Dear Family and Friends,
It’s time for another annual report of the Sloan’s adventures – Ohio edition. We hope this letter finds you all in good health and happy times. We’ve had a few changes and travels this year.
Kamala finished another holiday season working retail at Bath and Body Works last January. She was manager of shipping and restocking. She did great in the position, but was definitely ready to be done. Her hours got cut a lot after the holidays, but she luckily found a job working with horses at a barn and is very happy. In the summer she was teaching several children riding lessons in weekly summer camps, enough so that she was able to quit working retail. She continues to teach private lessons along with training horses to sell.
As for me, I realized what I wanted to be when I grow up (finally) during my first pediatrics rotation in January. I finished my third year of medical school and passed my boards, then spent the summer and early fall doing audition rotations to interview at prospective pediatric residency programs. I spent a month here in Dayton Children’s Medical center, then a month in Travis Air Force Base in California, then a month in Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Kamala took some time to travel as well, spending a couple of weeks with her family while I was in California (I got to visit them on my weekends off too) and then she spent a week with me while I was in San Antonio, TX. We were able to visit all of the missions in San Antonio, including the Alamo, as well as walk the historical river walk (which was even beautiful in pouring rain!) I was glad to be home again after two months away.
We got a new addition to our family this year also, Curitiba (aka Cheeba). She is a tortoise-shell kitten we got to keep Rocco company. She grew up fast, but still has a lot of kitten spunk in her. She loves to wrestle stuffed animals!
Rocco has had his own trials this year. He’s had to spend the night at the vet and get fluids infused and had a month or so of painful urination, poor kitty!
And our latest news is that I have received the results of the residency match, and I was accepted into my first choice for residency in Wright-Patterson pediatrics program. We are very excited to know where we will be for the next three years, but sad that it won’t be closer to home.
So, that’s our news this year. Hope you are all doing well and enjoying this wonderful season. We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Until next year.
Love,
Travis, Kamala, “Rocco” & “Cheeba”