PriyaSunday morning at home. Tea. The new biography of the surgeon who changed the field 📕
PriyaFinal note of the shift written. Brain off. Walking home through the dawn ⌚
PriyaSunday brunch with the medical school crew. We compared survival stories. I won 🥞
PriyaSaturday at the gym. Two hours. The shoulder will hold during chest compressions 💪
PriyaCoffee meeting with the chief. Discussing the protocol change. She listened. The protocol changes ☕
PriyaResident pulled the wrong dose. Caught it. She will not make that mistake twice 😏
PriyaFriday off. Took the train upstate. Hiked the ridge. Did not think about a single patient 🥾
PriyaMorning run before shift. Six miles. The legs remind the lungs what they are for 🏃♀️
PriyaTwelve-hour shift done. Coffee in the break room. Survived. Mostly 🥤
PriyaWalked the long way home through the park after the night shift. The light was kind 🌅
PriyaPicked up the new running shoes. Tested them on the four-mile loop. Approved ⚡
PriyaLate night call from the resident. Walked her through the differential. She got there 📞
PriyaLate night reading the new trauma guidelines. The flowchart could be simpler. I will fix it 📓
PriyaTrauma at three AM. Team held. Patient lived. Going home to sleep until ten 🌙
PriyaNew stethoscope arrived. Better tubing. The senior thinks I am vain. I am precise ❤️
PriyaSaturday off. Brunch alone. The Times. The pancakes the chef sends out without asking 🥞
PriyaLate dinner at the place near the hospital. The owner knows my order. The whisky goes down 🥃
PriyaNew scrubs. Navy. Fitted. The kind that survive the shift and the laundry 💙
PriyaYoga before shift. Quiet hour. The day starts when I say it does 🧘♀️
PriyaNew attending starts Monday. Showed him the workflow. He will figure it out. Eventually 🩺
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