First day down...

Well, day one is down. It was mostly orientation and beginning lecture stuff. Not all that interesting really, but it was a really nice day outside and actually had to do quite a bit of walking. It was nice to see the sun outside again and actually be out in it for awhile. I'm going to be spending most of my time in the Veteran Affairs hospital here in Houston for the next 2 months it looks like. I'm starting off with two weeks of Vascular surgery, then 2 weeks of Cardiothoracic surgery, and then a full month of general surgery. I'm excited about it, just wondering how my attendings are going to turn out. I'll find out more tomorrow from the looks of it.

I also learned today that you can become practically impervious to almost any kind of blunt or penetrating trauma if you're doped out on PCP. Good to know if you ever decide to steal a cop car, smash into almost any and every obstacle before flipping your car and getting ejected, then jumping off a bridge falling almost 100 feet before instigating yet another fight with the police, to then get shot three times injurying your aorta, having surgery and walking out the hospital a short time later. (true story)