Medical Ward

Duty at the Medical Ward was umm... educational. It's true, what they say na you should always grab any opportunity for learning or create the opportunities to learn. Kase andami kong natutunan that night sa ward.

1. I must never forget to bring my stet and bp app, thermometer and penlight anywhere especially sa hospital.
2. The adage 'curiosity killed the cat' does not apply to medical students. We should be curious as hell so we can learn.
3. A smile can go a long way to getting a complete history and pe and diagnosis.
4. We should befriend the orderlies and the nurses to make our intership easier.
5. I'll never forget what a decerebrate person looks like.
6. Filipinos are ingenious! Lalong lalo na sa mga wards ng public hospitals. We do things and make do with things unthought of in Western hospitals. =) One up for the Pinoys!
7. A good penmanship and a good command of the English language are essential to pleasing your Resident. Haha! Ayaw mo mapagalitan? Practice writing and speaking in English.
8. Paperworks and cranky Residents are the bane in the life of the Junior Intern.
9. We are medical students... we're supposed to make mistakes and be corrected. There's still a lot to learn.
10. Bring off lotion to the hospital. You don't want to get dengue from your patients. Hehe.

That and more. =)

I do enjoy being a doctor. Andaming kwento ng mga tao. It's like doing campus work. Haha. And it's always nice to know that even though you didn't do anything aside from listen, it's enough. The simple 'thank you doc kay namangkot kamo (thank you doc for asking) is priceless. It's better than Omega 3 for the heart.

blood for blood

PB got out of the hospital today. Give points for batch solidarity! =) yahoo! Well, diba 12 bags ung naubos ni Pibs... Each bag costs about 1,600php. But because that's a little too much.... my classmates donated their Red Cross cards to her na lng and some even donated blood then and there. There were even a lot of us in line to give blood in case hindi pa umabot ung Red Cross cards. Ang saya noh! Literally giving your blood for someone's sake. For their benefit. Just because you love them. With no expectation of a reward.

It kinda makes me understand more what Jesus did on the cross.
Blood for blood.
Because of love.

monday blues

Monday. This is our Endocrine and Genetics Block Exam. Talk about sabog. It was supposed to be 'mani' but I kinda screwed up. Haha. I got a laugh out of the question: What phase of the cell cycle is the DNA synthesized? I think it's one of the questions we get in first year Bio.

PB will get out of the hospital tomorrow. She's fine now, platelet count is back to normal. She was transfused a total of 12 bags of blood. Imagine that. We visited at the hospital again, syempre sister ko man siya, and we kinda tambay-ed lang kase she had TV. haaay.... TV..... =)

We're starting our Psychiatry and Neuro Block. What a way to end the semester. So mejo ngarag na kami from now until November. Goodbye blessed sleep... I think we're all becoming psycho...

And my group is now at our house supposedly doing our research proposal. Deadline is one Wednesday. Ang saya. Paperwork galore. How hard is it to write two paragraphs? Well, apparently very hard. I've been staring at this computer for so long and we had to go through stacks of researches and then condense all those for a measly two paragraphs for the introduction. Waaaaaah.....

si PB may sakit

Our friend and classmate (and my half-sister sa family tree namin sa school na kathang isip lamang at pseudo-housemate namin dahil madalas sya matulog dito sa bahay), PB Jane Quimba, is confined at Iloilo Mission Hospital, Room A305 for having Dengue, Typhoid, UTI, and to top it all off, Entamoeba coli. She's had 5 transfusions already (Type B sya) and another one coming. She's been having her expensive 'vacation' since Wednesday pero nung Monday pa lang absent na sya sa class. Araw-araw, dumadaan kami sa hospital kag ga-sinabad to sa iya (Ginugulo namin sya sa hospital everyday, sabi ko.) Kulang na lang mag-check sya dun ng attendance dahil buong klase na ata namin ang dumalaw sa kanya dun. Alam na nung guard na siya ung binibisita ng mga naka-uniform na puti.

Uso kasi ngayon dito sa Iloilo ang Dengue. Maulan kase. Halos araw-araw umuulan. At madaming clean stagnant water sa paligid kaya the mosquitoes are having a heyday making families and spreading their love around. Mejo uso din dito sa amin ang Typhoid. Ewan ko ba kung bakit. Yak. (Kase fecal-oral transmission ang typhoid so yucky pag nagkaroon ka nun. Yak tlga.) Pero si PB, gusto nya ata maging unique, para kakaiba pa rin, ayun, doble ang kinuha. Baka kinain nya yung lamok na kumagat sa kanya. Haha.

Iniwan ko kanina sa kanya si Lobo para may kasama syang aso sa room. Para meron din kumagat sa mga kumukuha sa kanya ng dugo maya't maya pag nasaktan sya. Rar. Pero dahil stuffed toy lang si Lobo, pwede nya rin naman ihagis na lang yun sa ulo nila. =)

tagalog na tula

Kanina pinagawa ako ni Sir Art ng tula para sa project ng anak nya. Si Sir Art ay Lab Tech namin. Talaga naman, ang mga med students, talentado! Haha. Pero syempre nung marinig ko una na gagawa ng tula ang reaksyon ko ay: Nyek. Tula! Tagalog! May gulay! Ang tagal ko na kayang hindi nagsusulat ng tula in Tagalog. High school pa ata ang huli.

Syempre walang ka-prepara-preparasyon yun dahil kelangan na agad yung tula. Haha. Buti na lng dala ko yung stuffed toy ko na si Lobo. May inspirasyon tuloy ako! Nakagawa naman ako ng tula sa loob ng tatlumpung minuto. Ang title? 'Ang Aking Aso'. Of course. It's so Grade One. Haha. E wala kong magagawa, hindi naman ako makata na nakakagawa ng mala-nick joaquin na tula ura-urada. Di kaya ng powers ko yun. Buti na lng andun yung mga kaklase ko (na puro naman mga bisaya kaya tawa kami ng tawa) para tulungan ako dapat gumawa ng tula. Nakalimutan namin ang tagalog ng 'share' at 'bell' at 'miss' as in namimiss mo yung isang tao o bagay. Ano nga ba tagalog nun?

Sa susunod, ipo-post ko dito yung tulang yon. Sa Lunes bibigyan daw ako ni Sir Art ng kopya. Ang saya!

chopsuey

It's almost Christmas! Excited nako! =)

Happy birthday sa mga August people! whoopdeedoo! Nikki!!!!! Jaivy!!! Sara!!!! Karen!!!! Happy birthday!

We're studying Human Genetics this past week and next week. Hehe. Feels like home. Pleiotropy, Expressivity, X-linked, Lethal, Penetrance, Alleles... I've missed those...

And contest piece sa chorale for the Medicine Week is Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas. Duduguin ata ako sa kantang yon.

Nag-duty kami sa Pedia Ward last night. Dengue galore ang mga patients dun. Pero dahil hindi kami lapitin ng mga may sakit, hindi toxic ang aming duty at 430am kami umuwi.

We had a 'beach' party at school nung July 30 bat the but the nearest body of water was the fishpond in the middle of the Medicine Square Garden in the College of Med. We just had banana leaf-covered tables and candles all over the place. Then may jamming after. It was so fun. It was the full moon. It felt like UP. It was an LB night. Muntik nako maiyak. Hehe.

I watched Rattatouille with my classmates the other day. And the day before that I watched Transformers with PB. Ang nice ng dalawang movies na yon. I think I've used up my movie quota for the month. Haha!

I had a really bad pre-menstrual episode last week. I was really mean. Tsk, tsk. Bad cheetah. Poor Xarra. =p

My Chucks are retiring na... they need replacement... ahay...

Finally! I've finished reading Perelandra. May gulay. On to the next.

I'm not a doer. I'm an idea person. I'm perfectly happy planning, designing, thinking. Just don't make me execute all my wild ideas. I'll get lost.

I miss the taste of lasagna. Hmm... cravings...

I learned a new word: LUBAG. It's Hiligaynon and it means 'twisting' or something to that effect. It refers to the disease called X-linked Dystonia and Parkinsonism that's concentrated in Capiz and almost equated with aswangs in the region. Cool noh. The things you learn in school...=p

My classmates asked me why I majored in Genetics in college. Well, it's because I wanted to work on the Human Genome Project or do stem cell research or cloning. And write for National Geographic. Matayog ang pangarap nitong batang toh!

Nagugutuom ako...