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, January 1, 2008

Happy New Year!!!

Wow...one more year down...man they go by fast don't they!! Hope everyone had a good and safe New Year's Eve...hope no one is feeling too hung over today!! I was lucky enough to spend the New Year's Moment in the clinic...how fitting for this year!! Yep that's right...I got called in to do a foreign body explore surgery at 7pm and ended up there until 1AM!! The dog had eated a rug...and lots of it...so had to make gastrotomy (incision into the stomach) and a couple enterotomies (incisions into intestines) and then remove a small piece of intestine that was dead!! Then I placed two abdominal drains. Also took some biopsies of liver, intestines, and some fatty masses on the kidneys while I was in there. Had planned to have some shrimp, chips and salsa, guacamole, taco dip; and fruits & champagne with Kevin but no such luck...ended up at work of course. Wanted to say that it was great to see everyone over christmas time...I was so happy to be able to have come home, even if it was only for a couple days. I have posted a few of the christmas pics below...
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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.