Sunday, May 11, 2008

So I took my last shelf exam of the year and it feels great to be done. I have 6 weeks of electives and then I will be a fourth year. YES! I am really excited because I have 3 weeks of ENT and then 3 weeks of ENT research. It should be fun. Today I got my needle driver out and practiced tying sutures on a banana. What fun...It was a nice Mother's day. I had the weekend off so me and Em spent Saturday morning running errands for mothers day. We got a bouquet of roses and the new Stephanie Meyer book. Tonight I made a fancy dinner and are watching the season finale of Survivor. Pretty decent. When you work 6 days a week you forget how fantastic it is to have Saturday and Sunday off.
On a wierder note I saw one of the craziest things of third year when I was on OB. We were working late at night and a lady came in with her boyfriend. They were both high as kites. I think they had been doing meth. They were from some town in western podunk missouri. Apparently they were driving in the middle of nowhere doing meth and she all of a sudden went into labor and delivered the baby. They tried to call an ambulance, but apparently there was no abulance service in that area. So what do they do? They drive to a Walgreens, buy scissors and cut the cord, buy some diapers for the kid, and a bucket...why a bucket you ask? to put the placenta in. So they show up to the L&D floor with a slimy baby wrapped in a huge diaper and a bucket with a placenta that is eight hours old and stinky. Oh yea, and they are buggin' out because they are on meth. Fortunately the kiddo was put up for adoption. Hopefully nurture wins out over nature. Yikes!!! Here is a picture of a placenta just to cement the story in your heads...

8 comments:

Holli and Billy said...

Thanks Pete. Great story... but I could have done without the picture!

Becky said...

That is about the saddest story ever to post on Mother's Day. That kid is totally lucky to be getting adopted. Oh, and the picture is super yucky!

Mandy said...

That picture is soooo gross! I love hearing the crazy stories though. People should be required to have a permit to have a baby.

apmaynard said...

By Grapthars Hammer Pete, I never cease to be amazed.

Heather said...

Yuck...that's pretty gross to think that's inside of you when you're pregnant.

I'm glad you're done with OB. :)

Anonymous said...

hahaha im srry everyone, but i think that is so kewl!!!!

Shannon said...

I don't know why I'm constantly amazed by all the craptastic people of the world, but I am. That's just sad.

When I had Lexi, Gretchen was holding up the placenta to show me and telling me all about how healthy it looked and stuff and I'm just like... uh huh yah whatever gross. So, amazingly, that picture didn't gross me out that much since I've recently seen a live one. :)

Anonymous said...

Nothing like handy old Walmart to find all your shopping needs! I'm surprised they were able to think straight enough to buy of all that PLUS a bucket on meth. (Nice placenta pix!)