already a year

Tomorrow is my last overnight call in the hospital as an intern! I can't believe how fast this year has gone.

Ironically, my previous post was about a patient that was discharged from the hospital after being there for 6 months... this past week, this patient had to be re-admitted to our intensive care unit. I'm not sure of the details, but it sounds like a huge miscommunication occured about the multiple medications that the patient was supposed to take. I worked so hard to make sure the patient's transition for home went smoothly, but obviously it didn't. I feel responsible for not making sure that the parents understood exactly what their responsibilities were going to be at home, despite the fact that they were going to have home nursing help. I feel defeated.

A friend of ours is leaving Chicago in a couple days, for Seattle. We're meeting up at an Ethiopian restaurant called Ras Dashen. Several months ago, we went to Ethiopian Diamond and I loved it, so I'm looking forward to a similar experience!