Heat Wave

So I finished my epic month at Jacobi.  Despite the busy call days, inefficiency, and volume, it was an experience.  I handed over 24 patients to my fellow resident when I left... Ouch.  Only one of my patients is still on the service from what I hear--The 700 pound 25 year old gentleman who came in for back pain after falling off his "custom made wheelchair", which broke....  Can you imagine being that big? He wouldn't fit on any of the scanners or xray machines, so we actually tried to get him over to the Bronx Zoo to get a CT scan (they are built for big heavy animals so can handle the excess weight), but they said they do not do that anymore... But yes, we occasionally used to send overly obese patients to the Zoo for a CT if they needed one, but alas, no more.  So all we can do is pump him full of oral morphine until his pain goes away, and attempt to give him rehab.   He is still chilling waiting for placement in a bariatric nursing home, and awaiting evaluation for bariatric surgery...

Now I have been on a week of research month... So far nothing spectacular has gotten off the ground, so I have basically been not so busy, and been trying to utilize my free time. We are also at the tail end of a viscious heat wave.  It has been painful, temperatures have been soaring into the low 100's, and it has been humid as well.  It is literally like hell outside.  I have to take a shower after I get my mail or take out the garbage.  The worst is when I have to use my car after it has been sitting in the sun for a few hours, I feel like I am in a sauna and my hands burn when I touch the wheel.  The city is telling us to conserve power by keeping our indoor temps at 78 degrees, and minimizing use of the A/C.  Me for one, I love my A/C.  That shit is going to stay on as long as I am home.  If you want to save some power, why not shut down the damn lights in Times Square!  Now that is a waste of energy!!  I even heard midtown east lost power for a while last night, that must have been 'torcher'.  I do feel bad for those with none though, it is sweltering in some of those homes.  I had every single patient show up for clinic this week, likely because we have a nice air conditioned waiting room.   Anyway, I am praying for a nice rain storm soon to bring down these horrid temps.

Comments

[yat]

it's too bad we can't make these fat asses LIVE in the zoo with their fellow animals

when you coming to LA?