me and the construction workers...

I've been getting up at 5am since I've started in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). This means that when I'm walking to work, it's still pitch-dark and the only people I see around at that insane hour are the construction workers who are working on Comer II. That makes me sad. For them, and me.

Needless to say, I've been working hard in the NICU. I calculated my hours and I'm up to 94 hours last week. Not only is that technically illegal by 14 extra hours, but it's an insane amount. It's a brutal rotation because we have tons of micro-preemies that were born at 24-26 weeks and weigh only 500 grams. I've heard we have one of the largest NICUs in the country so this also means we have over 60 beds. When we're on call, there's only the fellow, the senior resident, and me. Plus we're running back and forth to labor and delivery to catch/resuscitate the babies. PAIN!!

But I still managed to have a fun weekend, despite being on call. Friday night was Dr. Kahana's wine-tasting party at her beautiful house in Lincoln Park. She had food catered from Fox and Obel, and the pink wines kept flowing. :) I was reminded how lucky I am to have the COOLEST, most brilliant program director in the country (I'm convinced) and to be surrounded by people who really care about us, not only as residents but as people. How mushy. :)

Yesterday I went to Vinny and David's wedding at the Palmer House Hilton. It was a traditional Jewish/Indian wedding, which you can imagine, was VERY interesting... I'd say it was the most unique wedding I've ever been to, and probably will ever be to. It was fun and weird at the same time to see the ENTIRE department of medicine there.