what a day...

It’s Friday, it’s a relief that the weekend was near, every one of us might be thinking of getting an early off.

While I was staying in the hospital around with the Med B team in the morning for the ward round, suddenly a patient of ours had a Med Call as the oxygen Sat was just 50% under RA and unresponsive!!! The patient was a morbidly obese, and the resuscitation was taking quite a big effort especially in getting the iv line into the veins for the ABG, blood testing and also iv infusion of medication. The patient Sat return to 100% with the manual hand mask, what a dramatic recovery!! And the Sat maintained at around 95% under 3L oxygen. The differential diagnosis of the low Sat was probably due to OSA (obstructive sleep apnoea), that caused the obstruction of the airways, and eventually lower the saturation of the oxygen in the blood. In the progress, the ICU doctors were actually around to assist. It’s the first time I witness an ABG procedure done. Yeah, another great learning chance, although it’s not the first Med calls I witnessed, it’s just the first one I got more involved in as I knew the patient as well!

I went out a while to bring my dear gf to see GP for her neck stiffness and pain. Yeah, finally we found a good GP in Dandenong area with the cover of the health insurance!! The GP was so caring and kind, in addition the GP clinic was just 5 min drive away from my house!! Next time I guess I won’t be visiting another GP in Dandenong West, who seems like didn’t know much..LOL…


pictures taken from abc.net.au

In the afternoon, due to the business of the team, they’re still having a never-ending ward round. And that’s time I got the opportunity to admit a patient from ED!! It’s so cool, to have the chance to take history and examine the patient in ED! The patient came in with shortness of breath, vomiting, and diarrhoea for a month. The patient had a friend who was originated from Singapore in ED. It’s another great experience for me to understand the procedure of the hospital care, and also the responsibility of the medical team. While I was talking to the nurse about the patient, suddenly I heard the camera shuttle sound! The patient actually took a photo of mine with the friend without my consent and taking it while I didn’t realise!!! ……. I was speechless, should I stop them, or just felt proud that the patient wanted my photo?!?!

What a day…
I really enjoy hospital life :)

你會為我而死嗎？

这是我刚收到的.......



一對年輕情侶…正在瘋狂的熱戀…姑娘痴痴的對另一半說：






男的一聽這句話…臉色大變…




許久無法說出話來…（因為愛…這個代價未免也太大了吧…）



但那男人實在太愛這個姑娘了…

沒有辦法…畢竟…這就是愛…

於是…那男人…就…



挖了挖自己的耳朵…



用力的塞進他女友的嘴裡…



因為男的把：你會為我而死嗎？聽成（你會餵我耳屎嗎？）






不管大家有沒有聽過這個笑話，我真的笑翻了…跟大家分享

Hooray!!! Holiday!!!!

This short Easter break is so much needed!!!
What are my plans?

1. Rest and Relax, chill
2. Touring around some attractions in Melbourne or Victoria
3. Catching up with whatever I am behind of
4. Finalise the draft of Trip to New Zealand in winter
5. Have FUN!!!!

happy Easter everyone, and Happy holiday!!!

Updates!!!

It has been a long semester, and yet i am only going to have my mid-sem aka. Easter break next Friday!1 week long of holiday is good enough for me to have a break and rest before I gear up again for the rest of the year! Clinical life as general is really challenging and yet self-guided needs more motivation.. it's really the reflection of my life now, clinical year in Dandenong Hospital is comprised with tutorials, lectures and definitely ward-rounds, and everything a doctor does in hospital, including in surgeries in Operating Theater,interviewing, examining patients and definitely managing the patients. The day starts very early (7.30 for surgical unit and 8.30 for medical unit), and normally end at 5 pm (depends on tutorial schedule and self motivation :P ) In addition of that, we still have a day of University student life where we have a whole day long (8-6) of lectures and tutorials in MMC and University.


For the coming Easter break, seems like everyone is still exhausted on the current life of clinical year. No rigid plan yet at this time. I guess quite a number of people are having chronic fatigue syndrome now...LOL.. I hope I'll not into that group yet, and I don't want to be included!! :P


Another update!! We are planning to visit and chill up in NZ for winter holiday! hopefully it'll be a memorable trip and it'll be our first step into New Zealand!! so excited...:)


Regarding the last post on the blog, I actually just quoted the article I read from the newspaper. I feel that it's really meaningful, thus I posted that up. Dont panic and worry when u read about it, it's not my story. :)

失去爸爸后，才懂如何做儿子

失去爸爸后，才懂如何做儿子

* 快乐星期天 2009-03-16 14:59

副刊推出“关爱空巢老人”系列，配上一个口號“多一份关心，多一份耐心”──其实“耐心”两字是关键字。

面对自己的年迈父母，谁不想好好侍候他们？但有时需要很大的耐心。亲友探访和关心不过是一、两个小时的事；但侍候在侧，却是一天廿四小时日以继夜的工作。

所以我极敬佩那些全天在家伺候家翁家婆的媳妇──两老虽非自己的亲生父母，但一样把他们当成亲生父母来孝顺和照顾，这是极难得的。这差事绝不轻鬆，如果有更好的选择，相信很多媳妇寧可出外工作。

久病床前无孝子──不是孝子的孝心不够，而是耐心不够。照顾老人和病人一样，都是极度考验耐心和耐力。如果你的太太肯挑起这份辛苦的差事，请你加倍的疼惜她，她是一个好太太。

（当然这么说並非指“没在家伺候家翁家婆的就不是好太太”，家家都有本难唸的经，有时为生活所逼，小俩口必须都出外挣钱才能维持家计，这又是另一个贫穷夫妇百事哀的家庭故事，不能一概而论。）

其实，很多老人並都不想麻烦別人。如果自己可以做的事，他们並不想假手於人。老人最怕的就是被当成“没有用的废人”啊！所以，当他因身体障碍无法完成某些事，请你千万、千万不要对他露出不耐烦的表情。这是一记很重的心理伤害！

记得父亲病重时常要我们扶著他才能行动。老人家有便秘，但又像经常有便意，所以要扶进扶出厕所次数很频密，我实在太累，不耐烦的说：“你难道不能一次过解决完吗？”父亲很为难和用孱弱的声音说：“儿子啊！我不想麻烦你的，对不起。”这一句话，像一记重拳，至今仍让我悔恨──我当时一定是很伤父亲的心。

自向父亲说出那句不耐烦的话后，自此父亲都不太敢开口叫我搀扶他。两个月后──父亲不在了，如果可以重来，我真愿意主动去搀扶他，即便他不愿再麻烦我，我仍会真心诚意地对他说：“不是你肢体不好，而是我想跟你一起手牵手，完成每一个动作。”

只可惜，我永远没有机会向父亲说这句话，更没有机会向父亲道歉了。

有句话，挺有意思：“我是做了爸爸以后，才开始学习做爸爸的。”而我的悔恨是：“我是失去了爸爸以后，才开始懂如何做儿子的。”
不想再有人步我后尘，所以特別用心去设计这个“关爱空巢老人”的系列，希望大家都肯用多一点耐心对待老人。

当我们年幼时，有人牵著我们的手慢慢走。如今，已然茁壮的自己，该是静下心来，静静地陪伴他们的时刻。──和老人相处时，记得：放慢自己的步调，陪伴老人慢慢走。

因为，我们面对的，是未来的自己。如果可以选择，老人都不愿意麻烦我们。
星洲日报／快乐星期天‧文：曾毓林‧2009.03.08
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读者曰：子欲养而亲不在，好好的报答我们双亲的恩惠吧！

更多阅读： 佛说父母恩重难报经

HOttest day in Melbourne

"Proud" to be part of the history record.....Melbourne recorded the highest temperature since 1850s!!!

46.4 C!!!!!

The ridiculous end of it was in the evening the temperature dropped to appr 20+ C!!! And the following week will only have appr 20-30 degree....

Now I really understand what we learn in school = "AS CHANGEABLE AS weather" :P

What are the colours of my rainbow?

Your rainbow is intensely shaded yellow, white, and pink.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is says about you: You are a grateful person. You appreciate optimism. You're good at getting people to like you. People depend on you to make them feel secure.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Interesting....But white= all 7 rainbow colours....means?????