We got a call from a transfer center for a TKA that was 'infected, fractured and dislocated'....

When I have to do a reduction on a peds patient and don't want to use sedation...

What happens while trying to explode the above mentioned 'charm bomb'...

Nurse: 'Hey, so that patient that's been here forever left for like 3 hours. I discharged him myself, there's already another patient in his room.'

What it feels like sitting next to the second years when one of their colleagues gets asked an impossible question during indications....

I turned on my pandora station in the OR which happened to be a deadmau5 station. The scrub tech asked if that meant i was into Ke$ha music...

We were doing a bilateral procedure, and on the other side of the table I hear:

'Did you put it in the hole?'

'I think so, I think its in.'

'I don't know, it doesn't look in yet, try again.'

'Yeah, maybe i just have to push it harder.'

'Oh, there, its in. That's nice.'

So orthopedic surgeries are quite physically intensive procedures.  On top of that, you're wearing lead, and have a waterproof gown on.  Your scrubs tend to get quite sweaty.

I told a mom that her daughter's tibial rodding went well and before i could stop her, she swooped in for a hug. This is how i pictured that going for her...

My experience yesterday while being pimped regarding pediatric ortho issues...

Pretty much universally anytime an attending asks if you're tired....

So we had a patient the other day that we were doing a low lumbar decompression which the patient was prone for. At the end of the case while i was closing the incision, the patient let out a GIANT 20 second long flatus, pretty much right in my face...

I dropped a $1000+ thing of bone graft on the floor yesterday...

My attending: 'You know, that was a great k-wire.  I can't say 'perfect' because you're a third year, but...that was spot on.'

How i looked with my mask on:

How I would have looked without a mask on:

PA: 'Hey, we got a consult just for forearm pain.  X-rays are normal, but the resident is concerned about flexor tenosynovitis....of the muscle belly.'

When in the middle of the surgical dissection, my attending asks how i'm doing ...

Me (on call all weekend): 'So how'd you do this?'
Pt: 'Oh, there's motorcycle racing like 3 miles away all weekend.'