Take back

In the end all works out ok, but today was a bit of a backstep from my high flying reflections of yesterday.  I got EMBARRASSED in conference this morning - totally blindsided.  Even the normally tough people were commenting about how I was getting picked on.  Later in the day I realized one of my decisions on a patient from last week was wrong, buying him 2 months of nasty wound care.  Today, I anticipated getting out at a reasonable time and getting a chance to be normal and spend time with my husband.   I left at 8pm.  Today was just a sort of crappy day.  But, at the end it doesn't feel as awful as I expected because despite my beating, there were just as many people there in my corner and encouraging me and reminding me that some people really are here to teach us and care that we become good surgeons and good doctors.  Today I am thankful for them.