The last day, I’m 20

My reflections…

First and foremost, I have to thank a good friend for her understanding to loan this lap  top to me for two weeks if not I will not be able to sent out mails timely. The last months, I have been busy preparing for a children’s day event and to see the day going on so smoothly, indeed all thanks to God. All could not have been done without Him. I was glad to see kids have a great time.

Secondly, my job. Surely there is a reason why I’m in this line and I have fix hours and meals provided! Okay, I will stay focus and assist promptly. Jing, do you want to switch job yet?

Third, My blood sugar and cholesterol level is within optimal range.

Fourth, the period of time after PRCP. I had the freedom of choice. I worked among children, spent time with my dying gramps, visit plenty of overseas study fairs and went for a thailand trip. This period of time was totally painful. But, things neutralise when you realise there are others that need the love and concern.I felt grown up and had to be sure what I was going for. Lim, are we going to meet up to have mac breakfast soon? I miss the alfresco ambience at forum.

Fifth, I thought of the day when all of us went back to school instead of being a superwoman in the hospital. Life pretty much surround the hospital, Women, very old women, injections, medications and Paperwork.

Feeling sleepy now. I seemed to hear a certain surgeon’s irritating ringtone…Off to sleep..

Something you don’t expect from a MO

To err is human

To cover up is unforgivable.

To fail to learn is inexcusable.

Sir liam Donaldson,Chief med offical, England

The ESRF woman

Last week, I had the opportunity to scrub up for a ESRF lady. For those who have no idea of this chronic disease, it’s end stage renal failure. Imagine, life long dialysis and water restriction. Such illness is a pain.  For her, instead of getting a AVF creation, (a vein-artery line for the purpose of dialysis, she is for Tenchoff  catheter insersion. Sorry, correct me if I’m wrong)

The lady is obese and large. She was under the care of an anaesthetist despite not undergoing a full general anaesthesia. Such way of care is pretty rare, I mean for the short two months of experience,I never see anything like this, unusual. She is neither deep sedated nor getting an local or regional anaesthesia.

As it was my first time assisting this particular surgeon and doing this case, I thank God, the doc is pretty nice and things were more or less straight forward. One time, when doc was buzzing her with a diathemy, she jerked suddenly. Nope she is not fitting rather she can feel the pain. The unexplainable pain of being burnt, alive.

I was taken aback by her sudden movement. Freaky lah to undergo such experience.

On 17sep, it will mark the second month, I am in day surgery OT. I thank God for ladies who inspire me a way or other and take time and effort to explain the many unreasonable requests be it to scrub up in an unusual case or to gain some learning opportunity. The surgeons who will by now, recognise me and start to mark me down cause I cannot remember their steps in surgery. Oh whatever. God watches…I got a gut feeling I will become an ortho girl some time soon. Siao liao lah