Great day today as well. Even better than yesterday. I've always said that I won't be a surgeon, and who knows, I probably won't, but I absolutely loved the stuff I did today. I got to do some microvascular surgery work today, and it was amazing. We cut out the intestines of a rat, and under a microscope, using tiny instruments, we had to isolate arteries in the mesentery from the fat and veins surrounding them. Oh my goodness, it was exciting.

I always thought that I had shaky hands (one of the reasons I've all but ruled out surgery as a career), and when I first started today, they were shaking some. Especially under a microscope, where those small tremors are magnified. However, I was assured by more experienced folks in the lab that steady hands come with practice, and sure enough, within 2 hours, the shaking had decreased significantly. Hopefully, I'll continue to improve.

Time flies doing labwork, and by the end of the day, I'm not really ready to leave. It's craziness. There's a Chinese doctor who's been doing research in Dr. RH's lab for 6 years, and he's the one who has been teaching me everything. I couldn't ask for a better instructor. He's a bit difficult to understand at times, but he's funny, patient, and extremely willing (and excited!) to teach me.

Yeah, I feel blessed.