Clerk's Notes 2

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> Subjective
Today marks the first day I haven't set foot inside a hospital since clerkship started. Seriously. Thank you to [hospital name redacted] for giving us clerkies the holiday off!

  • Woke up at 8:30 AM today.  Felt so strange not having to get ready in a rush, not having to drag my body some place it doesn't want to go. 
  • Literally went "mmmmmmmm" as I buried my head in my pillow and went back to sleep.
  • Had a slice of mango cake for breakfast. Mmmm
  • WENT CRAZY OVER THE LATEST TAYLOR SWIFT VIDEO. (Zombie Taylor is the best Taylor.)
  • Walked to Ayala the 30th from my condo (in the blazing noontime sun. But I didn't mind because I'd spent all my afternoons on hospital floors, never knowing what the sky looked like at any given hour)
  • Peaceful sushi lunch at Genki Sushi. Although I felt pressured to eat fast and leave because my single butt was holding up space at a table meant for 6. 
  • Stocked up on foot deodorant :|
  • Marathoned Orange is the New Black. HUHUHUHU. This show has the best writing I've ever seen in any series EVER. And none of my friends watch it so I don't really have anyone to discuss the last episode with. :(
  • Ate more mango cake
  • Waiting for the Game of Thrones download to finish! Urghhhhh
That's it for my day. It's been peaceful. It's been... normal. But honestly speaking, a part of me did wish to be back in a hospital, where I could have spent my time being helpful and needed.

>Objective
- Awake, alert, comfortable-looking
- Hyperemic sclerae with periorbital edema (status post mild lacrimation status post Orange is the New Black S04E12) 
- Resolving nodular acne on left frontal area
- Normal heart rate, regular rhythm
- Clear breath sounds with occasional sniffles
- Soft, flabby abdomen
- Normal-smelling feet

>Assessment
to consider Stockholm Syndrome
On Week 5 of Clerkship

>Plan
To start rotating at a public hospital tomorrow
Advise proper bed rest tonight
To resume oral caffeine tomorrow


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