember the cold from the ER? Well, it also exists in the clinics! The Monday after I started, I woke up with a stuffed up and runny nose. Other than my nose, I felt fine after Monday. It wasn't too bad. Then, the Friday after my clinic month ended I got an itchy throat...after about a week it developed into a sore throat and took a week to go away. Guess I should get used to this because, as an intern, I will be sick quite a bit next year. Everyone says that the first year you get colds a good bit but after that you are pretty much immune to everything. We shall see!
I've been off this month and have been enjoying it in between house shopping, which has proven unsuccessful thus far. I had my long coat ceremony last Thursday and now have my official doctor's coat with my name, M.D. on it! The next day we had our graduation ceremony and I received my diploma with my name, M.D. on it! Pretty weird if you ask me. In less than a month, I will start my orientation for residency. Pretty exciting and scary. Maybe I'll have some more good stories for you then.
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