When it rains....IT POURS!

So I have been here in Detroit for three weeks now and it has been going well. So far the program overall is good with the trauma you would expect in Detroit. As far as the city goes, there are definitely nicer places than others and one of the hospitals (Sinai Grace) is located in the ghetto as I have to drive past 8 mile everyday to get there lol. For everyone that doesn't know about 8 mile, its spotlight came about in the early 2000's with Eminem and all his rap songs. While I don't doubt that you should be extra aware of what is going on wherever you are here, 8 mile is actually just the mile marker where Detroit city starts.

Couple of interesting things to share with you during my first three weeks here:
1st- patients are going to do exactly the opposite of what you tell them to do. Obviously they know better than I do so why come to the doctor.
2nd- America's worst roads every, there will be large gaping holes in the street so be on the lookout if you wanna keep your bumper.

Here are a couple pics to let you know what I have been up to.

Watch out for the nerve

Triple Threat

One of the residents took me to slow's one day for dinner when we were on call together. If you don't know about Slows then you don't watch Man Vs Food. This is the actual sandwich that was on the show. Pulled Pork, slice of ham, and Bacon with two little pieces of bread and an assortment of bbq sauce to top it off. After eating this I decided that it was about as good a time as any to go for a run. 

The title of this post is when it rains...it pours. So far everyday goes about the same with the weather, you wake up and it is nice but then sometime throughout the day you will get a nice thunderstorm. I guess this is typical for the midwest. One night while on call, I stayed at the hospital in the call room and had to be at another hospital at 6 am the next morning. So i woke up as usual and was walking to my care when I saw how hard it was raining. I decided that I better get moving quick cuz i didn't know how the roads would be. I decided that I was going to make a run for it and was doing alright running to my car until I got to the parking lot and it was filled with water up to my ankles. I kept going and my the time I got to my care I was soaked from head to toe. After arriving to the next hospital I changed my scrubs and had an extra pair of socks but my shoes were still soaked from the run. After walking around for a bit with my wet socks I decided that I was going to take them off and I stuffed my shoes with paper towels that I would periodically change throughout the day. 

My socks for the day

Nasty blister after getting a pedicure...Still want a pedicure ladies?

Anyways a week and a half to go til I get to see Linds in Boston. Not to mention I got tickets to go to Fenway which is a dream of mine. 

I'll keep you updated

Peace,

J

Welcome to silicon valley....

Well its been a long time since my last post so let me catch you up on what has been going on lately. The month of July was spent at Kaiser Santa Clara in northern California. After my month in San Diego the caliber of program only had one way to go which was up. Prior to starting my month I decided to venture on down to Santa Cruz for the 4th and check it out, after all it was only a 30 mile drive so I figured I would be there in no time. After three hours of driving I finally made it and found a parking spot. In the future I would not recommend going to Santa Cruz on the fourth of July as everybody had the same idea. (side note: Happy Bday to my mom on this day) I did manage to check out the beach and the boardwalk amongst the abundance of people.

Beautiful drive to Santa Cruz

On my way to the Boardwalk

Little cove

Boardwalk

Beach

The Program is top notch as I didn't have a lot of cons about the program. The podiatry department is so well respected and integrated into the ortho department which is hard to find. The podiatry residents are the only surgical residents in the hospital so they are primary with ortho whenever they aren't in clinic. The attendings are all top notch people with great backgrounds and very easy to get along with. With that being said this program definitely ranks up there as a contender for me.



As a quick side story, on my way home one day I decided to stop at Wendys and get some chicken nuggets and a frosty. I saw this couple and couldn't help laugh when I saw them because this is a look into the future of Lindsey and I as Wendy's is the only fast food place she will go. Nice napkin Linds :)

After a great month I set out on a very long 2400 mile drive to Detroit Michigan for my next stop on my trek across America.

Somewhere in Nevada

Iowa City

Nebraska, maybe Indiana, I dont remember