Mid-week.

24 patients on a sunny Mid-week. Medical student saw her share. I&D Paraonychitis of thumb. Candida Pharyngitis. Gout in R hand (injected). Arthritis. Torticollis. Lymphedema. Thyroid Goiter. Osteoarthritis. MVA follow up. Weight Loss x3. Rolling with ARI DALTON...

Tuberculosis in the Community

Steady Morning then busy Tuesday Afternoon s/p lunch at Blue Bicycle with financial planner. 31 patients in the door, x1 called it in. Patient with milliary cavitations & nodules on Chest CT – masked, then on x4 meds (INZ, RIF, PYR, ETH) to be initiated...

Monday after the Break

Slow Monday post Spring Break – everyone back at work, no one out sick. 18 patients in the door, another 3 called it in. Erythema Migrans in a Turkey hunter, thought he had a chigger bite and allergic rash. Nope, Lyme Disease. Smoker with Hemoptysis s/p URI. CT...

Steady Sunday

16 patients, on a very steady Sunday. I&D of x3 large MRSA carbuncles on a landscapers face, ear, and neck. Seems he’d nicked himself using the wife’s razor, then worked in a grimy environment, and used the razor again. Not Good. Repair of an eyebrow...

Beautiful Saturday. Med Student actually came in to work. Gave shots solo, painless. x3 pain management patients, 2 first off, one last. Referred. Sinusitis, Otitis, and Congestion x6. Med refills and Malignant HTN. Finished out. Off to Ride. Then Dinner & a Movie...