Dear Folks. As expected first day in the OR was a culture shock, but it was great to recognize familiar faces, and to work with Bona and Christian again. Our first patient was a 2.7 kg infant born with an intestinal malformation-so very challenging as pediatrics is definitely not my area of expertise-yikes. \however after many moments of terror from my point of view the surgery went off well and we were able to extubate the baby in the end.
Then on to a young boy with HIV and a huge tumor coming from the side of his neck-he was very good, and had waited all day patiently for his operation, unlike Canadian kids. It is so busy-supervising more than one room, that we ended up not eating lunch until about 2:30. However shortly after that I exited to go pick up the gorilla tickets and to sign up for the Serena Hotel which is God's Grace to me as it has a fantastic spa and I had a whirlpool, swim and long shower so that I now feel finally like the grime of the trip has washed away.
Justin stayed late-he is a real keener, and Lynn and Louise gave their first set of pain talks to the nurses but I haven't had a chance to talk to them to find out how they went.
SO far no cockroach sightings at the apartment, but the kitchen is full of traps.
I can't access my email so anyone that wants to communicate with me needs to sign up on this blog and write comments to me.
Hope all is well at home.
Take care
Love Jennifer
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