A long trip home...
After working call on my last day at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, I made rounds at 5am and drove to Lexington where Phillip joined me after selling his car. We drove for another 14 hours and arrived in Louisiana at 1am, stopping only twice along the way. Phillip woke up early on Saturday and played in a co-ed slow pitch softball tournament with Mark where he made several amazing plays and turned alot of heads- a great way to get even more attention than just being a stranger in a small town. That evening Kris and Nick came home and we were reminded of how cramped a house can be with seven people in it.
Phillip and I started work that Monday at Highland Clinic in Shreveport. I began working with an ENT specialist, Dr. Parker, and Phillip across town in a busy oncology practice. It was an amazing first week- I arrived early several days to assist Dr. Parker in the OR while Phillip learned the ins and outs of many chemotherapeutic drug regimens. I made several new friends in Dr. Parker's office and also ran into several old friends along the way. Dr. Parker was more impressed at how many people I knew more than how much medicine I knew (not surprising I know).
On Wednesday we had the greatest blessing of all as we welcomed Ms. Lydia Belle Davis to our family. She was 6 lbs 4 oz and 21 in long. She is a gorgeous little princess and she already knows it. The moment Nick brought her from the OR, she had these big, beautiful wide eyes- opened and staring at everyone, tyring to soak it all in. She had such a crowd waiting on her, I have no doubt she instantly knew how much she was loved. She has been a great baby so far and her mom is healing well. We cannot wait to watch her grow up!!
This weekend Phillip and I got the opportunity to go fishing with my dad. We left at 5am and were on the lake by 6! It was an amazing day with perfect weather. The lake was so beautiful and peaceful that early in the morning. and we had a great view of the golf course from the water. Phillip ended up pulling in most of the fish. He called it beginner's luck. I'm not sure what he was doing, but he stole almost every bite I got! (I'm still a little bitter) Either way though, it was worth having such a great dinner. All together we caught 47 white perch, 4 bream, and 1 small catfish! Quite a day!!
Sunday we said goodbye to Ms. Liddy and made another trip to Natchitoches where we met my long time friends Jessica, Corey, Tommy, Brandon and PJ at the CSO. I have missed them all so dearly and it is always a little bitter sweet to go back, because I never want to leave! It was really good to get to hear Fr. Jason preach again too- it always ignites my spirit when I go back to Holy Cross!
It's been a busy first week and things aren't looking to slow down any time soon. We have one more week in Shreveport and I started a neurology rotation with a young female doctor today, which is very inspiring for me. It should be an interesting week and we are already looking forward to the next part of the journey when we meet Daniel in Vegas to celebrate his recent graduation!! So stay tuned to see what happens!
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