So, everyone in the OR room read my blog while I was out doing stuff. Now they all want nicknames. Ok, We have Dr. G, Rubble, The Menace, Clyde, Ghost and Jimmy (that's already his nickname). I started the day with a breast lift/reduction and a tummy tuck. Here's one thing you should remember, when dealing with bodies, you can always take more off, but you can't always add more on. With that said, the procedure went wonderfully. I sat in on one of Dr. T's knee scopes. He minimized the pocket of a loose knee cap! Jimmy was his NA and showed me everything he does during a case. He showed me the various tubes, what the machine readings meant, and all the narcotics and pain killers they use (he let me hold everything). I was afraid I was going to drop the Propofol (or whatever it's called) so I put them back. Today, Dr. G had very limited time to do two cases and had to do one right after the other. So, I picked up lunch for everyone in the room. I had to walk to Jason's Deli (since I don't have a car), but it was great exercise. I met a really nice hobo on the way there. We talked for a while about random stuff. He was selling those newspapers (lol, the nurses told me to say hi to him on my way there). I ended up bringing the lunch back earlier than expected (yay) and was proud that I didn't get lost, hypothermia, or kidnapped :) The second case was liposuction in various areas of the body. So I didn't get bored, Dr. G let me watch Dr. M (a fellow plastic surgeon) perform a nipple reconstruction. Remember when I saw those breast cancer patients postop? I was able to see the type of surgery they had undergone. It's really incredible to see something made for absolutely nothing. Dr. G finished up the lipo and took be back to the office where I chilled until it was time for me to leave. Btw: I remembered to take photos today!!!
the anesthetist and her monitoring station
Dr. G working on a patient (not shown for obvious reasons)
