Three Long Months

Tina is three weeks into a three month stint doing consults for the nephrology department. I don't claim to understand the organization. My best understanding is that she's responsible for dealing with questions and cases presented by other departments that might be nephrological. This means that she leaves for work very early in the morning and returns home, on a good day, about 13 hours later. Normally people don't get scheduled for three months in a row, but I guess this is paying off the karmic debt for maternity leave last year. Sometimes, while on consults, she is also on call. Which means that if anything happens that requires nephrological attention during off hours, she has to deal with that as well. As a fellow, she does get to come home while she's on call, but if a situation arises that needs a doctor, she has to go into the hospital. It's a pretty tough gig. Only one year and three months to go until...whatever Tina plans to do after her fellowship.