6/24/14
Today was surgery day, and since I am in the surgery department I got to see a lot of procedures, but nothing that stood out or was very interesting. One boy was having his tonsils removed, another man was having his leg reopened from a previous orthopedic surgery and getting it cleaned out to prevent sepsis. A 17 year old boy dislocated his elbow, so he needed it to be popped back in and get a cast, while an older man had previously had his prostate removed, but now his urethra was blocked with puss and the surgeons needed to clear the pathway and insert a catheter. Needless to say, it looked very painful and luckily he was under anesthesia. It's really interesting because in some of the minor procedures such as draining abscesses or removing lipomas and other masses, they only put the patient under local anesthesia and even then it can be quite painful for them. It makes me realize how privileged we are to not only never feel anything during any surgery, but to also be asleep and completely unaware of what is happening... which is not the case in many surgeries here. Though they don't have the medical resources here like back in the states, the kindness of the doctors and the relaxed environment more than makes up for everything.
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