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About Me

I'm a small-town girl who has been stuck in the big city for the past 8 years going to school. Unfortunately, it seems like that's going to be the case for at least 6 more years as I finish my medical training, but I dream about the future. . .I know that someday I'll have my farmhouse with the big wrap-around porch, barn, horses, sheep, chickens and all the farm animals. I know that I'll fall asleep to the sound of frogs in the woods and the sound of rain or wind through the trees. Living in the city has been a good experience for a season, but you really can't take the country out of the girl :)

My Interests

Hiking, camping, animals, gardening, spending time with friends, pretty much anything non-medical :)

I'd like to meet:

Jesus, Billy Graham, Corrie ten Boom, my great-grandparents, Ricky (again), my grandfather, grandmother and Uncle Jon (again).

Music:

Country, classical

Movies:

Napoleon Dynamite, Lord of the Rings trilogy

Television:

I'm not really a big TV watcher. I do like science and nature shows, when they are on.

Books:

The Bible, The Chronicles of Narnia, A Case for Christ, Harrison's Internal Medicine :), Mara Daughter of the Nile

Heroes:

Jesus, Corrie tenBoom, my grandparents and Uncle Jon, Dr. Tourtellotte, Dr. Ken Moore

My Blog

A Life Well Lived

I received the horrible and devastating news a short while ago that Uncle Jon had suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. He was a relatively young man, and should have had many more years left i...
Posted by Renee on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:16:00 PST

The Long Goodbye

I can remember when we first thought there was something wrong with my Grandmother's memory. At first, we thought she was just depressed because my Grandfather had passed away. As th...
Posted by Renee on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:49:00 PST

Real residency is not like the TV show

So as you all probably already knew, real residency is not like those TV shows. Real residents don't have time for hanky panky in the call rooms or the locker rooms or the OR, or for any other k...
Posted by Renee on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:51:00 PST

Where I'm going next year

Well, the results are finally in, and I'm happy to say that starting June 15, 2006 I will be an intern at OHSU (Oregon Health Science University in Portland, OR.) When I opened the envelope this...
Posted by Renee on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:49:00 PST

The decision is made

Well, for better or for worse, I have finally decided on my residency rank list. This is by far the most important decision so far of my life, and I pray I made the right one. Not only&nbs...
Posted by Renee on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:26:00 PST

Where to go?

So, I have narrowed down my top four residency choices: University of Utah in Salt Lake City, OHSU in Portland Oregon, Providence, Portland and Loma Linda, my soon-to-be alma mater. And th...
Posted by Renee on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:40:00 PST

Residency Interview

I'm off to Harbor-UCLA for a residency interview tomorrow. 3 down, only 11 to go!! Never thought I'd go on 14 interviews in just over a month. This whole match process seems rediculo...
Posted by Renee on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:36:00 PST

my day today

Today I worked in the clinic with Oncology patients. It really is a privilege to be able to share in people's lives at such a vulnerable time. To be able to learn from them, and maybe shar...
Posted by Renee on Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:29:00 PST