Hello all!
I apologize for my lack of posting last night, our internet decided it didn't want to play until the middle of the day today! So now I have two days worth of stuff to talk about, no worries though, I'll just talk about the highlights.
So yesterday, I got to see a live natural birth!! It was awesome! And kind of made me not want to have kids ever. If I could ever thank my mom for pushing me out, now is the time. You are AWESOME mom, thank you so much for going through childbirth, because that stuff is PAINFUL. And you didn't even have anyone assist you! Here in India, many women have a nurse pushing down on their abdomen "pushing" for them to get the baby out, as the mother is usually "too exhausted to push when the time comes" as said by Dr. Victoria. So when the woman is dilated enough, the doctor comes in, along with a small army of nurses, and generously assists the mother in the childbearing. I thought this was a very interesting path of assistance.
My favorite part of the delivery though was when Dr. Victoria handed the newborn to the father and family it was so joyous. The father's face was so full of joy, excitement, anxiety, and fear, all at the same time. The scene made me tear up a little, and just re-affirmed that I would like to do something like this the rest of my life!
I also saw the beginning of a complete hysterectomy where they opened the patient up. Normally this is done laproscopically, but apparently this patient's uterus was so large and full of fibroids that it had to be removed using the same methods as a c-section - through the abdomen. I thought it was really cool, and thought the uterus kind of resembled a large cantaloupe, but that's slightly off topic... Anyway, I am so blessed that I get to see so many procedures while I'm over here!
I also met all of the lovely ultrasound nurses yesterday, Nithiya and Mahalakshmi, along with the other nurses I already knew, Sophia, Saranyia, and Rahila. They taught me some Tamil phrases and asked what I had for breakfast - multiple times. I thought it was really entertaining that that is one of the first things they asked me.
That was yesterday, onto today!
This morning, Emily, Alex and I took a trip to Joseph Eye Hospital for a tour! Our tour guide Julian, was very thorough, even showing us accounting, HR, fire extinguishers, and almost every disabled friendly ramp. I was grateful that I got to see so many faces of this hospital. Apparently, this eye hospital also has a disabled rehabilitation center, where they teach blind, deaf, and physically and mentally disabled people vocational and life skills! Once they have gone through training, many of these people are then employed at the hospital. Julian told us that 35-40% of their workforce is comprised of disabled people, as compared to the national average of 5%. I was really impressed with this, as well as their impeccably clean and modern set up, as well as their rural health services that they offer for free. It was a very productive trip overall.
The front of the eye hospital!
The three of us and our gracious tour guide, Julian!
This afternoon, I went back to Dr. Victoria, to be ushered into the OR to see a laproscopically assisted pan-hysterectomy. This was really cool to see, as I've only ever seen laproscopic surgery in the States before, and I was pleased to find out that they do it the exact same way here, no difference. And once all of the female parts were taken out (hence the term "pan-hysterectomy) she showed me a cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. I was pretty pumped to say myself.
Then Dr. Victoria had her lunch, so I was sent off to ultrasound, only to find out the technician was done for the day, so no blurry pictures of babies and ovaries :( BUT I hung out with the nurses for a bit, where they asked me to sing, so I gave them a rousing rendition of Celine Dion's "And I will Always Love You" - you know, the part where she does the key change, and the ooooohs and ahhs, and that really high note at the end that no one can hit but her because she's canadian and Celine Dion? Yea I did that part. They weren't too impressed, maybe I'll sing them something better tomorrow.
Well, there were the highlights for today, some plans in the future to look forward to - a Hindu temple visit, possible kidney transplant (we'll see), and french toast for breakfast (*drool*)
Anyhoo, stay classy America!
I apologize for my lack of posting last night, our internet decided it didn't want to play until the middle of the day today! So now I have two days worth of stuff to talk about, no worries though, I'll just talk about the highlights.
So yesterday, I got to see a live natural birth!! It was awesome! And kind of made me not want to have kids ever. If I could ever thank my mom for pushing me out, now is the time. You are AWESOME mom, thank you so much for going through childbirth, because that stuff is PAINFUL. And you didn't even have anyone assist you! Here in India, many women have a nurse pushing down on their abdomen "pushing" for them to get the baby out, as the mother is usually "too exhausted to push when the time comes" as said by Dr. Victoria. So when the woman is dilated enough, the doctor comes in, along with a small army of nurses, and generously assists the mother in the childbearing. I thought this was a very interesting path of assistance.
My favorite part of the delivery though was when Dr. Victoria handed the newborn to the father and family it was so joyous. The father's face was so full of joy, excitement, anxiety, and fear, all at the same time. The scene made me tear up a little, and just re-affirmed that I would like to do something like this the rest of my life!
I also saw the beginning of a complete hysterectomy where they opened the patient up. Normally this is done laproscopically, but apparently this patient's uterus was so large and full of fibroids that it had to be removed using the same methods as a c-section - through the abdomen. I thought it was really cool, and thought the uterus kind of resembled a large cantaloupe, but that's slightly off topic... Anyway, I am so blessed that I get to see so many procedures while I'm over here!
I also met all of the lovely ultrasound nurses yesterday, Nithiya and Mahalakshmi, along with the other nurses I already knew, Sophia, Saranyia, and Rahila. They taught me some Tamil phrases and asked what I had for breakfast - multiple times. I thought it was really entertaining that that is one of the first things they asked me.
That was yesterday, onto today!
This morning, Emily, Alex and I took a trip to Joseph Eye Hospital for a tour! Our tour guide Julian, was very thorough, even showing us accounting, HR, fire extinguishers, and almost every disabled friendly ramp. I was grateful that I got to see so many faces of this hospital. Apparently, this eye hospital also has a disabled rehabilitation center, where they teach blind, deaf, and physically and mentally disabled people vocational and life skills! Once they have gone through training, many of these people are then employed at the hospital. Julian told us that 35-40% of their workforce is comprised of disabled people, as compared to the national average of 5%. I was really impressed with this, as well as their impeccably clean and modern set up, as well as their rural health services that they offer for free. It was a very productive trip overall.
This afternoon, I went back to Dr. Victoria, to be ushered into the OR to see a laproscopically assisted pan-hysterectomy. This was really cool to see, as I've only ever seen laproscopic surgery in the States before, and I was pleased to find out that they do it the exact same way here, no difference. And once all of the female parts were taken out (hence the term "pan-hysterectomy) she showed me a cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. I was pretty pumped to say myself.
Then Dr. Victoria had her lunch, so I was sent off to ultrasound, only to find out the technician was done for the day, so no blurry pictures of babies and ovaries :( BUT I hung out with the nurses for a bit, where they asked me to sing, so I gave them a rousing rendition of Celine Dion's "And I will Always Love You" - you know, the part where she does the key change, and the ooooohs and ahhs, and that really high note at the end that no one can hit but her because she's canadian and Celine Dion? Yea I did that part. They weren't too impressed, maybe I'll sing them something better tomorrow.
Well, there were the highlights for today, some plans in the future to look forward to - a Hindu temple visit, possible kidney transplant (we'll see), and french toast for breakfast (*drool*)
Anyhoo, stay classy America!
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