so, I am on my surgery rotation right now... you know, I never thought that I would see so many feet chopped off in so short a time frame. It is amazing how quickly you can cut a human foot off... I have seen it done in under 15 seconds. It is really quite disturbing. At any rate, I am working at the VA (veteran's affairs) hospital in Dallas. It is quite a unique experience... for the most part the people are really cool. The patients on the other hand are a completely different story. Let's put it this way... even if you are a vet, the only reason you would go to the VA is if you can't afford insurance to go to a real hospital, which means that we get a lot of homeless diabetics with hypertension and a fun grab bag of other misc chronic diseases. At any rate, it is needless to say that noone ever gets cured of anything when they check into the hotel VA... at best they get a couple of bandaids and stitches to hold their rotting bodies together a couple of more months. Alright, I have to get up early... later