It’s like Christmas…

…my credit card is hating me… I have packages to open…and I’m sooooo excited that my little heart is racing. My first Littmann and it’s sooooo beautiful. Can’t believe it’s taken me so long to get one! Can’t wait to get my money’s worth with this one.

Happy Self-Steth Saturday! 🩺

I wish there was a female’s chest that I could steth. I would place my Littmann stethoscope on pulmonary or aortic valve and listen to her breathing and heartbeat at the same time. 🩺

Some other great looking female doctors/nurses + some VERY lucky patients getting examined by them, to wish all the Tumblr's cardiophiles a great (and hopefully not too warm) weekend :)

This is what happiness looks like🩷

cute pic from Littmann's IG feed

Comfy evening, hot tea, and stethoscope. Sounds perfect!

#new essentials .. 🖤

I was tired and wanted to relax on my couch. This is what my heart sounded like. Hope you Enjoy 😊

Here are my heart toys. I have an EKG as well but it broke. The new one is on the way!

A Special Self-Steth Sunday on Christmas Eve! 🎄

Oh my God, usually i don't make posts with just one picture, but this one absolutely deserves it! Very lucky guy!!

So, hum, yep, this is my new stethoscope.

I had borrowed one from my friend and it was electronic. Amazing. But don’t have any store near by to buy one of those. Way better to listen to those difficult sounds.

This one is quite all right.

8/21: tomorrow is my first day of nursing school and I’m very nervous and very scared 😅

But incredibly excited!! I can’t wait until I can officially call myself a nurse… 💜

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last book read + last stethoscope used, part 13

I just lost someone close to me only two days ago, and I'm trying to distract myself even though I don't love this series, this blog, or much of anything as much as I would ordinarily. I'm only beginning to learn what this kind of grief looks like. That said, I had a strong reaction to this book so that helps me write a little about it, I guess.

The stethoscope: Littmann Master Cardiology in Plum. It's got that name recognition, but Littmann still isn't my favorite brand. I guess this one is supposed to be the Muhammad Ali of Littmanns, though I think a couple of people on here have told me they prefer the Cardiology IV, which I've never tried.

The book: Michelle Hart's sort of nontraditional lesbian romance, We Do What We Do in the Dark. Not a fan of the title, as it's chosen from some really horrible/immoral dialogue spoken by a character I came to truly dislike. This is the story of college freshman Mallory, who has always felt alienated from her peers and relishes the attention she receives from a much-older, married woman she meets at the gym...who turns out to be a professor at her university. The prose here is simple at times, overwrought at others, and yet sometimes quite beautiful. I guess I could just say it's inconsistent, but the story held my attention the entire time. This is partially because I went through something similar. But I think it's universal that if the defining relationship in your youth had a vastly imbalanced power dynamic, you can't see how much it hindered you until it's years, maybe even decades, in your rear view mirror. It's a short read but it's still palpable how slowly Mallory comes to that realization that her first love was so unhealthy, and with no help whatsoever from her callous ex-lover.