OMG! Time is passing so slow!

I'm in the middle of my night shift. It is absolutely dead in here!!!

arrghh.....

I have seen all my acute admissions by midnight. There wasn't anymore referrals, until I received a call at 6 am, about a boy with abdominal pain. But he is going to be travelling from a different hospital that is rather faraway....so he would take awhile before arriving here. The ward was fine...apart from reviewing a few patients asthma or viral wheeze, there really wasn't much to do.

So my registrar and I had a cup of tea around midnight. Then we started to finish up the discharges, as the case notes were pilling up! We have done them all by about 3 am. Since then, I have been sitting about doing nothing...tried to do a few 'Best of Five Questions,' but didn't last long before I so totally lost my concentration.

I tried to take a nap...but only managed intermittent sleep for about 1 hour. After that 6 am call, I couldn't sleep. sigh. So now I'm wide awake, waiting for that patient to turn up...wishing that time would go faster...wishing that it will 9 am in 1 minute...so that I could quickly pass my page and handover to the day team!

7 nights

Its 1 down....and there are 6 to go.

Nights! Nights! Nights on call once again.

So sleepy now...need my beauty sleep. So nite nite.

It was Mummy's Birthday

It was Mummy's birthday yesterday.

I was on-call, so I didn't have a chance to wish her until it was 11pm her time back home.

Mummy was surprised to hear my voice, but happy. This is for you mummy.

Happy birthday to you mummy.
Wished I could be there to take you out for dinner or give you a big big biiiiggg huggie.
Happy birthday to you mummy.
Wished I could be there sing the birthday song and see you cut your cake.
Happy birthday to you mummy.
I miss you loads.
Happy birthday to you mummy.
I love you.

Mummy & me

Tsk Tsk...The Alcoholic in Me.

Remember I said that I drank a whole jug of beer in Germany? Yeah...so here are the photos as promised.

Let's get the party started! My first ever 1 litre jug of beer.





















Doing alright....managed to drink a quarter of the beer...The beer tasted really nice...strong with a slight hint of bitterness.


















Here's when I can't hide. I've drank more than 3/4 of the jug...my ears are starting to turn really red. They were, in fact, burning!



















Bottoms up!!

=) Finished my jug of beer. Whoa...it is a personal record!
















By the end of the whole drinking session, I was really full. My bladder was going to explode because of the amount of fluid I've taken in. It was undoubtedly unhealthy binge drinking!! But hey, I was still sober. And the plus point was I managed to get a good deep sleep that night!

Sushi

I love sushi. So when my friends asked me to join for sushi on Sunday, I was excited. We all headed to the new shopping mall in Glasgow, Silverburn. Apparently, the famous sushi store "Yo Sushi" has just opened there. This sushi bar is popular in Manchester, so my friends told me.

Its been a long time since I touched sushi. Even when I was at home last CNY, I didn't get a chance to grab a sushi bite. So I was really dying to eat one! Having said that though, I personally think that my sushi standards are very high. Back home, I really miss Genki Sushi. Imagine the crunchy soft shell crab temaki.....yummy.

Yo Sushi looked exciting. The whole bar was open right in the middle of the shopping mall. I could see different varieties of sushi circulating on the belt. So we quickly grab a seat and started to pick what we wanted to eat.

5 minutes later....I still haven't picked one.

Another 5 minutes....I still haven't seen any sushi that attracted my eyes.

I guess the sushi wasn't presented as yummy as the ones in Genki. None of the sushi were shouting to me, "Me, me....pick me! I am yummy!" I was a tad disappointed. But in the end, I chose the usual Unagi and salmon. They were nice....but I still think the ones in Genki were better.

Then, I went on to order a temaki roll. How sad, the ran out of the radish that is used to prepare the soft shell crab temaki...so I couldn't satisfy my cravings for the crab. I settled for crispy duck temaki instead...It was different, quite tasty....but I want my soft shell crab temaki!!! boo hoo.

All in all, I think Yo Sushi is "ok." But if you haven't eaten sushi for a long time....it will certainly satisfy you.

Choose Your Poo!

I've been wanting to blog about this for a long time... =P

I'm sure most of us have sufferred from constipation at some point in our lives. When constipated, we will try our best to eat more fibre to help solve the problem. If not effective, then, some of us would resort to laxatives.

I came across this pamphlet (shown below) designed by one of the popular laxative company, simply amusing.

(picture taken from the Movicol Paediatric Plan pamphlet)

It is a very educational pamphlet too, as it shows us that our poo can come in different shapes and forms. But after looking at it, you will probably think of your food differently. However, it gives us an idea how to manage constipation, especially in children, because kids can't really explain their poo to doctors. So people, choose your poo!

The Drugs Song

Got this cool song from a friend. Check it out!

Happy Deepavali

Happy Deepavali to fellow Indians!

To be honest, I didn't know it is Deepavali until my mum told me that she's not working because it is a public holiday in Malaysia today. Deepavali....makes me yearn for a bite of that crunchy tasty and oily muruku! What about those papadum you eat with the Indian curry...and the vade? Is that how you actually spell it?? You know what I mean, those deep fried dhall stuff. yummy!!

Sigh. Miss the atmosphere back home. Miss going to my dad's friends' house for Deepavali meals...

Shitty Day

Today just kicked off badly from the moment the clock turned 00:00 hours.

First, I could not sleep. I tossed and turned, tossed and turned, tried to count the number of sheeps that were jumping across the fence, tossed and turned again......before I finally fell asleep god knows how many hours later. My guess is 2 am. Then I woke up suddenly thinking that I have overslept, turned to look at the clock, and the time was only 3.27 am. I thought my eyes were playing games on me, so I double checked the time using my handphone. My eyes were not telling any lies. This trend went on until it was 6 am, when I finally decided that there was no point in sleeping anymore.

Secondly, the ward was totally chaotic this morning. There were outpatient clinic running in the ward, outpatient blood tests, elective surgical patients waiting for their turn to go to theatre, and of course, the acute admissions too. The nurses were flapping. They did not know how to cope with the work load...so everything was in a mess. When asked to do something, it would take them a long time before it was being done. But what really angers me is this "4 hour policy." I mean, hello, if you want to make it a 4 hour policy, make sure you do your job too. Stop hassling me to review patient X or patient Y, when you haven't even given the poor pyrexial child his Calpol!

Patients who were waiting for their blood test were getting impatient...Think there were about 3 of them. All the acute admissions came in a bus. So there were about 6-7 of them that came in together. So everyone was getting impatient! But hey, there is only one of me. I have to see these admissions, and do the blood tests for those outpatient ones. You just got to be patient people!!

Anyway, talking about impatience.....One of the parents yesterday were extremely grumpy. The moment I called their young daughter in for her blood test.....the first thing that came out from her mother's mouth was, "I'm no waiting for the ECG. Hospital X has looked at her heart, and the cardiology people said her heart is fine. I'm no waiting for another ECG to be done here."

She was refering to the ECG that has been requested for her. As usual, Monday mornings are always busy for such procedures, hence, the waiting time to get a simple ECG done is longer. The worse thing was, she also said, "I am no listening to a single word from that woman. Whatever she told me in the clinic was utter nonsense. I don't believe a single word she said. She didn't even tell me that the reason I'm here is for my wee girl to have some many blood tests and this ECG." She was speaking in a very angry manner. She added that, "I don't want to see her ever again...am not going back to her clinic ever again. I will get re-referred to another doctor."

I was confused, wondering who she was refering to as that woman. I asked her what she meant. I soon found out that she was talking about the consultant whom she met at the outpatient clinic. Honestly, I couldn't understand why she would say such a thing about that consultant because she is a really nice person.

She also asked me the reason for all the tests...and I informed her it was because her daughter is a bit small for her size. Mum thinks she's just petite. But guess she didn't realise that her wee daughter is also dysmorphic. Anyway, after kicking so much fuss, I asked her, "So do you still want me to proceed with these blood tests then?" "Aye...just do it," mum replied. Now, if you don't plan to see this consultant again, why do you still want to proceed with the tests?? I don't get her at all.

So everything was starting to boil my fire. The other thing that pissed me off was when this nurse came up to me and asked, "Can we transfer this baby to the next ward?"

"No, because she needs a cannula and blood tests before she can go across," I said.

"Why now when she's been here for more than 5 hours???" this nurse said.

arrghh...not this whole bloody 4 hour policy thing again!!! So I told her, "Well, she just had her ametop on about 20 minutes ago...so I'll need to let it work first before proceeding. Moreover, the decision about doing the blood test was made not too long ago."

She cheekily answered, "It needs to be done NOW."

What the fuck man.... when we decide to do the blood test is really up to us. You have been working in this paediatric unit for a longer time than me. You should know that we do not like bleeding kids unless it is really necessary. Sometimes I wish I could tell her, "Look, who is the doctor here." But then again, I hate being condescending and I do not want to be rude to her either.

It was such a shitty day. Glad it is all over. Knackered now.