30 Something Baby Doc

I drove my friend to the airport yesterday. She's a nurse who has been volunteered to travel to Louisiana with a group of about 40 other medical professionals to the Katrina crisis victims. I stayed for the pre-flight briefing since I want to do the same. The situation sounds very frightening at the New Orlean's airport. The team leader described dead bodies stacked on bodies in terminals at the airport. Areas where critically ill patients are waiting to die. A strong security presence of heavily armed air marshalls and national guardsman. The medical volunteers were told not to wear medical scrubs because they would immediately be mobbed by crisis victims seeking medications and other necessities.

My chairman described an intent to support any physician in my department who wants to travel Louisiana. I have a major boards certification exam coming up soon, I sent a wriiten request to the board hoping to get a extension on taking the exam while I volunteer my time. I hope to provide relief to some of the docs in the disaster areas.

I'll keep you informed and please pray for my friends safe return