Start of a new week.

Ok, so it's been going a little better lately from the "chicken with it's head cut off" stage of last week. I still haven't been given a lot of duties other than just be present and watch, but I guess that's ok. There's really not that much that I can truly contribute to heart surgery, which brings up an interesting point that I'll mention later. I pretty much spend my days bouncing from OR to OR at the Methodist observing, and when necessary, holding a plethora of surgical instruments that have names where I have no idea where they got them from. I watched a thyroid lobectomy today, and afterwards the surgeon reimplanted one of the parathyroids back in. I didn't know you could do that. Pretty cool stuff. I really like Dr. Noon and the team I'm on. Everyone is really nice and helpful, although one of the PA's is almost constantly in a bad mood and appears to be annoyed that I have to be with him half the time. Dr. Noon is amazing as well. For one, he's one of the top Cardiothoracic surgeons in the country, has worked with Dr. Debakey for many years including in top research projects including a heart bypass device that is still being used widespread, has travelled extensively around the world operating on high profile cases, and loves to heliski! Since he has his pilot's license, he'll just fly up to Canada or someplace and rent a helicopter to take him to the top of the mountains to go skiing. He also likes astronomy and telescope viewing, so we actually have quite a bit in common. Still, I don't think I'll be taking the surgery route though.

Which brings up what I mentioned earlier. Sam and his brother Mickey were in Houston yesterday on a layover from coming back from a cruise with their parents. They went off on a 7 day cruise to Cozumel and back. I met with them for dinner and some hanging out. In catching up with all the gossip from back in Borger, apparently there are rumors spreading around that not only did I go to medical school but I'm also some fancy schmancy heart surgeon already. I know people always told me I should be one just from my name and all, but it's funny how quickly things have spread. This was all before I started this blog or anything. Funny times.

This weekend also marked the Great American Southwest Lindy Fest, which is always a annual favorite for Kristi and her Swing Cat friends. So I got to see most of them again and have dinner with them once. Having K for the weekend is always a great thing as well. She was gone in lessons and dancing most of the time, but I managed to find a time when she was off to cook her dinner and such. Palm Sunday was nice as well. Can't believe it's time for Easter already.