Congratulations, Aisha and Atif!!

My dear friend, Aisha, got engaged! In her Pakistani culture, there is a special ceremony where the couple gets engaged. Aisha's family, as well as that of her fiance, Atif, joined the couple when he gave her her ring. A definite date for the wedding has not be set yet, but it will most likely be in June of 2009.
Below are a few pics that I've "borrowed" from Aisha from the ceremony. She looked absolutely beautiful! Aisha, we are so happy for you and Atif! Congratulations!!

Second rotation...check!!

Last week, Eric started his general surgery rotation. That means he's already done with his OBGYN and family practice rotations. Family practice was again all the way out in Chandler, AZ, so Eric had another long commute. The practice he was at wasn't very busy, but it was a good experience. Eric was able to see some rare cases and since the practice wasn't very busy, Eric was able to learn alot from the doctor and be able to perform OMM (osteopathic manipulative medicine) on the patients.
Eric also can scratch family practice off the list of medical areas. He thought it was aggravating that the doctor had to know so much, but really couldn't do much. He just had to know what specialist the patient needed to be referred to. So Eric knows that he wants to specialize so he can be really good in one area.
Generaly surgery is going well. He's at Del Webb Hospital in Sun City, AZ. The doctor he is working with is great and was nominated as one of the best docotors in the US in 2007. Everyone is working with so nice and although he's not too thrilled with holding retractors for four hours on end during surgeries, he's been able to see some really cool cases. He saw one where the patient had gall bladder disease and the gall bladder was stuck to all the surrounding organs and tissues. He said it was a pain for the doctors to detach everything (and even bigger pain for him to hold the retractor for 4 hours) and remove the organ, but definitely cool to see!