We had our third to last day of clinic today! We got to stand in on two surgeries, a thoracotomy and a coronary artery bypass graft x 3. The thoracotomy was very interesting for me because the patient happened to be the gunshot wound I had on Tuesday. It was neat to see the patient progress. They were able to get about a liter of blood out of his lung...and that was after 2 days of having a chest tube in to drain! Hopefully this will clear him out. We looked at the x-rays and he literally missed his heart by centimeters.
Did anyone get to watch the new Office tonight? I was cracking up. It was a little much at times, but it was great to have a new episode!
I'm going to the salon tomorrow. I have my first hair appointment with Michelle! Very exciting!!! I feel bad for her though...I haven't even had a trim since November!!! Mom and I are getting our annual "Welcome spring" pedicures afterwards. I have a 15K the next morning, hopefully it won't mess up my pedicure!
TGIF!!!
What used to be known as The Wonderful World of Shan is now The Wonderful Life of Miss Ali Vi and family.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Satisfaction
I'm currently at Methodist Hospital for clinic in the ICU. Today was a rather depressing day. One of my patients is over 400 pounds (down 200) and has been in ICU on a ventilator since November. My other patient was a gun-shot wound that came in last night. When I was getting report on him I thought it might be some exciting story, but nope, it was self-inflicted. He was with it today so it was hard seeing his kids come in and him mouth 'I'm so sorry' to them.
My third patient was an older woman who had been in Hawaii for the last few months and was starting to feel short of breath. So when she got back to Indiana, she went to the hospital and it turns out she had pneumonia. Long story short, she had to be intubated and this morning I was able to extubate her...yay! She did great all day, weak, but she did an awesome job. Her husband was there and we chatted a lot. Poor guy has been sitting next to her bed for a couple of weeks in an ICU where there's no one to talk to. When I was getting done, he asked if I'd be back tomorrow and I told him no, I'm back on Thursday but she'll be in a regular unit by then (God-willing). He walked over, gave me a hug, and thanked me. He said, "Thank you for the care you've shown with my wife and I today". It's sentences like that which make the extra student loans worth it.
My third patient was an older woman who had been in Hawaii for the last few months and was starting to feel short of breath. So when she got back to Indiana, she went to the hospital and it turns out she had pneumonia. Long story short, she had to be intubated and this morning I was able to extubate her...yay! She did great all day, weak, but she did an awesome job. Her husband was there and we chatted a lot. Poor guy has been sitting next to her bed for a couple of weeks in an ICU where there's no one to talk to. When I was getting done, he asked if I'd be back tomorrow and I told him no, I'm back on Thursday but she'll be in a regular unit by then (God-willing). He walked over, gave me a hug, and thanked me. He said, "Thank you for the care you've shown with my wife and I today". It's sentences like that which make the extra student loans worth it.
Monday, April 7, 2008
75th Anniversary
Today is the 75th anniversary of the 21st Amendment. Therefore, I propose everyone buy a drink today to celebrate the end of prohibition!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
A visit to the wedding site
Last Friday, JM, Mom, Dad and I went over to the Monon Center to meet with the coordinator and take a look at the grounds. Everything was a blur when we went there originally and decided to have our wedding there, so I wanted to take another look and get an idea of what we need to order and decorate. Turns out they have made some major purchases that I am THRILLED about! They bought white wooden folding chairs for the outdoor reception (which we don't have to rent!). They also are buying a shuttle so the bridal party doesn't have to walk all the way over to the ceremony site...it's not that far, but it will be when I'm dragging a train behind me! Now they're thinking of buying...ok, I can't think of the word for it, but it's that rectangle thing that the bride, groom and officiant stand underneath. Kind of like this...
Although there won't be an ocean behind us :-) (BTW, this is Courtney, one of my bridesmaids, and her husband, Ben's, wedding in Naples last November).
I'm very happy with all that the Monon Center is doing. They actually haven't had any weddings there yet and they're bringing in a wedding coordinator from the Ritz Charles so they have all of these ideas. Yay!!! Here are some pictures of the site. 
The wall that you see to the right of this picture below will be open leading into the other rooms.
This is the other side of the banquet hall.
And the kitchen area where the food will be set up.
If the weather is poor (which it BETTER NOT be!!!), the wedding ceremony will be held inside on this breezeway. The doors at the end of this hallway will be shut and the furniture will be removed.
This bridge will serve as the background to the wedding ceremony outside. That's JM and Dad up there ahead of us.
Closer picture of the bridge and Dad videotaping for Greg.
Although there won't be an ocean behind us :-) (BTW, this is Courtney, one of my bridesmaids, and her husband, Ben's, wedding in Naples last November). I'm very happy with all that the Monon Center is doing. They actually haven't had any weddings there yet and they're bringing in a wedding coordinator from the Ritz Charles so they have all of these ideas. Yay!!! Here are some pictures of the site.
These are of the banquet halls where the reception will be. They had it walled off for an event that night. This side has the stage. We'll also have all the balcony area that you can see outside.
The wall that you see to the right of this picture below will be open leading into the other rooms.
This is the other side of the banquet hall.And the kitchen area where the food will be set up.If the weather is poor (which it BETTER NOT be!!!), the wedding ceremony will be held inside on this breezeway. The doors at the end of this hallway will be shut and the furniture will be removed.
This bridge will serve as the background to the wedding ceremony outside. That's JM and Dad up there ahead of us.
Closer picture of the bridge and Dad videotaping for Greg.This is looking out from the bridge. Everything's flooded right now so it's not a great view...but if you can tell there's a small hill on the right. They are going to build a walkway up to the top of the hill and that's where the ceremony will be held.
I should be hearing from the Monon Center sometime this week with their final decision on the catering (it should still be the Ritz Charles). I'll also get to speak with the girl who is going to be coordinating the weddings and get some ideas from her.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
My cupcake attempt
I decided to try my hand making cupcakes today from a recipe in my Kraft Foods Magazine. They turned out soooo good. Good enough I'm including pictures and the recipe!
Lemon-Cream Cheese Cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min Total time: 1 hour 34 minutes (includes cooling)
1 pkg (2-layer size) white cake mix
1 pkg (4-serving size) Jell-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 cup water
4 egg whites (I used the egg-beater whites)
2 Tbsp oil
1 pkg (16 oz) powdered sugar
1 pkg (8 oz) Philadelphia cream cheese, softened (I used the reduced fat)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
2 Tbsp lemon juice
gratings from 1 lemon peel
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, water, egg whites and oil in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed until moistened. (Batter will be thick). Beat on medium-speed 2 minutes. Spoon batter evenly into 24 paper-lined 2 1/2 inch muffin cups.
Bake 21-24 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.
Meanwhile, beat sugar, cream cheese, butter, 1 tsp grated lemon peel and juice with electric mixer on low speed until well blended. Frost cupcakes and garnish with additional grated lemon peel.
Lemon-Cream Cheese Cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min Total time: 1 hour 34 minutes (includes cooling)
1 pkg (2-layer size) white cake mix
1 pkg (4-serving size) Jell-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 cup water
4 egg whites (I used the egg-beater whites)
2 Tbsp oil
1 pkg (16 oz) powdered sugar
1 pkg (8 oz) Philadelphia cream cheese, softened (I used the reduced fat)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
2 Tbsp lemon juice
gratings from 1 lemon peel
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, water, egg whites and oil in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed until moistened. (Batter will be thick). Beat on medium-speed 2 minutes. Spoon batter evenly into 24 paper-lined 2 1/2 inch muffin cups.
Bake 21-24 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.
Meanwhile, beat sugar, cream cheese, butter, 1 tsp grated lemon peel and juice with electric mixer on low speed until well blended. Frost cupcakes and garnish with additional grated lemon peel.
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