Subaqua Sternal Rubs

So when I went scuba diving yesterday, I cut my fingers on the jagged edge of the wreck. Today my arm feels heavy, and it seems slightly harder to breath… So is it tetanus, or pyschosomatic medical student-itis, yet again? You decide.

I may just go down to the clinic to get a Tetanus booster, just in case…

Damn the dive shop. They had to send me an email that they were doing interesting dive sites this weekend, which of course obliged me to go. But this is the last time before the first exams (in 2 weeks), I promise! But I had to go today, since they were doing a "new" site, and a site that I hadn't done before.

The first dive was to the HEMA I, which is a shipwreck that I first dove in March, only two weeks after it sunk. At that time, the ship was still fully intact, rocking on the ocean floor, and kicking up sand. The passage of Hurricane Emily caused the ship to break apart, hence it is a "new" dive site. It now has a bunch of swim throughs and interesting holes to peer in. Not much in the way of interesting fish life, with the exception of a few barracuda, and a reef shark that reportedly swam behind my buddy and I unbeknown to us. (We were looking in the cargo hold.) I was definitely cool to see the before and after, and as an added bonus we did manage to salvage a bottle of Absolut Limon.

The second dive site was Lighthouse Reef, which the one to which I had never been before. It was a nice site - not as much colorful coral as on the other side of the island, but plenty of fish life. We saw moray eels, lobsters, a turtle, and a nurse shark that started charging towards the Divemaster, after we cornered it against some reef wall. Luckily he had his hands in, and the shark veered off before collision. The rest of the dive was less exciting, yet still filled with colorful reef fish.

I also did three dives a couple of weeks ago (when I didn't have time to log them or to post) to King Mitch, Grand Canyon (a site I had also never done before), and ???. So how do you know you do too much diving? You can't even remember where you've been. Anyways, King Mitch was the same as previously. Grand Canyon was cool, complete with another new wreck (45ft sailboat) courtesy of Hurricane Ivan. And I really can't remember the third dive, but I think it was nice.

Well, it's time to get back to the books…

I love my job… It affords me the opportunity to waste 2 hours to show a movie to all of three people… On the good side, it's only once per term, and it's given me an opportunity to finally post some… (Though it will likely be Friend's Only, so that doesn't help most of you)

Who knew a 13 credit class could take so much time… Plus another 5 credit class, RA duties, CPR instructor, etc…

I am still alive, and I'd like to get something new up soon, but no time right now. Hopefully things will calm a bit eventually…

Since the Pathology Department has left us in the dark about what is required at tomorrow's first lab session, so I have a bit more work than I anticipated, and I only have time to post this short bit, which hopefully should keep you entertained:

Why Rednecks Can't Be Paramedics

A couple of rednecks are out in the woods hunting when one of them grabs his chest and falls to the ground.

He doesn't seem to be breathing; his eyes are rolled back in his head.

The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls 911.

He gasps to the operator, "I think Bubba is dead! What should I do?"

The operator, in a calm soothing voice says, "Just take it easy and follow my instructions.. First, let's make sure he's dead."

There is a silence… and then a shot is heard.

The guy's voice comes back on the line, "Okay, now what?"