How am I able to be a front-line doctor?
It is strange to see young guys and girls in the hospital – but I saw a couple of them in a row on a Monday night while working in the Emergency Department. They had all come in suffering from terrible cold/flu symptoms in this rainy winter and swine flu scare.
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Those poor souls all looked absolutely miserable, I have to say, but they had nothing to warrant admission into hospital. So I said sorry and sent them home.
I remember thinking to myself as I walked out of the ED consult rooms – that I better not get sick after being in close contact with them!
And who would have guessed, the next morning during the post-acute ward round, I sensed an itchy throat creeping up. That very night and the following two days, my nose was running like a tap, my eyes were watering like a poor lemon being repeatedly squished, and I was madly sneezing in spasms every couple of minutes. I was practically bed-bound in a dark room, constantly feeling like tearing my sinuses out. I haven’t had a cold/flu as bad as this for years!
Oh boy, how am I able to be a front-line doctor, if seeing a few infectious patients knocks me down completely for a few days and renders me weak like a kitten for a few days more?
I am at least glad I am recovering, by God’s grace. Strangely I now feel like a special survivor.
It is wonderful, too, to be able to walk around comfortably without being sick.
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A lot of people are sick here with flu-like symptoms too. I, for instance, got sick a couple of weeks ago, although ah1n1 was ruled out because I didn’t have prior contact to a confirmed case. It was very inconvenient though because I was forced to take a whole week of leave from operating room duty. Missed a lot of cases.
Being and feeling healthy is always wonderful. XD
yup, being healthy is a blessing!
so are you training to be an operating theatre nurse? that’d be fun
Not exactly. It was only a three-week exposure but I learned a lot and yes I did have fun. The doctors were very nice and accommodating to questions as well as the nursing staff. Even the orderlies.
It’d be nice to be an OR nurse someday. It matches the hype and challenge that the ER offers.
好好照顾自己，也是爱别人关心别人的必须。希望你能尽快康复，用更健康的身体去照顾你的病人们！
神看顾你！
Hey!
lol I came on your new blog! :P hahaha it seems you got sick several times this year for the first time in years… probably cos we were sick some of the time too, we all just share our germs around.. yum. Anyhoo, have fun on your trip round the South Island, and enjoy Australia too, (i’m sure you’ll want to come back to NZ after a bit though), will miss you and your piano playing heaps.. come back and visit sometime :) it was nice having you stay!
hey Grace, thanks for dropping by and sorry about the terribly late reply here! Yea I’ll miss the days staying with you and your family. Will miss the piano and its characteristic loud sounds too I suppose too heh. Until we meet again, take care!