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03-02-08

Hello everyone,

Well, I didn’t write for quite a while. I was very busy finishing up my last rotation. I ended up loving it—it was a lot (A LOT!) of hard work; I have to say that even though I thought I was going to be miserable during the rotation I was wrong. I learned a lot… my responsibility level was kicked up several notches, and it was a good experience.

In my last week there, I was standing waiting for the elevator when I saw this huge furry dog come in. Now, you don’t often see huge furry dogs (or any dog for that matter) in the hospital. This was Tyler… a therapy dog! I pet him and he leaned his huge head on my body. Oh, what a dog! I fell in love! I am such a sucker for dogs…

Also during my last week at my rotation my great-grandmother Nany (Margaret) passed away. She was 96 years old and clear as a bell. Two or three months after I started writing my online blog (so… about October of 2004) I begun sending her copies of every entry I made—I enlarged it to a font 20 so she would be able to read it by herself with no difficulties. It was such a pleasure for me to send it to her. I know she enjoyed it because she told me she did, and that was so nice to know that my little ditties were eagerly read by her and sometimes her dinner-table pals. Anyways, the last thing she said to me was “I know it is you Reut. I love you. Be a good doctor.” Nany also gave me her ‘rubies’ (because she wasn’t “rich enough for diamonds”). Here are the ‘rubies’ from a recent phone conversation:
1. The most important thing is family.
2. Enjoy what you are doing.
3. If you don’t like what you are doing, change it.
4. Be happy.
5. One more time: family, family, family.

…How I wish my own mom would have lived this long…

Well, to “exciting” news: I am in rural family medicine. Ick. It’s okay, it’s just… I don’t know… boring? Tedious? Repetitive? I have 3 more weeks, and then I’ll be done with this. I’ve been trying to set up my last two weeks of medical school… I’ve been having a difficult time with it—I wanted to do radiology, but… that doesn’t look like it’s going to be an option. I tried to set up pediatric neurology, but… it’s not working out too well. Oy! I just need to make up the 2 weeks from last year and then I’ll be done. Would someone let me do a rotation please? (Yes, I am sure it will work out, but I am kind of down to the wire… and would like to get it solved already).


My dad came to visit last weekend—it was so much fun!!! I love it that he comes. There was this huge snow storm and he decided to drive in the snow . He did very well (dad you drove in the snow several times before, right?). I was happy dad drove, because despite driving in it before…I hate ice, and I hate snow. I really ought not to live in this part of the country.

Last bit—I’ve been dancing with Richard (my Sweatin’ to the Oldies DVD) for about 4 weeks now!!!!!!! I love it! It’s getting to the point where it is a bit too easy for me. I need to get his other DVD’s and then add some other ones. I also added some minimal weight training and good stretching. It is such a blast that by the end of the day I can’t wait to do it!!! WooHoo! My friends Matt and Erica moved out of their apartment yesterday, and I helped them carry the heavy stuff down—I was hurting afterwards (because, hey, their stuff was heavy and going down 3 flights of stairs with it was hard), but… I still couldn’t wait to exercise today and felt great about it!

That’s about it. My cats have been doing great.

















(KC and the cat nip)













(Vega Sleeping inside mom’s coat)



























Have a good week everyone!