Carla's parents surprized her with plane tickets to Edmonton for this weekend!! So I've been visiting with Carla for the past two days! So far I have showed her off to all of my roommates, given her a tour of campus (something I haven't even done myself), showed her the hospital, and we've gone out for dinner twice (including going out for Chinese food with about 20 meds from my class to celebrate the Chinese New Year). I found it funny to learn that the menu in Mandarin is not the same as the menu in English. The meals are different and significantly less expensive. I only paid $11 for a 4 course meal with something like 10 dishes.
Unfortunately that night Carla got really sick. It started with GI upset, and by Saturday morning had somehow evolved into a nasty cold. I have seriously never been as sick as Carla is right now, in my whole life. She has been in bed all day long. Its too bad because we had big plans for today, including shopping at West Ed and clubbing with some of my friends. Well at least I got to take care of my girlfriend for a weekend (which I will probably be repaid for in some form or another ;-) and get in more studying than I originally would have. Hopefully Carla will be all better tomorrow morning...
On another note, I have been getting discouraged over the past couple of weeks in the anatomy lab. What started out as an intensely interesting experience, has quickly changed into a monotonous, required task. I think the problem is that the cadaver I am dissecting is very obese, so I spend a huge amount of time (i.e. at least 3 hours so far) simply cutting away fat. And this fat is everywhere, attached strongly to all of the vessels, and basically prevents you from observing anything in the anatomy without carefully teasing away the fat with tweezers. Hopefully my disections for the next course (Gastroenterology) will not be so tedious.
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Tell Carla to help herself to some of the cold medicine that I asked her to deliver to you - I MUST BE PSYCHIC! Good practice for that vow " IN SICKNESS ...". HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY YOU TWO!! Love Mom
Poor girl :( That sucks. Well at least you guys got to spend time with each other. I have been feeling a little nausea now and then. And I think Steve has the full on flu, its yucky.
Hey Nick;
You might be doing surgery sometime on an obese patient. Maybe you'll be glad you can still recognize what's going on, with all the fat hiding everything when that time comes. Think of your dissection as getting two for the price of one (although it still really must be tedious).
You are such a geek... how long did it take you to find my blog?? haha
Oh, and don't tell Sara, she's trying to figure it out.
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