So the completion of week one went something like this.....
On Friday I got posted in pediatrics OPD. But things on Friday was running a bit slow so the doctor wasn't going to show up unless there was a call that a patient was there. So we headed upstairs to the operative floor and watched a few surgeries.
The first surgery was on a women who had really bad dysmenorrhea, so the doctors went in laproscopically to see if she had endometriosis. Unfortunally, she did not have endometriosis and the doctors still don't know what is causing her so much pain. The doctors cauterized some tissues around the cervix area and on top of the uterus to relieve some of the pain.
The second surgery was a c-section and a tubal ligation. When we got dressed in our scrubs and were about to head in, one of the resident's informed us that she was HIV positive and that we should stand towards the edge of the OR. While all the doctors and nurses were suiting up we were just in awe because they looked like they were about to go to space. The delivery of the baby girl only took about 30 minutes. It was really awesome to see all the layers of skin and muscles they cut to get to the uterus. Suturing takes a while. first the uterus. Then they moved on to the tubal ligation. Afterwards more sutures and then on the very last layer staples! She is going to take a while to heal, but she does have a beautiful little girl. I think that Christy and I saw her baby close up even before the mother.
Later that night we went out to dinner with Mrs. Dr. Dabak. It was pretty fun. She was explaing who arranged marriges worked here in this area. We had to leave in a hurry because there was some sketchy guys hanging around us that just gave us a weird vibe.
Oh, something funny that happened. So on the way home one day we had to do a u-turn. There was also an older gentelman standing on the opposite side of the road. When we did the u-turn, the man staggard backwards and fell flat on his back in front of the car. I thought we hit him! So Dada, our driver runs out of the car to help him and he comes back in the car and left the man on the road. He informed us that he was drunk. When the drunk old man got up, he just went on his marry way home with his little bag of okra. It was funny in person. :)
So my stomach is not having a very good time here. It has been a week with an upset stomach and trips to the toilet. Maybe it is because none of the food is really refrigerated. They put the food in the fridge, but the fridge doesn't work so it really isn't doing good. Our lunch is packed for us too, but not kept in fridge and can't be heated up. Maybe that is the source of the problem???
Anyways, just shopping today at the market. I got a "suit" for a wedding that I am invited to. One in Mumbai and one in a village. Dada (our driver) is getting married on the third of December! Oh how fun!
So next week, I am going to another hospital for 3 days then it is off to the rual area. And for the weekend, I am going to Bollywood (or Mumbai...)!
Miss you all! Loves!
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Wowzer! It reminds me of watching grey's and you are like the intern observing in on a surgery, crazy!! I hope you are learning lots. I don't think that this opportunity would be possible for you if you were in the states, it's so extreme! And you might want to cut down on the banana intake...two a day is a lot!
ReplyDeleteCatching babies, some people love it, some people hate it. It's unpredictable but rewarding. Glad you got a chance to see it in person. Yes, it is amazing how many layers of tissues there are before the uterus not to mention how amazing it is that all the tissues will eventually heal after going through such a traumatic event! Hmm, India tummy doesn't sound so good, if it is available try and eat some ginger or have ginger tea because it will help warm your stomach. Ginger is also a great antimicrobial especially against e. coli and will help with diarrhea.
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