Everytime Cal asks me what I did at work today I will think think think for damn long and still can't answer that properly.

I remember vividly going to work, leaving work, having breaks and most frequently,
leaning against the nursing counter.
It is a mixed blessing working in this kind of slack environment because on one hand,
we don't have to work like when I was in CGH, like a mad dog chionging here and there to change diapers, answer call bells and bathe the patients.
It was miserable then because we felt like we weren't learning any new things as we were just helping out here and there.

But on the other hand, it is so freaking free here in RH that I am getting a dent in my chest for leaning too often on the nursing counter.
haha I was feeling quite sad about sacrificing my 9 weeks of holidays for unpaid attachments to LEAN AGAINST THE NURSING COUNTER?

So today I decided to write down all the things I actually did for the patients before I forget again.


That was Meiling's 21st birthday and she had PM shift which meant that she spent it in the ward. Damn.

Okays so here it is,
today I
1. Did admissions for a patient going for elective caesarian
2. Gave fleet enema
3. Gave suppository painkillers

Haha I like doing this!
(By the way fleet enema and supp are medicine that goes into your rectum. )



If you get disgusted easily please stop reading now.

I used to be so scared of inserting medicine through the anus because didn't like causing pain and awkwardness for the patient.

And most importantly, I wasn't sure where the anus was.
Don't roll your eyes at me yet.
Just check out your own anus and tell me if the hole is obvious or not.

Because it is not!
You can feel your own but you try looking at someone else's closely and you'll know that the hole is like not a hole.
I think I just lost you here.

Anyways the other day I saw a weird piece of flesh at where the anus was supposed to be and I was stumped.
I thought I saw wrongly, and kept staring at it.
Until my staff nurse encouraged me to push the flesh back in and just insert the medicine.
I used my finger (gloved, of course) to try to push the flesh into the anus but it was slippery and stubborn.
sigh.
So I still couldn't tell where the hole was.
Then I just took my chance and anyhow insert the medicine into the left of the flesh.

And it went in!
haha I win, the flesh lose.

( I learnt that the flesh was actually piles. oh. )

Anyways after inserting the suppository the nurse's finger is supposed to insert the finger about 4cm into the anus as well for about 5 secs to ensure that the medicine doesn't slip out.

After starting to help insert that for a few times, I realise that hmm its not painful at all! (albeit a little uncomfortable)
and one patient actually said I was gentle.
wah super happy can.

4. Removed a urinary catheter
5. Removed IV plug
6. Gave IV fluids
7. Took parameters
8. CARRIED BABIES
9. Changed nappies for a baby

OMG I love changing nappies.
I get weirdly happy when I get a whiff of baby poo because it means that I can help the baby wipe backside and change diapers.!
I think I gotta control my excitement when somebody says 'shit' or 'da bian'.

10. Carried the baby again

isn't life amazing.?

Life is just amazing like that I can't explain to you how amazing it is that life creates life and there is actually a little baby inside the tummy and all of a sudden the little baby is physically there in the cot,
physically separated from the mother but spiritually connected with the mom.
Aiya I think you just gotta go through the whole thing to understand what I am feeling.

11. Took parameters
12. Brought a kid to the toilet like ten times

I thought it was impossible to pee when someone watches you.
I was proven wrong.

13. helped the nurse do suctioning for the baby.

I don't think I can do paeds I don't think I can stand having the baby wail and struggle and fight like that when I do things for them.

14. gave nebuliser

Maybe I did some other things also but I'm too lazy to type anymore.

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Things are going so well nowadays that it is becoming eerie.
I'm so happy so so happy that I want all this to stop.
This is too good to be true how can such good things happen to me?

Am I dying?
Is this like some peace and bliss before my death?

♥Bid Farewell