Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Looks like I found a reasonable alternative to Comcast internet, so the internet is back in full force. Actually, we never lost connection like I thought we would. But now, when they actually cut our cable line (if they actually get around to doing that), we'll still be connected. Hooray!
I finally got to go to an OB appointment with ML. Actually, I've been to several, but since we've switch OB's (because our first one left the University) she is always running so far behind schedule that I have to leave. What we figured out, instead of having the first appointment of the day, where she is regularly two hours late, we schedule for the last appointment of the day. We figured that she would be so late that I would have already finished work and could wait. However, it appears as though she was on time. I still had to sneak away from work (with permission, of course) but it worked out this time. Most importantly, the baby is growing perfectly and, according to the OB's assessment, his testicles have distended already. His nut-sack (yes, that is the official clinical name) is about 1/3 the size of his head! That's my boy! :-)
I finally got to go to an OB appointment with ML. Actually, I've been to several, but since we've switch OB's (because our first one left the University) she is always running so far behind schedule that I have to leave. What we figured out, instead of having the first appointment of the day, where she is regularly two hours late, we schedule for the last appointment of the day. We figured that she would be so late that I would have already finished work and could wait. However, it appears as though she was on time. I still had to sneak away from work (with permission, of course) but it worked out this time. Most importantly, the baby is growing perfectly and, according to the OB's assessment, his testicles have distended already. His nut-sack (yes, that is the official clinical name) is about 1/3 the size of his head! That's my boy! :-)
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Hey! News update....not that I've been posting a lot lately (busy at work) but we fired the cable company and they're about to disconnect our Internet. And, since we have not figured out what we're doing next, we may not have connection from home. While really means ML will not have e-mail access, but I'll still have it from work. Don't know if you care, just wanted to put it out there.
In the mean time, I've been on an ultrasound rotation and learning how to do the ultrasounds myself. My very first transvaginal ultrasound (use you imagination if you don't know what I'm talking about) I had a patient with an ectopic pregnancy! (That's a fetus that is trying to grow outside of the uterus. It can be a medical emergency and is at least, as in this case, requiring urgent care. But we caught it early enough that she could be managed medically. That's all of the excitement from Lake Wobegone. Well, unless you thing removing 12 liters of free fluid from a patient's abdomen exciting!
In the mean time, I've been on an ultrasound rotation and learning how to do the ultrasounds myself. My very first transvaginal ultrasound (use you imagination if you don't know what I'm talking about) I had a patient with an ectopic pregnancy! (That's a fetus that is trying to grow outside of the uterus. It can be a medical emergency and is at least, as in this case, requiring urgent care. But we caught it early enough that she could be managed medically. That's all of the excitement from Lake Wobegone. Well, unless you thing removing 12 liters of free fluid from a patient's abdomen exciting!
