If I had a Tired Scale of 1 to 10, my rating would be a 20. I am that tired.
See, this is my very first time to scrub in for a major surgery. I scrubbed in for a Radical Nephrectomy. This patient has a tumor near his kidneys and they had to remove it. this operation took a long time. The surgery started around 9 in the morning and it was finished at 3 in the afternoon. This means that I stood up for 6 hours straight without any breaks - even bathroom breaks. It was tiring! As in. But, the good thing though is that by GOD's grace the surgeons were able to successfully remove the tumor. There was even a time during the whole surgery when I thought that the patient wasn't going to make it because I kept on hearing that there was a bleeder.
Surgery is so intense. I would love to be a surgeon and have that adrenaline and that intensity. Surgeons... Ah... There are a handful of good-looking surgeons. And, I happen to bump into one of these good ones, a lot.
Maybe I am exaggerating and ignoring the fact that St. Luke's is a place where doctors work and student nurses get a taste of what it is to be a nurse. And, it is not very far from possible that doctors and student nurses would bump into each other. But a girl can dream, right?
See, every single time that I have my duty in St. Luke's, I always see this doctor. I don't know his name. But, what the heck? The first time that I saw him was in OPD. I was assigned in the HEENT section of the OPD, and there he is. Well, I also saw this cute intern there. But, he stood out because he looks so matured and smart and he IS very attractive. Next, in Annex III. It wasn't really the assigned area for me but because our group got dissolved, I was asigned there. In one of the days that I was there, I saw him again. Hmm... Gwapo talaga. And then, now! He was having a surgery. Oh, gosh. Gwapo talaga. Astig. Hay, my very own McDreamy.
A very long surgery is tiring.