Sorry that it's been a little while since our last posting. Its been a busy month for us!
Sean is finished with lectures and is now on full day rotations at the hospitals in Cork. He is currently on his clinical teaching rotation, which has exposed him to some interesting cases and given him the opportunity to take histories and diagnose patients. He is also working on his surgical elective applications for the summer. We found out that he has a letter of support for an elective at U Washington, but unfortunately it will cost him almost $6000 to go! He finds that to be outrageous, so hopefully his other applications will go through. He's applying to OHSU, Mayo, Cleveland Clinic and Baylor (and a few others but I can't remember them right now...) He's really excited about the OHSU elective, especially since Dr. Deveney said she wants to place him onto the trauma service. Keep you fingers crossed!
As for myself, I am slowly working on my literature review for my thesis and finishing up my last bit of data collection. If all goes well, I should be done in the lab by the end of March (and knowing my luck I probably just jinxed myself!) I also have a good bit of travel coming up, with a Physoc meeting in Leeds, UK (March 17-19) and Experimental Biology in San Diego, CA (April 5-9). And since I'm on the West Coast, I'll swing by Portland to visit with the family (March 31-Apr 4). It will be a very short stay, but I'm looking foward to it, especially since I FINALLY get to meet my new nephew, Finn!
As for 'non-work' related events, we hosted a spicy food potluck at our apartment last weekend. My officemate, Ciaran, and I have been talking about doing this for about six months, and we finally found the time to do it! It was great to see everyone's culinary skills, which I have to say were very impressive. Highlights included spicy crab cakes, Jamaican chili, jalapeno poppers, a habanero tofu stir fry with black bean sauce. Unfortunetly, it wasn't until AFTER the party that we realized we didn't take any pictures! Sorry!
That's the update from this side of the Atlantic. We hope everyone is in good health and spirits! Happy Leap Year everyone! =)
Friday, February 29, 2008
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