The plight of the noble louse

So the discussion started with scabies (an insect burrowing into the skin, often of the hand) and meandered into the more familiar areas of the the mons and nether-regions, following its logical progression to pubic lice.  Alas, we both realized that neither of us had ever seen a pubic louse to our great distress.  With our significant experience with the "nether-regions," and trust me there have been glorious specimens, we could not fathom how this might be possible. 

So, doing what we do, we looked it up.  Turns out that this noble beast is, gasp, becoming extinct. Curse those with good hygiene.  Before I get more choked up about this emotional situation, here's the link with more up to date information. 

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-8-2013/beasts-of-the-southern-wild

And so, in memorial, a Haiku to the Louse:

Oh where is my hair
The louse used to live down there
I should not use Nair

YEP #1

Look out for short, sweet, and to the (albeit at times embarrassing, sometimes entertaining) point Your Eggo is Prego (YEP) entries.  So, enjoy your first YEP.

You know you’re having a great day when can’t tell if the stain on your scrubs is meconium, blood, or remnants of chocolate from the donut you ate for breakfast.

Who is writing this blog…

A resident in OB/GYN and a fellow in MFM.  As our friends and family members continue to ask us when we are going to be ‘real doctors’ we can best describe our current roles as follows:

Resident: what medical students become after 4 long years of medical school.  A residency in OB/GYN lasts for 4 years.  This fun-filled time consists of working long days (and nights), learning how to deliver babies (in hospital parking lots as well as laboring rooms), sleeping in stale call rooms (and sometimes on the keyboard while typing notes), and drinking hefty amounts of highly caffeinated beverages.

Fellow: what residents can choose to become after they finish residency.  A fellowship in MFM (Maternal-Fetal Medicine) is 3 years.  This is what I like to call the icing on the cake.  Do we all need those extra calories, no, not really, but for some reason some of us enjoy making a resident’s salary for 3 more years so bring on the carbs! 

What's in a name....

Eggo: a well known brand of frozen waffles phonetically similar to the word ‘prego’; another term for the word egg, the female recipient of the male sperm that is necessary to make a baby.

Prego: alternative spelling, preggo; in Italian used as a noun, meaning ‘prayer’, or as an interjection meaning ‘you’re welcome’; in Portuguese used as a noun meaning ‘nail’; a brand of pasta sauce commonly competing with Ragu; in the English language a colloquial term for being pregnant, often used interchangeably with ‘preggers’.  Used in a sentence: Can you believe Tonya is prego?

Although pregnant women have reported many interesting and creative food combinations, we have never heard of pasta sauce on a waffle, but that isn’t to say we never will.