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 Halo! Leticia Here. 23 yo. Student Nurse. Bonded: St Luke's Hospital Baby Dont You Cry (The Pie Song) - Quincy Coleman Cbox
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An oven/lomo camera/nikon D40 dvd Links Pris Ang Gladys Zhong Janelle Ho Huiwen Ong Janice Leow Ivy Venus Pat Yiling Xiaohan Kerin Yumi Archives Busy. So lil time leh i wanted to relive my memories so i.......... 加油 OT scrubbing no time to breathe with dee's uni friends.. a friend who's mute..and loyal... Waitress (2007) happy birthday, dad so there, keep smiling! ;)
March 2008 |
last day at sunlove home
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 5:25 PM my last day in sunlove ended with a bang. we conducted game activities for the elderly and were so happy to see them enjoy themselves and laugh along with us. after they went home, we got back to serious business; presenting the case on diabetes to ms. cynthia and the rest of the staffs. we received good feedback about us being the best batch of students who are so pro-active.. wow, too much a compliment! 3 days is short, but i've learnt quite a fair bit of things and also enjoyed my time with the patients and my fellow classmates over there. oh, edwin is not in the picture.. he's camera shy and simply refused to take any pictures. he even forced me to del a picture which i secretly took of him.. hmmpf. anyway, tmr's a "new start" once again. going to HPB (health promotion board) at outram for a day of orientation b4 being posted to schools on friday. and im gg to see my whole class there tmr, i'm looking forward!! =D   
marley & me
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:30 PM "marley & me" is probably the one of the few books which i bought without any hesitation. the coverpage of the book is the picture of a cute labrador retriever with its head slightly tilted. the book said "life and love with the world's worst dog" by john grogan. and this is probably one of the fews i've attempted to finish reading within a span of a few days. i already saw the type of ending coming. while reading towards the end, my tears came streaming down uncontrollably. luckily, no one in my family caught me in tears while reading a book, so embarrassing. i began to think of what's gg to happen when the end for beauty comes.. extract from "marley & me" page 339 "a person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. he taught me to appreciate the simple things - a walk in the wood, a fresh snowfall, a nap in the shaft of sunlight. and as he grew old and achy, he taught me about the optimism in the face of adversity. mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty." i remembered the time when i put my old dog, bobby to sleep when i was in p6. it was a agonizing decision to make but it was probably also the most humane thing to do; rather than to see him suffer. (he had fits) i still miss him after so long...really. the thing about owning dogs are dealing with their deaths due to their short lifespan. and i've decided tt i probably won't keep a dog again aft my 2 dogs dies. a dog is a friend, a companion, my sister and my confidant and the pain of losing them is devastating. anyway, tmr is my final day in sunlove home; really looking forward. i'm gonna be so done and over with that diabetes presentation as well as our games plan for the elderlys. today, i spent one hour chatting with an old lady who is very petite & couldnt see very well. she really looked so cute wearing her specs. in many ways, i thought that she will resemble my mom when she gets old.. so i esp took care of her today, love u popo! ps: i'm looking for bintan packages for travel in apr now. pls recommend me if u've lobangs! =) tq!
sunlove home
Monday, February 23, 2009 6:20 PM The mad morning rush to Hougang started at 630am. I was on 190 and I didn't know that PIE will be quite jammed at that time already. I then understand why dee doesn't like bt panjang flats.. We ended up at the wrong place in the end as our sch gave us the wrong add; took a cab to Sunlove Home AMK (correct place). It was very much like a daycare center for kids in many ways - 1. The elderlys "drops in" between 830 - 9 & starts dg exercises 2. From 12-2, they can rest or play games (EG: MAHJONG) 3. They continue with exercising from 2-3 4. They go home at 3pm That's basically their schedule. Afterall, Sunlove is a day-care rehab centre. Half-expected myself to have the opportunity to slack during my 3 days there, but no, we've to do a presentation tmr and conduct a game on wed. Awww, can't y'all just give us a break?! Really! I really love simple joys which can perk me up and make me happy. My dad smsed me that he has been selected for a job whose pay is considered not too bad. He has been jobless from CNY, he found the previous job too tough and tends to bring about chest pain due to stress. Sigh... Anyway, things are falling into place. I just hope that he doesnt be a quitter again. All thanks be to God; I know that He has been blessing & watching over us.. =) Btw congratulations to my dearest cousin Kerin See for graduating from TP!! =)
the fragility of life
Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:39 PM the ah-ma which i mentioned has passed away. i was quite emotionally affected deep inside my heart even as i heard the news from Yumi during work today. it led me to think where might she be right now? and furtheron, it led me to think about life itself. life, it's so fragile and so short. adapted from szewei's blog Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.Choose to live a life that matters.
tired ankles..
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:20 PM i haven't blogged in a long time ever since the start of attachment. everyday, i return home with aching ankles, so much so that it almost feels like a sprain. after resting, the ache will be gone and the next working day will aggravate it again. it's almost like a cycle. these two weeks have been great though it's tiring, i've had the opportunity to observe so many procedures.. some had been very exciting while others were more of heart-wrenching cases. last week marks the end of my obstetrics attachment. i was down at the delivery suite and with a little help of luck, i managed to observe 2 deliveries. the second one was more exciting - this malay 26 yo lady was on epidural; she couldn't feel much of the contractions and therefore she can't push, and we had to keep encouraging her while the nurse lowered e dosage. everytime we saw the baby's head, she let go of her breath while pushing and the baby slipped right back in again. the doc then "cut" her vagina a little more to facilitate the delivery and there, baby boy was out! i think the father's face went a bit pale cos the wife lost a lot of blood.. :P today, i observed abortion procedures (mid trimester pregnancy termination MTPT for short) and it was really heart wrenching. the baby had to be aborted due to triple X syndrome, a sort of chromosomal abnormalities. MTPT is not abortion using vacuum suction apparatus. instead, the doc inserts a few doses of abortion inducing dosages into the patient's vagina and awaits spontaneous abortion. the patient was instructed to alert staff nurse IMMED if she feels smth coming out. in the end, baby was out, quite well formed and it was shown to the mom as well as the husband. think the husband teared.. sad. a lot of things happened today too. this patient that i was nursing was complaining of breathlessness in the morning. afterwhich, her condition quickly deteriorated and she became cold and clammy. i quickly alerted staff nurse and she had to call the doctor down, and all of a sudden, the e-trolley is there and i guess they were doing resuscitation. after that, she was sent to OT. i'm not really sure if she's ok now, but i do pray for her. this ah-ma is very nice plus the fact that i've been nursing her for sometime now makes me even sadder. haiz, such is life.. anyway, i got to administer a few injections during the course of my attachment there too! i'm so glad and happy that everything is ok. =) managed to make myself useful in the ward, i'm pleased. i hope to get to do more though. here's some overdue pics: 1st up: simple v-day spent with my dearest @ sentosa    dee's 27th birthday at this restaurant which has a salad bar and which mostly serves barbequed meat which is served to you by a chef. buffet dinner at $42; brazil churrasco (click here for website)   phew. i just cleared my case study presentation for tmr. will be presenting on the case of a patient to my clinical instructor tmr in the ward, let's hope everything goes well.. i'm on afternoon shift tomorrow.. i get to sleep a bit later!! that's the best thing which can ever happen to someone who loves to sleep... o yes! btw, i'm kinda missing all of u guys out there.. meet up meet up soon!!! =)
day 1 at ward 48 (NUH)
Monday, February 9, 2009 9:06 PM the day started off with orientation by sister sarah of the obstetrics and gynae ward. we thought that it was a much much better orientation given compared to the last round. sister sarah was quite smiley and very friendly. after orientation, i had to start building "rapport" with my enrolled nurses and staff nurses. many a times, have to take initiative to ask things and double check stuffs. while my partner yumi went for lunch, i was occupied in my cubicle doing parameters, serving bedpan and changing sanitary pads for my patient. i even got the chance to "off plug", something which i will tremble when doing during last attachment. but this time rd, it was considerably easy for me. will be attached to delivery suite this wed noon and nursery on thurs. i've to start reading up on my childbearing module which was taken last sem, have totally forgotten the stages of labor as well as care of the newborn. i've to perform infant bathing at the quickest and safest speed (to prevent babies fr catching cold) with the supervision of my clinical instructor this thurs, it's nerve-wrecking. nuh is good in a sense because students are allowed to watch deliveries whereas in KK, students are not allowed to do. i hope that there will be quite a bit of deliveries for me to watch on wed. my friend yen ling will be attached there tmr and she get to observe cesarean section of twins! that's so lucky of her! anyway, i'm really quite exhausted, haven't been standing for this long in quite a while. had a mild headache this afternoon again before my dental appt, which is quite worrying. and the fact that i waited 1 hour plus for my turn at the dental really didn't help at all. i really don't like the gaps between my teeth at the sides now, ugly duckling teeth as my dentist termed it. next mth, will start the "pushing" in of my front teeth. yeah! time to read my materials to refresh my memory! good night, guys!
worst throbbing headache ever
Sunday, February 8, 2009 12:06 AM it was a bad day for the both mao and myself as we ended up with bad headaches after shopping and dinner at Bugis. my headache is probably the worst i've ever experienced in my entire life; throbbing with a pain score of 9/10. i didn't eat much for dinner and on the bus, the vomiting sensation kept coming. i guess mao was worried tt i'll vomit onto the person sitting opp me and so, we got off after a few stops and took a cab home. and so, i reached home and mom was worried sick. and reprimanded me for not eating panadol at the slight onset of a headache. there, i vomitted while tearing as the pain was really unbearable. somehow, i think i can kind of better empathise with my patient when they experienced nausea and vomitting sensation in future. i think i've to go for a thorough check up soon as i always experience frequent headaches., this is bad. btw, recommended mao to eat dessert @ Ice Monster located at The Bencoolen. (they just opened a 2nd outlet at Plaza Singapura) Ice Monster originated from Taiwan and their most popular item is the Durian and Mango shaved ice with Mango sorbet priced at $6.50. it was my 2nd time trying that and i loved it as always as i had the best of both world; mango and durian combined in 1 dessert.. Yum! =) do try it if you happen to be at the area.   
誰曾應許 - cantonese christian song
Friday, February 6, 2009 10:26 PM initially, i was searching for mandarin christian songs for my mom to listen when she's free. i chanced upon vairous cantonese christian songs which is so nice! though my cantonese is not that good, there's always help avail - chinese lyrics are available! please click here for the song which is avail in Youtube. 當你走到無力 2008-06-01 演藝界512關愛行動 - 基督徒藝人獻唱「當你走到無力」 "Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23
end of exams [sem 2]
4:55 PM and so i'm done with the exams which dragged for around 2 weeks incld the study break which falls during the CNY period. the previous and this week had been quite a torture, a cycle of waking up at 5am to mug and sleep at 10pm again. and the fact that my thoughts kept wandering and couldn't concentrate didn't help at all! met up with shenghao for facial at Adonis and for a quickie indo food lunch. hey bro, thank you for always sponsoring for my facial treats! i'm quite tempted to take up the package which consists of 16 sessions at $500. the whole process takes about 1.5 hours with really good massage included! the only thing which is holding me back is, i've no money. :P  this is hilarious! mafia-boss! (disclaimer: it's an edited photo with fake tattoo done by his police colleague) 
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