Thyroid Tuesday

34 patients on a Thyroid Tuesday. The Medical Student is coming along. Anticoag monitoring and B12 supplements. Scalp LAC Repair. Sutures Removed x3. Carpal tunnel syndrome. Tetanus prophylaxis. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis with Hypothyroid Myxedema. URI with RAD...

April Fool’s Day

April Fool’s Day – Monday – New Medical Student? Thought it was a joke. Wasn’t. She did well, adapted rapidly to the EHR. Only twenty six Patients, but it is spring break, with half the County away from the area to celebrate. Dog Bite Lac...

Easter Clinic

9 Patients working solo on an Easter Sunday from 10 AM until 1 PM. Staff had the day off. Deferred another 5 patients (who called) until Monday. Gastritis. URI with Pleurisy and Right Costo-Sternal Ligament strain. Migraine with Depression overlay. Domestic Stressors...

BB gunshot.

18 patients Saturday before Easter. BB gunshot to volar Left index finger, almost exited other side, requiring I&D and foreign body removal, through & through wick packing, will see back tomorrow. Folks !!! Safe gun handling is imperative for all ages, and all...

‘Good’ Friday

30 patients on a ‘Good’ Friday before Easter Sunday. Influenza Type B x3 again. A half dozen Allergic/Seasonal Rhino-Sinusitis treated symptomatically, no abx. A thumbtip avulsion, anaesthesia, & electrofulgarated to effect hemostasis. Leukopenia in a...

Warming.

31 patients. Thursday is warming up in more ways than one. Flowers Blooming. COPD exacerbation. A half dozen of seasonal non-infectious Rhinosinusitis. Occult Humerus Head fracture s/p Syncope, Fall and upper arm contusion. Gastroenteritis. A series of endocrine...