Day 2 of 2022.
The ward was freezing cold,colder than normal.Maybe because it was raining.
The babies were crying.Many of the babies were under phototherapy due to jaundice..Some of them, from far looks like pikachu,jaundice til their thigh.When one baby started to cry,the next baby will starts to cry.One after another,in few seconds,every baby will be crying in chorus.
Paeds isn’t my cup of tea.I can tolerate neonates but not older kids.
I have 27 babies for blood taking on that night.
Taking babies blood isn’t same as how we take an adult’s blood.
We have to wrap the baby so that he or she wont move their other hand,have to put them under a warmer,and each time when we bring the baby to the warmer,we must make sure they are well covered with clothes to prevent hypothermia.It’s time consuming and we can’t use a tourniquet hence we can’t really appreciate their veins.It’s just anatomy and luck.
Sometimes it takes 20minutes for a baby.If it’s iv line or blood cultures ,if your time is bad,it can even take hours.
Throughout this posting I used to wondered and I’m still wondering,how would someone choose paediatric and how could someone wanted to be a paediatrician in the first place.
Maybe each person have a different mindset and their own way of seeing the world.Whatever it is,I’m just counting my days to leave this department;ASAP.
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