first day on the unit

Wow, I'm pretty sure I'm grinning from ear to ear.  I'm going to be a pretty darn happy girl here at NYU Medical Center.  Today was the first day on my actual hospital unit and I absolutely loved it.  As many of you know, I am working with cancer patients on an oncology/hematology unit.  The patient population captures my heart and give me so much more than I could ever give them.  I won't be able to tell much about my actual work or stories about my patients as I want to respect privacy (and HIPPA regulations...) but I can already tell that this job entails the challenge, environment and people that I have always desired in a workplace.  

I left my aunt's house in Mt Kisco for a few days and have arrived to my other aunt's townhouse in the city.  All I can say once again is that I am so blessed.

I'm really starting to feel like a real New Yorker...yesterday I did my daily 20 minute walk to work in the pouring rain (just to give you a visual....I was traveling through central station and park avenue with my bright green scrubs, bright teal rain jacket and bright pink umbrella...I was quite the spectacle).  Today I took the subway home from work, this morning I crammed myself with about 25 other people in the hospital elevator, I spoke spanish with a street vendor to get a banana, and I actually asked for a soda (not pop!) for my patient today at work.

Well I'm off to dinner with my relatives, I can't wait to spend some more time with them and catch up; it's been a while since I've seen them all.  Well, I must say that I miss some aspects of Minnesota life but I really am fitting in quite comfortably here in the big apple.

"To succeed you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it in your heart."

-Christy Borgled