Another hurdle jumped

Had my Grand Rounds presentation today. That is pretty much the most stressful thing that I will do this year. Essentially, I had to come up with a topic that has not been presented in the last three years and present it to the entire Saskatoon Anesthesia Department, as well as anyone in the province (PA, MJ, Kindersly, Cold Lake, etc.)! In the end, I think that it went well and I had a lot of people come up to me and tell me that they enjoyed it. Not too many questions (especially ones that I couldn't handle) so that was good. One of the guys in the program thinks that there weren't that many questions from the attendings because it was over their heads! lol.

My cat Seven had to go for dental surgery. Luckily she sailed through. She took all her antibiotics and is doing well on the new "dental diet" they have perscribed. It worries me that she had all these problems. Makes me think that she is a lot older than we thought and that our time together is much shorter. I guess all you can do is cherish the short time that you are given.

My husband and I are still trying to figure out what to do with the rest of our lives. He is trying to decide where to practice after this year. Somewhere close, as I still have two years left after this year, but it may not be here. Most likely it will be in Regina. I have tried to be supportive, but it is hard. I really would rather him be here, but I have to support his decsion.

The big decision for me is whether or not to do a fellowship, in what, and where. My choices right now are Peds in either Calgary or Edmonton, ICU in Calgary or Edmonton, Regional in Ottawa or the US, Obstetrics in the US. Jurgen does not really like the idea of me doing a fellowship. He thinks that it will be detrimental as far as finances (he's right there), that it isn't that necessary (not sure on that one), and that it won't be beneficial (there I disagree). He also says he doesn't want to live apart. That one is kind of silly seeing that he is the one now who wants to live apart from me. I still have time to decide and I am planning to do some electives next year to figure things out, but all the same it is hard.

One more hurdle jumped besides Grand Rounds is that my paper that I worked on for so long is going to be published!! It will be the first time that I will see my name in print, and hopefully not the last! It will be coming out in the March 2006 issue of the Canadian Anesthesia Journal. I think I will have to have a copy framed!

a little hard work sometimes pays off.