Monday, July 10, 2006

By the Numbers

3-the number of e-mails I have received today from people I haven't heard from in years.

9-the number of admissions I had last Thursday to the pediatric team which I am managing.

2- the number on interns I was over-seeing last week.

8.5-the number of extra hours I worked due to the nine admissions

1-the number of brilliant diagnoses I was able to make the last week purely by accident

2-the number of naps I took on Saturday because I was so tired

0-the number of miles I hike last weekend, the weekend I was going to go for a two night backpack trip

3-the number of nieces and nephews I haven't seen in six months

635-the amount of money it would have cost me to fly to Denver last weekend had I booked my ticket on Tuesday

2-the number of discharge summaries I have not completed from this month

5-the number of cups of coffee I had today

2-the number of alcoholic drinks I had last week

5.5-the number of hours of sleep I would to get if I fell asleep right now until I need to get up for work in the morning

24-the rough estimate of the number of people I wish I could get around to e-mailing

7-the number of unscheduled vacation days that I have available

73-the number of times I was paged last Thursday

374-the number of days I have been a doctor

2-the number of times I seriously considered moving to a small mountain town and changing my identity

3-the number of hours worth of work I feel I would like to get done tonight

5-the number of conditions I listed that I wanted to read about