another rotation

It's been a while... I've been unusually busy, doing what, I'm not sure! :)

I finished up my advocacy rotation today with Child Protective Services. It's been a great experience, evaluating children for child abuse or medical neglect. I don't know how anyone would be able to do this for a living because it's intense... There are so many fucked up social situations that you wouldn't even believe could be possible... Here's a link to the Chicago Tribune article about the first case of Shaken Baby that I saw on the rotation. I don't know if the link will work for everyone but basically, a young father shook his baby to death. He's now in jail with a $1 million bail, which is highly unusual for such cases because it's so hard to prove intent.

Tomorrow I start ambulatory which is outpatient general peds clinic for the rest of the month. I'm slowly starting to panic about my loss of freedom, as I approach my first NICU month. EEK.

This past weekend, in addition to helping a friend move and a trip to Ravinia with friends to hear Yo Yo Ma, we saw "Little Miss Sunshine." I loved it!! It's about a dysfunctional family on a road trip to California for this beauty pageant Little Miss Sunshine. I laughed and teared up and totally related to several scenes, especially the ones in CA.