Yesterday marked the conclusion of my two week attachment at NUH. What better way to conclude than to witness three new surgeries and gain more exposure to the job. The first one was a biopsy; the second was a cranioplasty - technology these days allow for prosthetic skulls to be inserted; and the third was a spine fracture fix (the nerve was affected so neurosurgery had to take over orthopedics, which was pretty weird cause it seemed as if the surgery was unrelated to the nerve at all, but good for knowledge.) Very interesting stuff.
So i said my parting words to the doctors i've been shadowing and they've all given me their best wishes and said their respective farewells. It's touching to see how they've been willing open up to even someone like me - just a nobody who's interested in medicine.
You're more than welcome to join us, any day.
They go beyond accommodating. i remain, ever so grateful.
With this attachment done, i can now focus on what's ahead of me: i have to start packing for my trip to Cambodia this coming Monday and study the medications i'd be handling while i'm there. There's so much administrative matters to settle within a day that i'm getting worried that something important will slip my mind and it'll be too late...
Better get cracking.
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