Personal History Making Day :)

I'm going to remember today for years and years to come. I got to primary my first abdominal hysterectomy today! I loved every single second of if. It may not sound like a big deal, but this is a huge day in the life of a budding OBGyn. It's days like today that make up for the days in residency where you're left wondering why in the world you are even doing what you are doing. Those days when you literally want to poke your eyeballs out. Those days when you swear if you pager goes off one more time, you'll throw it out the stinkin' window. Those days when you-know-what seems to constantly be hitting the fan. Those days when we just want to throw in the towel and call it quits. Ugh, those days seems to come all too often sometimes. Today is not one of those days. Today was a good day. In my program, first and second year residents rarely get to do hysters, as the primary normally goes to the third or forth year upper level on service. The glorious thing about being on my current rotation is that I'm it. I'm the only resident, so I get all the cases. I love it. Regardless of how many times I sit and wonder if I really chose the right career path and question why I put myself through the trenches of residency, today totally makes up for it. Here's to many more cases to come {and only 2.5 more years of residency!}.
~Ashley