So, yesterday was the real day.. Started off okay.. had my breakfast on my own. I was wearing a flowery pink dress and the B&B owners commented on my dress and asked me what was the occasion, and so I told them.. and I got a free ride to the hospital yesterday as my present! (instead of walking for half an hour!) weeee~~
Arrived in hospital, after an hour session of consultant teaching, I changed into scrubs and off to the OT.. and the anaesthetist straight away asked me to scrub in and do a spinal block!!! I was in obs/gynae theater.. Got to hold loads of airway masks, did loads of cannulations, and did a couple of LMAs. (in conclusion, I love doing anaesthethics in Clonmel!!!)
This one time, I was holding the airway mask.. a quite hard one, cause I have small hands and the size of the patient's jaw was not helpful either. So, I was really concentrating on holding the mask. Then the two nurses beside me was talking to each other.. I heard something about 'her eyes and her lips'.. And so the doctor asked the nurses what were they talking about, and they said something like it can't be said out loud as it might distract someone holding the mask.. (obviously they were talking about me). So after the patient was intubated, one of the nurses said, "We were actually talking about this student here.. We think she looks like Angelina Jolie.."
hahahahha.. and I was blushing from head to toe!! And they started calling me Angelina since! *LOL*
Later that afternoon, or shall I say early in the evening.. after 3 hours straight of tutorial/bedside teaching, we (8 people in my group) went to an Indian restaurant, called Planet Spice.. It was supposed to be our weekly eat-out. First week was Italian, 2nd week was Chinese (I didn't join this one) and this week is Indian.. We had a lovely time of chatting, eating delicious spicy food and laughing away.. and then they bring out the cake!! I didn't expect the cake really!! It was so very nice of them!! And they paid for the dinner!! hehehe. (so I had 2 celebrations and 2 chocolate cakes this year!! yiippppeeee~~!) =P. Oh, and a Polish Intern joined us for dessert!
[pictures will be included later.. I don't have them in my computer yet..]
After 3 hours solid of "dinner" in the Indian restaurant, I went back to the B&B. As I entered my room, I saw a nicely wrapped package and a card on top of my dresser!! I got a present from my B&B owners!! I was smiling the whole day!! I bet I was smiling when I dozed off to bed last night too!! hehehehe.
Oh..Oh..Oh!! and the whole morning today, I was in the OT with the South African guy!!! *drools again*.. and as usual, I did cannulations, hold the masks, and I did one ETT! =D. The South African doctor allowed me to do a cannulation on a patient using a 16 Gage needle! (the biggest one I've ever put in =P). And I succeeded in just one go! and guess what?!! the good-looking doctor patted me on the back and said well-done!!! *droolss again and again*. hahha.
I was scrubbed in again today, and assisted a surgeon on a removal of peri-umbilical hernia. =D. FYI, 3rd year has no surgical rotation yet! hehehe. Cool isn't it?? At least for me.. =P.
So now I'm back in good-old Cork.. Again, for the 2nd time, I'm supposed to be typing out my portfolio, not this blog~~ *sigh*
later peeps~
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