Paul Detjen

Michael Reese Internship
Rush Surgical Pathology
Northwestern Internal Medicine
Northwestern CMR
Northwestern A/I

QOD call in ICU, especially taking care of that guy who stumbled out of a Chicago bar and into a snow drift overnight, hypothermia (microwaving his IV fluids bringing his core temp back up ever so slowly) and 3 weeks in the ICU for frostbite tissue damage, essentially a burn victim. He lost digits but otherwise did well.
-And the poor young woman with SLE whose facial erysipelas we were unable to reverse, watching it grow by the hour as we looked on helplessly.
-And the young boy Bobby with AML who we shepherded through the early state of the art chemo, did great then and I treated him years later for asthma and CIU!
-Morning Report as it should be done

Such a great group all. Proud to have been there if only for internship.

My first born Paul arrived 9 days into July (!). Dramatically and frantically, as he started decelerating necessitating emergency C/S. Geez!

Run, read, ski, golf, but now a new grandpa!!