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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 day 1 at ward 48 (NUH) worst throbbing headache ever 誰曾應許 - cantonese christian song end of exams [sem 2] lots of congrats notes.. 友 誼 萬 歲 !!!! In tough times, God teaches me to trust late night chill out @ coffee bean comfort food turns a sad girl to happy girl a test gone wrong
March 2008 |
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!!! =)
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