the pregnant patient

it's been a week since my OB rotation started and i'm like this everyday: "kaaarreeeeennn. ayoko pumasok!!" OB sucks big time. not only is it physically and mentally draining, it's also emotionally draining. the consultants hit on you hard. no wonder there are no happy OB residents. if it's not the residents or the consultants, it's the labor watch that will kill you. labor watch means monitoring the patient every 15 or q15 minutes for uterine contractions and fetal heart tones until delivery. it also means sitting on your ass the whole damn night holding the mother's tummy counting for contractions and not getting any sleep at all. it's torture. slow and painful torture. i can't wait for my next rotation... surgery...

anyway, lucky for me, i'm preduty at OPD. meaning, since it's araw ng manila, there's no OPD. and if there's no OPD, there's no school for me! whoopee! it's been one whole month since i woke up at 11 AM. can you believe that?! i woke up really really late! i feel like crying now... hehehe... i feel 85% rejuvenated already. what's even better is that i'll be duty at the pay hospital tomorrow. meaning, i will be getting at least 5 hours of sleep during duty hours and doing nothing but eat and hang out with my co clerks... if there aren't any patients.

life is good right now =)

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