Here's a recap of our year:
Tyler
- Worked at UCI Medical Center and rotated through spine, trauma, hand/upper extremity and elective service.
- Averaged between 90-100 hours/week for THE WHOLE YEAR. Yes it's true and no, I'm not exaggerating.
- Worked 2 weekends every month
- Was on call about 2-3 times a week, which means staying at the hospital and "sleeping" there aka working in the ED. This often translated into working ~36 hours straight with only a few hours of sleep
- Typical day: Arrive at 5:30am, round on 6-7 patients, write all their orders, operate, see consults in ED, occasional extra meetings and conferences, get home on average 8 pm, in bed by 8:30 or 9pm.
- Learned how to eat 8 pack of sushi or pizza in 2 minutes
- Got addicted to Coke
- Tried not to chew out nurses for paging him at 3 am for orders for lip balm
- Longest operation: Spinal Tumor case- 12 hours
- Nastiest operations: Hand traumas and bone tumor necrosing (Warning: graphic images...)
- Took care of Bridgette and Penny all day, put to bed most nights by myself
- Grieved and continued to work through Amelia's loss without a husband to help and comfort me (not by his choice!)
- Went through a stressful, time consuming and emotionally draining pregnancy. Again, without as much husband support as we both would have liked. He accompanied me to 1 doctor's appointment- the day of being induced
- Had Penelope
- Took care of Penny by myself, especially during the nights when sleep deprived husbands need more sleep than sleep deprived moms because Tyler cuts people open
- Got used to sleeping by myself and now sleep better without Tyler here (sad, hopefully that changes soon!)
- Traveled to visit my family in Layton twice- August and March
- Learned phrases like "Daddy's stuck at work", "Maybe Daddy home soon.", "Dadda's sleeping" and my favorite- "Bridgette's a queen, Penny's a queen, Mama's a queen, Daddy's at work."
- But also the cute "DADDA'S HOME!!!!"
- Took a few months to allow Tyler to comfort her and rock her since she didn't know him well
And got ice cream for dessert.
3 comments:
Congratulations! I have always felt sorry for residents (and their families). My mom's dad was a doctor and she told me once she, her mom, and siblings would visit him at the hospital every 2-3 weeks because he literally lived there! I don't know how you did it!
Oh man. Our ward here has a lot of family practice residents, and just talking to their wives about their schedules makes me tired.
They do have one cool thing-- the hospital cafeteria is free for resident families, so most of them go there for dinner every night so that the kids can see their dads for a little while.
Congrats my friend! Good luck with the next year!
Holy crap Rebe!! You both amaze me. Congratulations to Tyler (and you for not having a mental break down because I sure would have). Here's to working less hours in the years to come.
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