Greetings from day 12 of self-quarantine! Thankfully, I continue to be symptom and fever free and observing the 14-day self-quarantine as a purely protective measure for my family and my community. That being said, it may not be the last time I track my temperature and potential symptoms for 14 days. Nor will I end…
Month: March 2020
Match Day +1, or How I Learned to Embrace the Ripples of Life-Changing Moments
Yesterday, just shy of noon, I interrupted one of my medical school deans over the virtual Match Day portal my school had set up to announce I’d received an email from the Match: the National Residency Matching Program, our nationwide singular system that places graduates into residency positions. I interrupted as I scrolled through the…
One Week
One week ago Tuesday, with the rationale of an abundance of caution, our Match Day ceremony was cancelled. This past Tuesday, the day after we were notified whether we Matched, I picked up celebratory cookies from my grandmother. She waved to me through the glass of her back door, I shouted my thanks and love…