Dr. Engholdt

Dr. Engholdt

Inner Strength Will Get You Thru Anything

"If there's something you know you can do....but your mind keeps throwing up road blocks...just drive right through them!"

My Life As An ER Intern...

This is the story of my life as an Emergency & Critical Care Intern at the Animal Emergency Center. I wanted to start this page as a way for my family and friends to keep in touch with me. I have discovered that for the next year of my life, I will be a slave to this internship...you won't see me and possibly won't hear from me. I apologize already...and that is why I want to give something back to each and every one of you for standing by my side through what may be the toughest year of my life. I don't want to lose any of you...I want you to know what I am going through...I want you to experience it with me...so I have decided to place it all here within these pages. Please let me know what you are all up to...this will help to keep me sane...and it will give me a reason to smile on those days when I find myself locked inside the clinic bathroom cyring!! (yes it does happen...in fact the clinic bathroom is fast becoming my place of calm in the middle of what I like to refer to as Hurricane AEC)

I think about you all and I wonder what you are up to...I wish I could talk to each of you every day...especially on those days when I just need to hear a friendly voice. I want you all to know that without your support I will not make it through this year...so stick with me through the rough times because I think I see some clear skies ahead.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

My days off

Well, it is back to work for me today...at least I am off the floor though and in ICU 4p-4a--well I am on the floor from 1a-4a but I can handle that. So my days off, what did I do...I slept half of Sunday away, then woke up and went to the Mayfair mall...it is this huge, 2-layer mall, definitely not as good as the Mall of American in Minneapolis, but the best around here...although it does not have a Nordstrom's..which may be a good thing after all but I am still disappointed. So then I came home and went for a run and ate some Sushi I had picked up...didn't even know I really liked it until I ate it with a friend in Madison one night and turns out I absolutely love it!! Now I eat it all the time...there is a very good little restaurant around here where you can get it! Then I sat around and didn't do much. Should have studied but just couldn't bear to think about work yet. I started my on-call at midnight on Sunday (until Midnight on Monday)...never got called in thank-god. But it kinda prevents you from doing things. Although I still did. Let's see, my day started out and I was awoken by my doorbell ringing, confused, I wasn't going to answer but then did and it was delivery man with roses, chocolates, and a teddy bear for me!! Awww...Roses went up on top of the bookshelf because cats immediately started to devour them. I like getting flowers, makes me feel like someone likes me!! Makes me smile! So anyhow, then I got dressed and went to this little cafe by my house - 'Cosi' - Kevin and I had first went to one in Columbus Ohio when I was there on externship and it has awesome sandwiches. So I got a sandwich and vanilla latte and sat outside by myself, it was very relaxing. I am learning to go places by myself and sit and eat and not feel so stupid. It's fun. I walked around the shops a bit by the cafe and then came home with the intention of studying but of course fell asleep instead. Woke up in time for dinner over at my ternmate Jason's house. His wife made spaghetti and brownies...it was very good...Katie our other ternmate came to...was over there until around 9:15pm then came back home and tried to study but ended up putting myself to sleep! So I gave up and went to sleep, but woke up at 3am wide awake so I read again for an hour and then tried to fall back asleep. I have so much trouble sleeping now. I hate it. So I had my alarm set for 7am, was going to get up, go for a run and work out, and then study....got up, looked at clock and it was already 12p!!! I hate this schedule, I loved being a morning person, up before anyone else, getting to see the sunrise...hell I don't even see the sun set anymore...it's only for a year- have to keep telling myself that. So now I have about an hour to read through some stuff before heading in to work...is it July 8th 2008 yet??? Anyone have a time machine?
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The Story of the Five Balls

Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you are keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls - family, health, friends, integrity - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered...either way, it will never be the same and may be lost forever. Be careful when life starts to get rough...juggle carefully. And, once you truly understand the lesson of the five balls...you will have the beginnings of balance in your life.