Tim Hortons Horror

Eddie and I walked into Tim Hortons on the weekend to find a young man lying on the floor with blood stains on his head and the surrounding tiles.

For a moment my heart stopped. "We are going to have to resuscitate this man"--flashed through my head.

Two seconds later I realized he was conscious and there was a staff member there controlling traffic and that the ambulance had already been called.

At first we then walked past like regular bystanders--then we said to each other " we are probably at the point where we are obligated to help this guy." So we walked back over and offered our help.

We didnt do much--verified the story, took his pulse and then the ambulance arrived, and they have the gear to actually provide real help. He was acutely okay when he left with EMS.

It got us to thinking--next year we for surely are obligated to help in emergencies in public places. I think we are going to have to carry some sort of minor first aid kit, or at least a mask incase we have to do CPR. It kind of scared the crap out of me! Really without IV fluids, proper airway and ventilation support as well as some cool drugs, we are kind of useless in those situations. Oh well, we decided that after next year for sure when we run into situations with people under 18 Eddie will be in charge and I will be in charge with patients over 18, and that we are going to have to carry some sort of minimal gear.

Weekend with the Bolsters

Eddie and I were in Regina with the rest of the Bolster clan for Larry's retirement banquet from Sasktel. We were all dressed up, but as you can see, during the presentation after dinner our table got a little bit silly!

busy JURSI

The life of a busy JURSI, thats the life for me--for now anyway until med school is over! Only six more months of rotations, the end is almost in sight.

I surprisingly dont have a whole lot to blog about right now, I am on CTU at RUH, which I am enjoying but it keeps me pretty busy between that and my Carms (residency applications) stuff. It was kind of funny yesterday our attending made a joke that I didnt get, I guess it was in reference to a tv commercial, and my team told me I dont watch enough tv. Big surprise!

I think the two most interesting things about this past week have been:
a) Eddie and I started a gift registry on the weekend; we still have lots to do but it was fun to start..
b) When I was on call my team diagnosed a patient in the ER with flesh eating disease and he left against medical advice, refusing to let us treat him--apparently he was going to fly to Calgary for treatment. I am just waiting to hear about him on the news!

ARG!

What the H#$!
Tonight I tried on my interview suit that I bought at Banana Republic in Edmonton to show it to Tin, and IT STILL HAS A SECURITY TAG ON IT!!!!! I even asked before we left the store if they were all removed because I was leaving the province, and they said, "oh of course!"

Now I have an interview suit with a security tag--so its basically useless until the tag is removed, and oh yes there is no Banana Republic in Saskatchewan. ARGGGG!!!

Thanksgiving

Home for Thanksgiving... So nice to be home, to see my family, whom I have missed so much being on the road these past six months. This is my mom, my sister and I at our good family friend's house. Aren't they lovely? I think so. The only thing missing this holiday was my darling Eddie who is still in Ottawa.

Sometimes I wish I could just freeze time, and enjoy these moments just a little while longer before I have to return to the chaos that is my life. I know the next eight months are going to be a blur, and this weekend was just a chance to catch my breath before the final push to the end of the school year. Deep breaths....

CMDS Regina

I went to the Ninan's house tonight for Bible study, the first time to CMDS in Regina in a LONG time, as I have been away so much.

It was really nice, they made us tasty Indian food, and we chatted over supper. After supper Mrs. Ninan got out a cake that said "Congratulations" on it, as she had thought Eddie and I would be there together, and it was to celebrate our engagement! It was so sweet :) They decided we had to take pictures of the cakes and email them to Eddie, as he is still in Ottawa. I really felt at home with them there, and I am so thankful that they have us into their home. The study part is always really well prepared, and I feel very encouraged when I leave. Dr. Ninan told me that he and Dr. Akyinbi were "keeping an eye on things" for us students...that was awesome, knowing that there are angels in the form of doctors watching out of us, even when we werent aware of it.

Ottawa Pictures

There arent that many because I committed a major sin--I forgot the good camera-Gasp! Anyways here are a few from the mini-dig



The Indian restaurant where we nearly died from gastro-intestinal-inferno...





















Eddie took a picture of me outside the Canadian Mint...