when i decided on agreed to watching the inbetweeners, i didn't expect to leave the cinema feeling... sad.
anyhoo.
lots of things have happened since the 28th of august.
i attended to two patients just hours before they passed away (their deaths had nothing to do with me, obviously). i cannulated mr jn to give him some fluids and antibiotics, and i attempted to take arterial blood gas samples from mrs cm as she was desaturating and deteriorating.
mr jn was severely demented with a history of parkinsonism - he was a very lovely man. mrs cm was equally lovely, she was demented as well, and she did not make a single complaint as she was being stabbed repeatedly for blood gas samples - she just clung tighter to her soft toy rabbit, which was called james.
i have also seen two patients who i am extremely fond of, mr nk and mr nr, come back in with infected hips and knees. they were fine and were going home shortly after i left for the day.
i performed my first successful abg on a human, i performed my second borderline-emergency catheterisation on a patient
so... yeah.
work is amazing and it makes me do unbelievable things. for example, i now only use my laptop during the weekends because i can no longer be bothered to turn the thing on, and i no longer have the energy reserves to deal with operating sophisticated pieces of electronic devices. besides, i have a slight fear of being overwhelmed and overstimulated by the goings on in the universe...
oh god. i'm speaking like a 50 year old. however, this also means that i am now way more reliant on my phone and iPad, which means that i can't possibly be all that out of touch with technology, right...?
anyway, i am off to bed now, good night!
ps. Upon rereading this entry i have come to realise that i sound quite incoherent. i blame this on feeling sleepy and having to type a big part of this entry on an iPad - not the easiest thing to do in the world...
