Long live the Wild and the Brave.

pediatric resident/cat lover/coffee drinker/country boy kisser/little but fierce/welcome to my corner.

[k-lapetite]

Loud neighbors.

How to maturely handle this? Instead of slamming doorsb and banging on walls?

[k-lapetite]

Guyz, I'm alive okay? Just been hibernating. So much to catch up on 😱. A comprehensive post to come if you are still interested and don't follow me on insta. Miss y'all, mean it.

[sixpenceee]

[k-lapetite]

Sneak peak of Alaska. More to come soon promise.

[reignofthesoul]

Whatever comes, let it come, what stays let stay, what goes let go.

Papaji (via tobiji)

[obamawhitehouse]

Dance. Or dance not. There is no try.

[galapagosgal]

I’m sorry but there will never be a cooler pair in the White House than they have been.

[bunlly]

Be present. Make love. Make tea. Avoid small talk. Embrace conversation. Buy a plant, water it. Make your bed. Make someone else’s bed. Have a smart mouth, and quick wit. Run. Make art. Create. Swim in the ocean. Swim in the rain. Take chances. Ask questions. Make mistakes. Learn. Know your worth. Love fiercely. Forgive quickly. Let go of what doesn’t make you happy. Grow.

Paolo Coelho (via heatherjordan)

[itscolossal]

‘Ten Lessons For How to Work Better’ Installed Six Stories Tall in NYC

[k-lapetite]

i went to my first pediatric funeral today.

my closest patient lost won her battle against leukemia this past week. my hazel eyed, sassy just-turned-nine year old girl got her eternal wings.

[jovan]

[k-lapetite]

Lollllll

[k-lapetite]

What a great weekend.

[k-lapetite]

Thank you

For all the kind words last week when I was at my lowest. I absolutely love my job and there is nothing else I would rather do. Y'all are amazing. Xo ❤️

[simply-quotes-deactivated202002]

The thing about surviving something truly tragic is that it changes your expectations forever. You make do with very little. You’re grateful for crumbs. You make the best of small mercies. You endure large trials. You understand that life owes you nothing. You expect nothing, and when something wonderful happens, you don’t trust it.

Katy Regnery, The Vixen and the Vet (via simply-quotes)

[k-lapetite]

It's been a good day.

[k-lapetite]

truthful tuesday.

it’s been a rough past year. the second year of residency at least for me has been the absolute toughest. in between being sleep deprived from all those 12-14 weeks of night floats and the steepest learning curve it’s easy to lose your shit.

i’ve lost it once or twice-- really good too, serious crying red eyes looking like a monster post-call. both were relatively petty, nothing that involved patient care. more just nurses having bad days and reaming your ass for no good reason (ok listen i love my nurses, my mother is one helloo but there are just some people who are miserable at baseline, outright rude to anyone resident, attending for no reason it just happens and as a professional i try to maintain my composure until well your attending catches you ballin’ your eyes out bc you had no idea what you did wrong and they won’t talk to you about what they wanted and instead treat you like crap).

ok back to what i was saying, residency isn’t easy and it sure isn’t for everyone. i don’t think many will want to endure so much school first of all, and the 500K loans that are growing interest. plus those who decide not to are smart lol. the toughest part of being in pediatrics is when the kids don’t do well. bc see, this doesn’t happen often. kids aren’t suppose to die. so when they do it still hits me so fucking hard.

one of my cancer kids passed away last night. i became involved when we first found out she had relapsed. basically she beat cancer at 5 yo then died at 14 yo. that’s fucking bullshit. this same tragic day i also found out that another 7 yo pt i helped take care of isnt’ doing well her leukemia relapsed too see? oh and my 3 yo also relapsed with poor prognosis. (* i changed the ages by adding one or two to just nix the hippa shenanigans)

i’m over it today. my bucket is completely empty. 

[k-lapetite]

Urgh

Idk what has gotten into the cat but he was meowing off the wazoo since like early this morning I had to kick him out of the bedroom and close the damn door.

[k-lapetite]

Hiking is my favorite work out.🏔