February 26, 2008
Our plans for Josh to become an ER doctor have been put on hold. Josh
applied twice for an ER residency in the military and both years ER
has been extremely competitive and he did not get in. ER is usually
is not a very competitive specialty. Usually Orthopedic Surgery and
Dermatology are the most competitive specialties, though in the
military competitiveness is very random. Every year there is a
different amount of slots for each specialty and every year a
different amount of people apply for those spots. Josh was told that
last year ER was the most competitive specialty and that Dermatology
had 4 slots and only 4 people applied. ER last year was even more
competitive than Orthopedic Surgery.
Josh has no interest whatsoever in becoming any other kind of doctor.
He does not like the continuity of care that goes along with most
other specialties and he falls asleep doing radiology. So ER is still
his ultimate goal.
One of his options in the meantime was to become a General Medical
Officer for a couple of years and then apply again. When one serves
as a GMO, he becomes a very competitive applicant and has a very good
chance to get into any specialty that he wants.
Neither Josh nor I had a good feeling about this option, however. We
felt bad about moving our kids around every couple of years especially
since in this new house they are very happy and they have close
neighborhood friends.
We felt like we needed to stay here, so we prayed for guidance and for
other doors to open. Josh felt inspired to inquire about doing a
Family Medicine residency here. Not all of the FM slots had been
filled here, but they had all been closed because the funding had been
pulled. The residency director was very eager to have Josh in the
program. He negotiated for a few weeks with the Office of the Surgeon
General, and a Family Medicine slot was reopened for Josh. So Josh is
now a FM resident at Eisenhower Medical Center.
We were very glad about the news that we can stay put here for 3 years
and I can definitely say that we have gotten used to Georgia weather.
As far as I'm concerned, in Georgia, its spring or summer all year
long.
After a Family Medicine residency Josh can still get a job in the ER
in the civilian world or maybe he can start a "Kwick Klinic" at
Wal-Mart and become a millionaire. I'm just kidding, because I
probably don't want Josh to ever run a business; I like having him
home. But those clinics are such a good idea for both the doctors and
for the consumers. It's a cash only business so there is no overhead
for the doctor to pay for, and the price to see a doctor is much
lower. It's all walk in, so the patient does not need an appointment
and does not have to wait very long. They come in, they pay their 40
dollars and they get a prescription and they are out the door in 15
minutes. It's a win-win for everybody. We Americans like our
services to be done fast, for a good price, and with good customer
service. Regular doctor's offices don't fit that mold; often the
staff, nurses, or doctors are rude, slow, and apathetic. "Kwick
Klinics" are the way to go for minor aliments such as strep and
earaches.
In other news, Samuel was goofing around with his friends crashing
scooters and bikes and he broke his toe. Surprisingly, he had his
shoes on, but the impact was so great that the skin punctured anyway
and bled profusely. I took him to the ER because Josh was working and
I didn't quite know what to do because the skin on his toe looked all
gray and dead. It pinked back up at the ER and the X-ray revealed
that Samuel broke the growth plate in one of his toe bones. He is
limping around but he'll be fine except for the fact that he may end
up with a shorter toe when he is an adult. That's toe accident number
two for Samuel. Maybe Josh should have been a podiatrist….
I've attached some favorite pictures. The first is from my mom's
visit, then there are a couple of our cute Gracie, and then there are
a few from the carnival that came to Fort Gordon. One carnival day
was family day and for 10 dollars the kids got to have unlimited
carnival rides and there were NO LINES! So my kids spun around and
rode roller coasters for 5 hours straight; no breaks. There was even
free pizza. The kids had the time of their life!
Sylwia
26 Luty 2008
Wiadomosci o Joshua Hardman
Od poczatku mojego malrzenstwa moj maz chodzil do szkoly. Tu w
Ameryce mamy troche inny system szkolny niz w Europie, lub w Azji. W
innych krajach jak ktos chce byc lekarzem to po szkole sredniej robi
egzamin aby dostac sie na studja medyczne.
W Ameryce jest innaczej. Po szkole sredniej idzie sie na studja. To
trwa okolo piec lat aby skonczyc studja. Po skonczonych studjach
idzie sie do pracy albo mozna isc na wyzsze studja, robic magistra,
lub zlozyc aplikacje do szkoly medycznej. Nikt nie moze isc do szkoly
medycznej po maturze, ale tylko po studjach.
Moj maz skonczyl studja w dziedzinie mikrobiologi. Po skonczeniu tych
studji o poszedl do pracy jako naukowiec. Bardzo go ta praca nudzila
bo sam siedzial w laboratorium z chemikaliami. Wiec on postanowil
zmienic karjere i poszedl na wyzsze studja biznesu i po 3 latach
dostal dyplom magistra biznesu. Byl gotowy zaczac szukac pracy w
biznesie, ale w tym samym miesiacu on dostal opowiedz od skoly
medycznej ze jego przyjeli.
Wiec Josh sie zdecydowal isc do szkoly nastepne 4 lata. Szkola
medyczna tu trwa 4 lata plus 4 lata praktyki, wiec caly trening trwa
okolo 8 lat. Szkola Medyczna kosztuje 30 tysiecy dolarow na rok, wiec
120 tysiecy dolarow razem. Tez zycie kosztuje okolo 30 tysiecy na
rok, wiec z szkola z wyrzywieniem przez 4 lata kosztuje okolo 240
tysiecy dolarow. To dla nas bylo troche za drogie i mi tez nie lubimy
brac tak duzo pozyczek.
W Ameryce jest mozliwosc aby wojsko zaplacilo 120 tysiecy za szkole
medyczna, i 60 tysiecy za zycie. Wiec zdecydowalismy sie ta droga
Josha dalej wyksztalcic. Za te pieniadze wojsko wymaga ze ten 4 letni
trening bedzie robiony w wojsku i ze po treningu zolnierz bedzie
pracowal dla wojska nastepne 4 lata. Wiec od poczatku do konca
cywilny trening medyczny trwa okolo 8 lat, a w wojsku okolo 12 lat.
Do tego dodaj 5 lat podstawowych stujow, wiec w ciwilnym swiecie to
zajmuje 13 lat aby zostac samodzielnym lekarzem, a w wojsku 17 lat.
Zostac lekarzem to bardzo dluga droga w Ameryce.
7 miesiecy temu Josh skonczyl szkole i zaczol trening ogolny. Josh by
chcial byc lekarzem na pogotowiu, ale nie bylo w wojsku miejsca na
trening w pogotwiu, wiec teraz Josh zmienil specializacje aby zostac
lekarzem rodzinnym. Rodzinni lekarze tez moga pracowac na pogotwiu,
wiec moze w przyszlosci bedzie on na pogotowiu pracowal.
Wojsko nam powiedzialo ze przez nastepne 3 lata bedziemy tu w Georgia
mieszkac. Cieszymy sie tym bo juz przyzwyczailismy sie do tej cieplej
pogody. W Georgia sa tylko dwie pory roku, lato i wiosna. Zapraszamy
was tu. szegolnie w zime aby odpoczac od mrozu.
Moj syn Samuel pare dni temu zlamal sobie palec od nogi. Bawil sie z
kolega na rowerze i na "scooter". Probowali sie razem robijac i choc
Samuel mial na sobie buty to i tak zlamal palec. Lekarz powiedzial ze
trzeba tasma owijac palce, ale nie trzeba sie martwic o palce od nog.
Moze ten palec bedzie troche krotszy niz inne jak Samuel bedzie
dorosly, ale to nie wplynie na jego ruwnowage. To juz drugi palec od
nogi ktoremu Samuel zrobil krzywde. Moze Josh powinien by zostac
lekarzem od stop…
Zalanczam pare ulubionych zdjec. Pierwsze to z moja mama. Nastpene
pare to nasza kochana coreczka Grace. A ostatnie kilka to jak
przyjechalo wesole miasteczko do bazy wojskowej i jeden dzien byl
poswiecony rodzinom. Przez piec godzin moje wszytkie dzieci jezdzily
i sie krecily i nawet byla pizza za darmo. Nie bylo zadnych kolejek,
wiec dzieci biegaly od jednej karuzeli do drugiej. To byl ich
najbardziej ulubiony dzien w ich zyciu!
Sylwia
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