There's a new doc in town!!

Big news day here are the Thorson house :)

In Ryan's news: he is officially a doctor!!! He past his PhD dissertation defense this morning. A lot of work went into his final research project and I am more than elated to see it all pay off and finally be over with. Ryan's graduate school experience has been a bumpy roller coaster ride with unfortunately many more downs than ups. I'm just so happy that it ended on a high note! Ryan is still down in Baton Rouge/New Orleans right now tying up some loose ends and visiting our friends Nat and Quyhn. I'm excited for him to come home so we can celebrate :) So proud of him!

In Ashley's news: today was my first official day as a doctor! It went great! I got up early after not getting a bunch of sleep. I wasn't really nervous for my first day so much as I was nervous about Ryan's defense. All of the residents in the program are fantastic. I could not ask for a better bunch of people to work with. I had dinner with the residents who are a year ahead of me last night with the other incoming interns. They are just a great group, plain and simple. I feel very taken care of :) This morning I arrived at the med center bright and early at 6:30am {I'm going to have to get used to not sleeping in anymore :( } I am currently orientating on the gyn service. It was a pretty low key day which was a great way to start. The craziness for me will be this weekend when as I'm covering labor and delivery. Ready or not...here I come :)

Today has been a great day {and super hot and humid...99 degrees as I was driving home at 6:00pm}! I feel super blessed!

~Ashley