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Excited for this new opportunity! The UMN Department of Pediatrics has been my home for a long time and I’m honored to lead us through this transition. @UMNPeds
Michelle Rheault
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Michelle Rheault
@rheault_m
Ped neph, “Interim Head”, #NephJC Opinions my own COI: Many. Not aspiring to be humble. (she/her) Pronounced “row”
- On call today and forgot my pager at home. 📟 Husband, working from home, took a picture of every page I received and sent it to me. I would like to nominate him for sainthood.
- Parents came to visit before my surgery next week. Literally bought me a freezer, put it in my basement, and filled it with meals. THAT”S HOW YOU DO IT.
- Drug rep just called hospital operator to have me paged. 😱😡 Don’t do this.
- Paged during dinner, so taking notes. (Non-medical) husband looks over my shoulder. Him: “Hey, you didn’t do your little drawing?” Me: “What little drawing??” 🤔 Him: “You know...” Me: “Ohhh. You mean this one...”
00:00 - My kids got me a mug with my first ever paper memorialized on it. What a sweet, nerdy gift.🎄 Perfect.
- When I see kids for their first clinic visit after kidney transplant, I ask them all: What did you wish I warned you about that I didn’t? Was anything a surprise? Here are some things I’ve learned that have helped with pre-transplant counseling...
- I grew up in a small town in North Dakota. To think that someday I would be invited to give a talk in Bangkok at the #ISNWCN and be author on a Lancet publication on the same day makes me want to cry.
- Elementary school science fair night. I don't know who this kid is but he/she is my new spirit animal.
- Dear resident: You don’t have to apologize when you call me in the middle of the night. It’s my job.
GIF - Schools going from hybrid to all distance learning. Kids sobbing uncontrollably. Me: It’s ok to be sad. 14: I’m not sad, I’m mad that no one is taking this seriously. Me too kid. Me too.
- Promoted to Professor! Was really important for me to get here for my own sense of accomplishment. Thanks to everyone for their help along the way.
- Yesterday was a really good day. Maybe even a career high. I should be popping the 🍾. But with every high has to come a low, right? That’s how this works. Have you been getting your mammograms like you’re supposed to? I haven’t. 🧵 #KidneyWk #WomenInMedicine
- Watching the new Zac Efron series on Netflix and his “water sommelier” 💧 tells him to never drink purified water because it will leach all the minerals out of your body. I think my head exploded. 5 minute rant later... 13: Mom. 🙄 It’s not always about the kidneys.