KKB Diary : 7-10 December 05


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Day 1
3.35 pm
On the way to KKB in a bus...Its really quiet coz some are sleeping and some reading. I hope this trip will be a fruitful one thought i'm not really looking forward to it. My studying time is atrophying! I'm half praying too that we'll reach asap minus the "cow" encounters. Daniel's chinese version of "Mimpi" comes blaring out of the stereo and hey, he sings well in chinese!

Day 2
8.35 am
I wake up with a swollen right eye and very groggily I threaten that idiot bug that bit me with murder. Rushed to get to meeting room and I end up walking into a Nurses' conference. Whoopy! Hmm...Where is everyone?
11.35 am
This is so cool! I'm actually going to witness my first circumcision and I wonder how that boy feels like all decked in a gown and shower cap waiting for his turn (It's circumcision season in KKB hospital). 20 minutes into watching 3 old men snip the foreskin of an unusually calm 11-year old, my insides threaten to spill out, my eyesight gets blurer and I become momentarily deaf...
12.00 pm
I wake up and find myself lying down on a stretcher in a female ward's pantry area. Thought for a while...Right, Callista was helping me walk somewhere with a nurse yelling the directions. This is so weird? It's highly likely impossible I was traumatized by what I saw but before I can debate further, I drift of to dreamland...
1.00 pm
I hear footsteps...Urghh..."Ah Moi, you ada makan pagi?"...Ada..."Ada migraine tak?"...Takda..."habis...mengandung?"...AARGH!!!Takdalah! I am definitely wide wide awake now. Callista and Su Chuen walks in to rescue me and takes me to lunch. Soon, I find out Chuen suffered similarly but she didn't feel fainty during circumcision. Hmm...Her hypothesis consists of Toast'ems and water but I believe our fainting spells will remain a great mystery.
11.10 pm
Just finished revising Pathology which makes just a small chunk of the mountain of notes I have to finish. My eyelids are slowly drooping and maybe I should sleep since I have to visit my patient again tommorow morning before class to get his X-ray, diagnosis and some questions answered. Yawn...

Day 3
8.00 am
I walk towards Ward 1 hoping no one will take notice of my swollen lips. That idiot bug striked again and this time, it decided to kiss me twice! Ewww... The X-ray is no where in sight but the doctor is. As he make his way to my patient's bed, I greet him and ask about Mr. X's unexplained leg swelling but he actually ignored me! Hmph! I am definitely not in the mood to suck up to anyone so be it!
7.00 pm
It's drizzling as Chuen and I walk back from the canteen. We had dinner and I pigged out on an extra burger. Ooh, Vickie and rest is playing volleyball so we stop by. Soon enough, I find myself in the game and I actually manage to put in some few serves but it was at the expense of my thumb and wrist area which I'm sure I'll regret.

Day 4
9.30 am
Urghh... I struggle to operate the sphygmomanometer and trust me, pumping for the patient's blood pressure with 4 fingers is not easy.
1.30 pm
Woo hoo!!! Homeward bound and chit-chatted all the way back. I just realised again how small this world is and maybe Chuen is right, everybody is separated from each other by just 6 degrees.


1 Responses to “KKB Diary : 7-10 December 05”

  1. Blogger 1Portal untuk 1Malaysia 

    i got both malay and chinese version of daniel's mimpi.. haha..u want? till then..take care...

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