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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Way to go EDDIE!!!

Eddie would never toot his own horn, so I will do that for him! Eddie met with his committee today to find out if his work is enough for him to graduate and move on to his second year of medical school...and the answer was a resounding YES! The committee seemed really pleased with his work, his PI (his boss Dr. Craig Powell) told Eddie it was the best committee meeting he's ever attended, and they've all agreed that Eddie is ready and scientifically mature enough to move on. Eddie has been putting in some crazy hours and it looks like even with this GIANT leap forward, he still has a long road ahead of him. Bascially, he gets to "graduate" and move on to medical school, but during this school year he is also going to be writing his dissertation and preparing to defend it while also preparing to take his first boards. I'm pretty nervous for him but this last year and half has taught me that we can do hard things and as long as he stays on top of things he should pull through and get his dissertation written before Christmas break. The hope is that he will be done writing and ready to defend by the New Year, but if he doesn't make that deadline for himself, he will put his dissertation aside until he's done taking the boards and will take an elective rotation out so he can finish. Bottom line is, he has done an amazing job and we're soooooo proud of him and all the extremely hard work he's put in to this. (Might I add, he's done all of this while serving as the Young Men's President) Truly, Eddie is amazing and I can't believe how much he's grown as he has had to presevere through this journey called "research" and that he finally gets to move on with his career. At this point, we know for sure that he will be done and graduated in 3 years and ready to move on to his residency. Way to go babe, I'm so proud of you!!!!

7 comments:

Lauren said...

WOW, you guys are the true hero's of medicine. I can't even complain when I think of all the sacrifices MDPhD families make. Andrew's brother is one of those so I feel like I get an extra sneek peak. Congrats!!! That is amazing for both of you.

JasonDebbie said...

Wow thats impressive! Its nice to have a smart husband!

neil and jes said...

WHOOOOO Eddie! That is amazing - I am just SO impressed with his determination and hard work. To be an amazing father, an amazing YM President, putting in those hours and that hard work. I am truly in awe. Congrats!!

Sally said...

Congrats, Eddie & Tracy!!! That's VERY exciting--y'all are AMAZING!!!!!

Jessica said...

YAY!!!!!!!! That pretty much sums it up :D

Janet said...

Congrats, guys!

Susan said...

I'm so happy for you both! I know it takes a lot of sacrifice from the whole family to accomplish that! I can't even imagine MDPhD either! Yay for sucess and progress!