dissections and nerdy friends

I got another dissecting project today.  Dr B emailed me and asked if I wanted to dissect a female pelvis.

Hm. That's a new one.

Although- I have done a hysterectomy on a cadaver before.  It was the only one I had seen that still had her uterus (92 yr old!).  We wanted to keep the uterus for other semesters to show them since we no longer had our other one.  So that was cool.

But apparently I'll be cutting a body in 3 sections (at the top of the femur and at the iliac crest aka the "hip bone") and taking the middle part?  That's what I've gathered from her description, but I'm still not completely sure.  She wants to see the iliac arteries and a few others I never had to learn.  And she wants to be able to show how the uterus fits in there with the bladder and along with the other structures.  Interesting. 


Had a fun day with Jayme today.  We watched House and picked it apart.  Finding all of the mistakes they were making and laughing at how inaccurate it is.  And then we ended up correctly diagnosing the patient long before they did.  I'm glad all of my medical training is coming in handy!
(nerdy examples: Dr: "patient has a prolonged PT".  another dr: well, what could that indicate"  Me:  "A FACTOR VII DEFICIENCY!!!... or an inhibitor... you'd need a factor assay to know!!!"  Jayme just laughed.  And then another one (or maybe the same episode, i can't remember, they all blend together afterawhile) there was an alcoholic and they at some point were bleeding uncontrollably.  both of us yelled out at the same time, "vitamin K deficiency!"- and it was- secondary to celiac's disease.  go us.)
It is cool though- how watching that show now is so different than watching it 2 or 3 years ago when I didn't know about pathophysiology.  It's fun now to laugh at it.

When i asked Jayme earlier this week if she wanted to do something i said "do you want to do something on Friday?  and by something, i mean nothing".  she said "absolutely."
so we sat and watched House and looked up random diseases on her laptop and were nerdy all afternoon.  It was amazing.
I'm glad we met last year.  She's what keeps me sane going through our program at school.