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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

I Am In Love!!!!

Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Last Saturday, we (Dr. Matthew, Amira, Nora and I) met this patient whom accidentally dropped his electric tiles cutter which did cause a deep wound behind his medial malleolus and just lucky enough that the thing missed his posterior tibial artery and nerve. Dr Matthew asked, "have you all learn suturing?". We did learn to suture the day before and immediately answered yes. Dr. Matthew (with his wicked smile) said, "Who wants to help me suture this wound?". My heart was racing and pounding like crazy when I heard those words. That explains why I had that terribly shaky hands when I did the suture which Dr. Matthew referred to as, "I always have this effect with girls". Haha. Yeah right Dr. Matthew. My first suture; Saturday at 5:50 pm. An experience I will never forget.

Amira and I also did watch Dr. Andrew suturing a 9 years old boy's hand whom had a quite deep cut in his wrist; lucky enough to miss all his flexor digitalis superficialis tendons and median nerve. Heh, that boy was so cute and he didn't even shed any tears through the process. At one point during the surgery, he said to Dr. Andrew, "I can feel that one you know"; referring to sensation and pain as the suture needle penetrate into his skin. He was grimacing and I held his hand tight. Still, no tears shed. What a strong boy, indeed!

Right before we leave A&E, Dr. Matthew asked us to bring some Malaysian food for him the next day- "Food for Suture"- as Dr. Matthew had said.

So, the next day Amira and I made some currypuff which I would be proud enough to say, "not bad at all for a beginner!". I'd really love to see Dr. Matthew's expression when he ate that currypuff but we had to leave early - and I will never see him again for a while because starting from this week he won't be around A&E- having a break @ study week for his upcoming exam.

I miss having him around A&E - but I won't forget that Sunday evening when we had a short and quick date in the tea room. *wink*wink

Today, I was lucky enough to have had patients with : A fib, pan-syst murmur, and crackles for me to listen to! Yeay! I LOVE my work!

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