Well my friend is sort of better. Her chest tube was taken out a couple of days ago but they found 2 more fractures that weren't initially seen on film. Her pain control has been horrible. When her mom told me what she was being given, I was shocked. She's had major injuries and they are treating her with so little morphine that I doubt it would cure a migraine. The doctor's excuse has been, "we don't want to turn her into an addict". What?!!! If her pain was adequately controlled, you wouldn't need to worry about that! She's at an academic hospital, so I feel positive that her pain is being managed by residents who are tentative about morphine orders. I understand why. I mean, they see a lot of drug seekers, but when you have someone that has been in an obvious trauma, has multiple injuries, and is in her room crying because she is in so much pain and exhausted from lack of sleep, why not show some mercy? I hope none of them ever has a car accident like what my friend had, and if they do, I hope they don't get the kind of medical care they gave to her. One thing I can take from this is that I will never be stingy with narcotics when someone needs them.

So, not too much out of the ordinary has happened this weekend. My ophthalmology exam was yesterday and it was officially the last exam of my medical school career.

My friend Joe informed me soon I will need to rename my blog. If anyone has any suggestions, leave 'em for me!