An Evening in ED..

ED means emergency department ya, bukan erectile dysfunction --".

Im doing evening shift this week, thus starting at 4pm and finishing at 10ish pm. time-wise, i dont like it coz it disrupt my sleep-wake cycle. for the past 2 nights, i was stil wide awake at 2am, and wil only managed to wake up at 11ish am in the morning. sighh rasa sgt unproductive! (thank you Is sbb kejut subuh this morning..walaupun lps subuh tido balik,thehehhe~ )

But the bright side was that i wil be able to go off early if it's quiet. like last nite, Dr W sent me home at 9pm! wee~~ plus as there's only 2 (real & qualified) doctors during the shift,i (as the, ehemm not-yet-qualified doctor) am allowed to do more stuff on my own.err dont wory kiwis, im stil monitored by the seniors.


so last nite, i was asked to stitch Pakcik P's head as he fell and badly lacerated his forehead. He is 84 yrs old, on warfarin (a blood-thinner drug that makes it harder to stop his bleeding), his wound was a deep,X-shaped laceration with nearly 5mm gap in the middle. My aim was to try close the skin-gap so tht he wont bleed too much plus do a lil cosmetic job so tht he wont scar too bad and looks like a pirate later. I gladly accepted the job as i lurve jahit menjahit orang nih! =p
However sigh sigh Pakcik P was such a grumpy patient.

"HEYY!! what are u doing up there?!"
" OHH come ONNN"
"How much longer??!" etc etc. sigh sighhh

Considering tht he's in pain,i was able to pujuk myself by thinking tht he didnt mean to be THAT grumpy.
a great thing about health services in NZ- the staff (docs, nurses, cleaners etc) hav a high work ethics. ie they wont be growling to the patients and deals with all patients with such reassuring manners plus with a pleasant voice. thus i learn&display those positive sides. sile baca menggunakan suara yg comel dan sedap.

"in just a moment Mr P"
"we're nearly there.. u're doing great.."
"i know it hurts.. bear with me for a lil while.."

but halfway i got frustrated myself. so my heart starts to growl too, 'GGRRRR GGGRRR' but was managed to keep it inside. when it's all done, i hav to get some blood of him while he stil wore his grumpy behaviour when i explained wht i ws about to do.

"i dont care what ure doing" - before the needle prick.
"OOUUCHHHH... what are u doing??!" - during the needle prick. =="
'err,get some bloods of u?' -> fuh fuh thank God i didnt blurt this out loud!

then i checked his old medical notes. OMG,tht clarified everything.. he has dementia! and tht was the reason for the grumpiness. huhuhu sorry Pakcik P.. i regreted being frustrated at him, but i ws relieved tht i didnt lose control of my emotion in front of him.

facts: dementia = nyanyuk.a 'tak boleh dielak'(adehhh..i couldnt think of the word in english!!) ageing condition to the brain,in the worst case scenario reversing the person's personality back to a child-like state, where the cognition & memory wil be lacking/impaired. emm.. maksudnye diorg tak boleh berfikir & behave mcm org dewasa. thus some senile people tak ada sifat sabar, jadi kurang sopan etc aka jadi immature. plz take note that they DIDNT PLAN/MEAN to behave tht way. they simply couldnt think & rationalized anymore. thus please ALWAYS forgive& have patience towards them.

moral of the story is that we; the fit & healthy persons DO hav the ability to think&behave like a mature adult (yea im talking to u people who's reading this entry + to myself). we better act like a mature adult and hav the courtesy to make people's around us easier, unless if u/me/we? are willing to be called orang tua nyanyuk!

time for lunch! lauk sardin 2 hari lepas ada lg, haihhh tak baek mbazirr. Is cadangkan utk meriahkan lauk by goreng telur and makan sardin tu dgn nasik panas2. pergh layaaan esp time ujan2 ni. okayyy dah siappp~
emm..sebenarnye kan kan, Is nk latih kite rajin ke dapur. sbb dia risau later asik kena makan lauk kedai or recycle lauk 2-3 hari. hihihi.haihh tu la Is.. sape suro terpikat kat dokter..tpaksa la redha dgn doctor's crappy work schedule later.huahuahua.
huwaaaaa i takutt jugak sbnrnye~~ sob3.. tp i'll try my best to manage my time ok? wil learn memasak from now so tht later boleh klik2 and post kat blog mcm kak hana. (demm.. akak la mengajar dia niiiii)
OK nak makan dah. Bismillahh.. (wahai Is dan pembaca2 yg tgh puasa walaupun dh Syaaban 1, jgn terliur! =p)