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Though the initial few moments of a '''July intern's''' day might be filled with positive energy and optimism, it very quickly degrades.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/07/medicine-intern/ Ask a July 1st Medicine Intern (Gomerblog)]</ref> For one, the downfall starts when a '''July intern''' first gets lost within the [[Hospital|hospital]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/07/residency-programs-2/ Residency Programs Nationwide Call Jeopardy to Replace New Interns Lost in Stairwells (Gomerblog)]</ref> A '''July intern''' may further be rattled by a [[Code Blue]] for which their immediate instinctive response is to hide in a [[Supply Closet|supply closet]] or suck one's thumb.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/07/july-intern/ July Interns Play Crucial Role During Cardiac Arrest by Whimpering, Sucking Own Thumb (Gomerblog)]</ref> By mid-morning, a '''July intern''' does not appear any different than an ER patient who is about to be admitted: [[CP|chest pain]], [[SOB|shortness of breath]], [[Palpitations|palpitations]], [[Abdominal Pain|abdominal pain]], nausea, [[Vomicking|vomiting]], urinary and bowel incontinence, and syncope.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/07/intern-cant-hold-pee/ Breaking: Intern Can’t Hold It, Pees on Self (Gomerblog)]</ref> Dehydration is very common among '''July interns''' due to the loss of fluids through not only sweating and bladder and bowel incontinence but also persistent crying.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/07/crying-july-1st-interns-spotted/ Breaking: First Batch of Crying July 1st Interns Spotted (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/03/burnout/ Tips: How to Improve Your Daily Cry at Work Due to Burnout (Gomerblog)]</ref> Do not surprised if a '''July intern''' turns to complete strangers for advice, food, or a hug.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/08/intern-asking-just-one-hug/ Struggling Intern Asking for “Just One Hug” (Gomerblog)]</ref> It also during this very first month that '''July interns''' - after working long hours, forgetting to eat, and finding that the [[Cafeteria|cafeteria]] is closed - learn the value and life-sustaining wonder of [[Graham Crackers|graham crackers]].
Finally, '''July interns''' are known to be notoriously clumsy, doing things like tripping over [[Foley Catheter|Foleys]], dropping babies, or becoming proficient at pneumothoraces.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/05/foley-catheters/ Clumsy Intern Keeps Tripping Over Patients’ Foley Catheters (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/clumsy-ob-gyn/ Clumsy OB/GYN Intern Fumbles a Record 11 Babies (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/07/july-intern-pneumothorax/ July Intern Really Excited to Cause His Very First Pneumothorax (Gomerblog)]</ref> As Bertram Wooster told his clumsy friend Stinker Pinker in P.G. Wodehouse's ''Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves'', "You move in a mysterious way your wonders to perform, Stinker. I believe you would bump into something if you were crossing the Gobi dessert," to which Stinker replied, "I've never been in the Gobi dessert."
