Crazy Drama

26th September (Friday) - Hello, I'm back. Sorry for the long absence. Mainly it's because my internet is not up and running. Connection limited and etc etc, but no matter, I shall update you on my latest feats. First, have you ever heard of a syringe larger than 20cc? Don't be surprised. Not many people know much about it. Well, you don't actually see it much. You use it mainly for feeding, if not, for continuous pain relieve for cancer patients. But you don't see it often...again. What if it's used for giving a super large jab? *evil laugh*
Then we got tons of children coming in. Oh, dear Lord, one cries = all cries. And nowadays parents seem to rely on Mr. Google a lot. Well, on that day I actually attended a 2 hour on how to care for PICC lines. Who would've thought PICC lines are so useful? Just imagine. A well taken care of PICC line can last up to 3 months, to a year max. Wow, I know 3 months is a sort of standard since I do know patients who kept their PICC for 3 months, but a year is cost saving. One word : awesome. Although it requires total care from both sides. Okay, back to the kiddies, they are all demanding. And being with them, well, I have to spent 30 minutes in each patient's room just to get vital signs. Usually I ended up waiting for a long time to get the SPO2 probe to detect the baby's teeny weeny fingers or toes, then have to pin them down to get the reading, then have to bear their screaming and crying of "bloody murder" since they all had bad experiences with nurses who had given them tons of 'pricking' to get a branulla line.
Okay, fast forward to today. Alrighty. I had my chance for a STO, drain and SPC removal. 3 in 1 procedure. Seems simple? Guess again. I asked a senior nurse to observe since being here in 1 month does not qualify you to to do things alone, especially when I'm not familiar with skills. Okay, I got the Redivac drain and SPC out safe and sound. When it came to STO, dear God, the moment I opened the first stitch on the abdomen, pus mixed with blood oozed non stop. Seriously. No matter how much I try pressing the wound to stop the oozing, or I don't press it, it still keeps oozing. Good Lord, the senior nurse told me to stay put as she try getting the prof and sorry to say, no matter how many time we called, he did not pick up his dang phone. We called his phone, the Daycare, the clinic, the government side. Sigh. The lady ended up being in constant pain and kept screaming for painkillers. Sigh, why can't things ever go smooth??? :(