my reg was away sick today. again. i walked into the ward at 750am having only slept about three hour last night because it was so hot. straight away i was asked to check out a confused oldie who had a fall a few hours ago. he needed three stitches to his forehead. after that, another drowsy 80 something who was making green things coming out of both ends of her gi tract. gave her some fluids. then sorted out a diabetic who was having trouble peeing. did some ward work. certified someone dead. then the social worker grabbed me for a family meeting i didn't know about. held a family meeting of my own. listened to fifteen minutes of whinging on the phone from an angry son. did more ward work. had lunch at 5pm. admitted someone. more ward work. checked some bloods. trudged home at a quarter to eight.
aussie day was good. watched tennis and cricket at gareth's house while listening to the triple j countdown. drank a lot. saw the fireworks by the lake with thousands of people in the drizzle. then had pancakes and maccas while watching the tennis. so lovely...
next week i start after hour on-calls. monday, wednesday, friday, and the entire weekend. *sigh* i need a holiday already *big sigh* paperwork is already piling up. *bigger sigh* and we're still staying on the top floor of the hospital. *biggest sigh*
at least we got paid on wednesday!! =)
1 comment:
Geez, you're doing us all proud, Chi. Bravo! Does that mean you get Reg pay now?
*sigh* Families..you can't deal with them, you can't not deal with them.. We've had sooooooo many today wanting us, to have everything explained to them from start to end yet again. I mean, you know talking to them is the thing to do, but when you're already 5 hours behind on your ward round....
This pay thing is overrated. Especially when that much is taken out for tax. :P
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