On call blues . . .

I am on call tonight - again, and am totally jealous of everyone doing ANYTHING even remotely interesting/fun. The problem with being on call is that I think of things to do (i.e. things I would rather be doing) and think "Oh I'll do that tomorrow!" So my days off turn into these exhausting days of to do marathons just so I feel like I have enough going on in the "real world" to feel human. For example, my last day off I decided I was going to bake for my Junior League secret sister (which subsequently turned into baking for everyone I know), go to spin, shop, read some spanish, have dinner with a friend, run some errands, visit my sister, study for boards, et. al. It's a completely fun disaster :-) Tomorrow I've made plans to go play polo as soon as I get off and then go to game/out with friends (the key post call is to keep moving - sitting should be outlawed). Sunday is last full day off for 2 weeks (3 if you don't call the day I take boards as an off day) - so fun must be had! Plans TBD.

Tonight I have backup (a fellow who completed a pediatric residency and is now in a fellowship to become a neonatologist) which is very comforting!! These little ones like to stop breathing, stop their hearts, stop just about everything that keeps them existing so I am happy there is more than one person keeping them alive! We have a bunch of "sick stable" babies right now (babies who are super sick but for the moment are doing okay). I have mostly babies who were born much too early, a couple who were born with holes in their diaphragm (called a congenital diaphragmatic hernia) so part of their intestines get into the space where their lungs should go so they can't breathe appropriately, a couple where part of their intestines didn't form completely, and one with pulmonary hypertension that has been keeping me in a hypertensive crisis for 3 days. I am giving blood transfusions right now and have a couple follow up labs and HOPING for a pretty quiet night. We will see . . .

I would rather be home with this little guy . . . This is Church and he is the most loving dog I have ever owned, but he completely hates not being able to get on the beds and couches. I caught this photo after I got out of the shower . . . little sneak.

Doesn't that pic just make you want to take a nap?! It does for me!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday!