Surgeries

Well today was another fun day at the office. Most of the surgeons are really opening up to me and I am learning a ton! I am terrified of needles and yet the Anesthesiologist is having me start every IV, Dr. Vutah and Dr. Money the orthopedic/general surgeons are asking me if I would like to scrub in on most of their interesting cases. I think the Chinese students are growing envious because they keep asking me when I will be leaving. The patients here also are getting a kick out of me trying my Kamer and giving everyone I see the thumbs up. I can now introduce myself and ask for their names. I have also be having some repeat customers, the Buddhist monk who I put a traction pin through his leg was back on my table again to see if we could fix his broken hip. Unfortunately we weren't able to slip the prosthetic femoral head back into his acetabulum so we re-sutured him and ordered more traction. I also assisted in repairing someone's broken tibia, now they will be able to walk! In total I was in surgery for 6 hours today (4 surgeries)! I am loving this, although when I am not at the clinic there is NOTHING to do. Brent and Lori are nice but not the going out type so we are a bit limited as to what we can do. Hope you all are enjoying this blog!