Today, I saw two surgeries. The first one was about Hernia (may be 4th time? for me to see) and the second one was about infusing a string into the body from the heart side by using x-ray machine. I got to wear an apron to protect my body from x-ray machine. The doctor was using an infuser to reach some point, which I really couldn't understand that well. Today was the only day when I couldn't fully understand even though the doctor was trying his best to explain to me. I knew this day would come to me one day and today was the day. However, I experienced a lot of valuable things such as wearing an apron as other people do in the O.R. (being a part of them felt so precious) and getting this Hernia patch from the doctor.
This is Hernia Repair Patch. I was really surprised by how strong the texture of this material is.
This picture shows how the doctor was infusing the equipment.
This is how x-ray machine looks like. There was one doctor who was in charge of this machine all the time throughout the surgery as taking photos (like screenshots) and following the surgeon's instruction.
p.s. It was really interesting how both I and some doctors knew people who graduated from my school or even who attend my school now!
Today was another fantastic day!
Joy, once again I'm astounded by the exciting experience you're having in the OR. I'm also happy to hear that you hit "the wall" as far as understanding procedures goes...you need to leave a few things to learn should you go on to med school ;-). You're human, after all, and so young to know all that you do at this point. It's very impressive. I'm looking forward to hearing more about what you'll present at the exhibition at the end of the month.
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