chicago '08

I went to OCD clinic yesterday. it will be one of a number of specialty clinics where I will see clients. I am supposed to call them patients, I think. the cases sound very interesting in a Howard Hughes kind of way. (many involve bodily functions.) I will have clients in the assessment clinic, outpatient therapy clinic, OCD clinic, newborn follow-up clinic, the inpatient ward, and the autism clinic. of course, each place has different paperwork and a different way of doing things.

on thursday, we toured the newborn intensive care unit at the hospital. just before I left for work, I retrieved a message that our very good friends had a healthy baby on Wednesday. what a relief to know that before I saw babies who could fit in the palm of my hand. some of these infants were only carried 23 weeks before birth. there were more than 50 tiny babies in that clinic. I put one in a teacup, took a picture, and sent it to Ann Geddes. my job will be to test these kids when they're 18-24 months old. a lot of them end up with cerebral palsy.

needless to say, I was exhausted when I got home from work on Friday. I slept for 10 hours last night. I like it though. I like the other interns and most of the faculty seem friendly and helpful. next week starts the autism training, and I will be on cloud 9 all week. relatively speaking.