Saturday, May 31, 2008♥5/31/2008 09:36:00 PM
Oh No~!
I didn't know that scrubbing can be very draining. It drains your every single brain cell, and it's killing.
Why do I have such comment while I'm so much in love with my job??
Back to two days ago which is on the 29/5, Ruby requested me to hold her liver bench work pager for two days. Without any hesitation, I helped her.
Even though knowing that I'm on standby, I travelled back to JB as loneliness is something I hate the most.
When the clock stroke 11pm, I lied myself on comfy bed and started to rest. Phone rang~!
It's from Ruby! Gosh, liver transplant team was activated then!
Quickly I called back to Sister Azizah. She informed me to standby any phone call later as she would ring me to confirm the timing again.
Sleep buds hit in, and I fell asleep no matter how worried I was.
2am in the morning, scary phone rang again. Sister wants me to reach NUH at 7am.
Oh well, I got to wake up at 4:45am, started my journey from JB custom at 5:15am and reached NUH at 6am!
8am would be the time for the patient to be on OT table. I circulated for Ledesa who was supposed to be the scrub nurse for recipient.
After which, I scrubbed in to prepare my bench work trolley.
Another sister stepped into our OR and things changed.
She instructed me to scrub for the recipient!!!!!!!
Oh my god~~~~~~~
I remember my brain gone blank and I turned speechless. The only thing I did was staring at sister. I guess my eye balls nearly popped out.
I then took over from Ledesa to continue my trolley set up even though I didn't have my mental prepared.
It's indescribable.
I have yet witnessed any complete liver transplant operation, without any transplant knowledge, have zero experience in liver donor, scrubbed for bench work once and only!
Well, I do feel glad that sister was willing to take the risk.
I mean for this kind of macro major operation, she's willing to train a novice in liver transplant for her first time. I'm less than a year old.
So, I scrubbed continuously for ten hours with merely 30mins toilet and lunch break.
Haha....at the end of the operation, I almost went coma.
We're so happy and blessed that the needle and swab counts are tally!!!!! I used up 121 sutures~
Needle lost is the least thing I want. I just want to have a correct sharps, sponges and instruments count. I'm willing to bear any reprimanding, any scolding or even yelling. I just wanted the count to be correct and nothing went wrong.
The mental stress of any discrepancy of counts is terrible. Furthermore, that was my first time handling such a tiny and massive usage of needles.
Haha...I'm so glad that I went through that peacefully. Although in between I got reprimanded by Prof for few times. Well...to me, that wasn't a big issue as I knew that, that was my first time. My virgin liver transplant recipient.
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
5/31/2008 09:36:00 PM
Tuesday, May 20, 2008♥5/20/2008 11:10:00 PM
Had fun on Saturday night.
I received a message from Matt on Saturday morning, saying that a birthday celebration was organized at WalaWala 10pm.
That changed my plan of going back Jb, so instead I went back on Sunday morning.
So this is the birthday "man", Mr Ganesh Ramalingam.
Guess how old he is?? Oh no...he is gonna kill me for telling people this....
He was gifted two flaming lamboghini and he prove to me that indian liver is really fantastic. They have high alcohol tolerance threshold!!
Amazingly he was still as sober after the two!!!
And I couldn't believe that I was willing to let him drove me home....Haha....I believe that he was perfectly alright.......*risk*
That Matt kept on observing girls' complexions, suggesting us to have botox injection, predicting where would our possible wrinkles be, proud to say that he is paid to see women~
I know I know, he's indulged in his plastic surgery.....
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
5/20/2008 11:10:00 PM
♥5/20/2008 10:16:00 PM
Met my dear Eileen and her sister Yvonne on Sunday morning. Haha...full of programmes for the weekend.
We were going to have our K-song session in MALAYSIA~!!!!
Just because it's cheap and worth your every token!
While waiting for a vacant room, we filled our stomach to get ready for the upcoming energy consuming "shouting and yelling" in the karaoke room...
The HK restaurant serves their beverages in huge bottles with various sizes. We're stunned when the drinks were served.
Take a look at those "Big gulp"~
Sorry that we couldn't pose properly ya...Hahaha...
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
5/20/2008 10:16:00 PM
Friday, May 16, 2008♥5/16/2008 10:30:00 PM
Doctors are right and nurses always wrong.
What the hell of this theory..?
The theory of that Idiot Stephen Chang!
*I don't give a damn of naming him on my blog*
*shrug*
So what?
I'm not going to be nice to him. Someone who treats nurses like shit.
Asshole.
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
5/16/2008 10:30:00 PM
Wednesday, May 14, 2008♥5/14/2008 09:32:00 PM
Been trying to keep myself occupied by travelling back and fro Jb and Sg, way to distract myself from wildful thinking.
Somehow, it works.
However, emotions stroke me again since last night.
I guess there should be NO more TV drama series for me in future. It's making me sick, sick in the mind.
《变奏曲》, in which describes how faithful are the two main male characters towards women they love. Even though she doesn't love him, turned him down repeatedly.
In real, do we have such an undoubted love and loyalty exist?
How many of you would continue to shower your love when you're rejected? How many times you think of giving up?
I'm looking for that.
But, it merely happen.
It seldom happen.
It appears only in drama.
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
5/14/2008 09:32:00 PM
Tuesday, May 13, 2008♥5/13/2008 10:30:00 PM
Proud to say that I actually came back to JB after I knocked off at 5pm this evening!
The best is tomorrow I'm starting work at 8am~
Haha...wonder woman who travels around.
Merely because I couldn't stand loneliness anymore~!!!!
Sick of going out, shopping and spending non-stop. I've become a 宅女 who stays home most of the amble time, including my off day and public holiday.
I guess I can label myself as 超级宅女!
Oh well, this is what happened after I went back to JB
HUGE puff in front of me!
Oh, it's not a curry puff, instead it's stuffed with mushroom and cheese~!
I had Italian dinner with my family for my mom's belated mother's day celebration.
I embarrassed myself by shouting out loud accidentally when the GIANT puff was served.
Haha...interesting ya..?
Whoever wants to explore this puff, please let me know.
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
5/13/2008 10:30:00 PM
Sunday, May 11, 2008♥5/11/2008 04:20:00 PM
Oncalled once again with my gang, Leeleng, XiauXuang. Someone was the exception.
Actually, our call wasn't that bad. At least we had only a P1 case and surgeon was Dr Yuan.
What irritated us was the S1.
Who looks handsome, sounds gentle, talks courteously. BUT absolutely like a gay~!
You know the whole night, he was rushing as if he's chasing a bullet train, keep on sending sending and sending.
Recovery was flooded, with no vacant bays for post operated patient at the time of 9pm! But all this was not included in his consideration.
Imagine almost all afternoon staff including sister stayed up near to 1030pm.
Half past twelve midnight, I was doing change of EVD with one of the SSN.
The moment after the scrub trolley pushed out, way before scrub personnels did their draping, the stupid S1 requested to do something.
"Can you ask recovery to send for our next ortho case?" He looked at me when I was busy settling the scrub nurse.
"Sorry, I'll need to do it later. I need to settle my scrub team first. Since you have your assistant here, why don't you help me to send for the next case?" In fact, I was furious but still I spoke with manners.
Guess what he answered?
"Oh, I can't do that either. I cannot leave my baby alone, I need to monitor patient." He replied with a frown.
"Then I think you gotta wait for me to settle them first." I told him firmly.
"Ok" he replied and turned around to his anaesthetic nurse:" Can you help me to send for the next case?"
Excuse me, what the fuck was he thinking..?????
He expected us to finish case early, yet keep on distracting us!
Do you know that for that whole night, he had asked me to call whoever he wanted for up to 5 times~!!!!!!!! All were not emergency!!! He just wanted to do it faster.
What the hell. That damn gay.
He even asked me to call surgeon twice after 2 mins of the previous call.
Just because they didn't show up after 2 mins.
Crazy.
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
5/11/2008 04:20:00 PM
Thursday, May 01, 2008♥5/01/2008 09:54:00 PM
Seriously, and finally, my plan has set.
I'm gonna buy a cute Pink Picanto by the end of June, move back to JB by August.
Still wondering whether to get a red plated or normal plated car.
To be honest, nothing beats staying home with family.
I've been away from home for 3-4 years, I shoulder everything alone outside the shelter, I digest every obstacles and lessons. It makes me feeling sad to stay alone especially when I back to single and decided to remain single for a period of time.
It's hard to maintain my single status. I learn to be completely independent.
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
5/01/2008 09:54:00 PM
