Today
was a fairly light day, as this was the day of the yearly LBJ Christmas
Gala, a giant party put on by the hospital for all their employees.
The party takes place in the governor's auditorium. The doctors donated
over $2000 for this party (I think the budget was well over $15k).
That
morning we had another CME - this time it was the hospital passing out
CME certificates for the year so that everyone could claim their
credit. They had breakfast for us - scrambled eggs, ham, a pear, and
very strong coffee. It was pretty good.
We
met up on the wards for rounding. Very informal presentations (though very thorough) - very
refreshing compared with the formal rounding we go through in residency. I
then spent the morning and early afternoon "shadowing" Tangra in clinic
because my license is still not approved due to some political issues.
That
night, went to the party. It was a Disney Frozen theme, which was
hilarious - although the decorations were amazing. It felt like a
literal ice castle. There was a huge buffet with Samoan food and all
you can drink beer, wine, sodas, water, etc. They had a talent show
from the different departments - mostly ancillary services - Lab,
housekeeping, medical records. Two of the janitors did a hilarious
rendition of "Let it Go", that I recorded. I tried a couple of new
beers from Samoa that were actually very good. My favoirite was one
called "Vailima Natural", which was made with breadfruit.
There
were over 200 people at the party. All the men wear the traditional
Samoan Lava Lava, a kind of polynesian kilt. The women wear flowered
Samoan dresses. There were a few people, including one of the
hospital's fa'afafines, who were dressed up as Frozen princesses.
Dr.
Maronne and I ran into the CMO of the hospital at the party and got assurances that I would get my license. He approved me to work. Gotta love small town politics.
All
in all, it was a fun time. We left around 11pm. I rode home with
the Broges and Dr. Marrone, they dropped me off at the apartment.
Merry Christmas!
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