Howdy!

Obviously the email thing is not working like we hoped, so I guess we will have to settle for just checking the blog every so often, which I just did for the first time in a couple of weeks...

Glad to hear everybody is doing so well, especially those of us who are so far away from the godd ol' South! The job at UAB in the Trauma ICU has been going pretty well, we have four PAs so we all only work about 13 shifts a month and get paid a full-time salary, which is very nice! I am not doing much surgery unless I sneak down to the OR or get called down (which hasn't happened much) but the PAs do several procedures on the ICU like central lines, etc. in addition to helping the residents manage the patients on a day-to-day basis. I am actually working on a couple of opportunities to for a second part-time job to possibly do some surgery or work in an ER (gotta make up for those years of school without a paycheck!). The attendings are great to work with and most of the residents have been pretty cool, too. All in all, not a bad first gig and who knows what the future holds, right?

I hope everyone else is doing well and hope to see some posting!

Much love,
Richard