OR rotation and girls 'study' night

this week was the last week in clinical.

i was in the OR and it was so neat.

the nurses there were amazing and wonderful in every way.

i saw a re-sectioning of the colon, due to cancer.

it was a robotic surgery, and about to take a whopping 8.5 hours...with 2.5 hours of prep.

needless to say, i didn't see the whole thing.

but i saw the first chunk and it was so neat.

there was also a student dr. there, named sarah, and she was so sweet.

she was telling me things about the procedure and including me.

at one point, we couldn't see, and she said:

'follow me.  we'll go somewhere we can see'

i will miss lori, our awesome instructor.

and now we go to a hospital 30 minutes away (gulp!)

we weren't allowed to keep our badges. 

{yes, i did have my flu shot!}

last night, elizabeth, kaylynn and i went to elizabeth's house.

we studied some, and did a photo shoot.

we were laughing so hard, i was crying.  

and i may or may not have peed my pants....only a bit.

{hello.  we look beautiful here.  huge forehead and all!}

{we tried this 'hear no evil', 'speak no evil', 'see no evil' thing like 2130923 times. this is one try}

 {and we FINALLY got it right!}

elizabeth and i talked till 2 am and it was so good.

i love these girls so much, and it was a needed night of work//fun.

studying the rest of the weekend away.

huge patho and theory exams this week. 

in less than 4 full days i'll be home.

i do hope i survive.

{yes. i do love them to death!}