Busy like a bee - Kept on my feet the whole while at work

I reached home afer work at about 9.50pm earlier. It's the 1st day of 2006 right? It did not seem to go very well for me at work. Mmm... I simply have to record down just what happened. Yesterday, at MICU, it was my top that was torn by the metal tray standing by the side of the wall. Who knows when I walked past it, my top actually got caught in it and there was a shearing sound. The next moment, there was a flap at the side! Yikes! What a way to end the last day of 2005! I went back to the department telling my colleagues that this would be the way to end all the bad thigns to happen to me in 2005 and not let them carry over to 2006. Mmm... That was what I hoped.

And yet today, the moment I arrived at work, I was informed by my senior that my partner for the afternoon, Yolanda, a very motherly Filipino lady, had already gone to O.T. I am the one who's supposed to cover all the portable cases and O.T. as well. While she's doing the room cases. My luck with O.T. has never been very good, since I was called up to O.T. the very 1st time I worked on a pre-night Sunday. Argh... And my partner then, Benedict, called me 'Miss-T' (T for toxic) RAAAA......

Yeah, the O.T. required the I.I. Yoli called me at 2pm from the O.T and informed me that she would be coming down. She had pushed in the machines for me and I would just have to wait for the O.T to call again before going up. She even told me to relax and take my time, since the O.T. called at 1.30pm. And I was starting work at 2pm. The person in the shift before that did not go up to O.T. then and wanted to wait for me to cover. Geez. And I always arrive on time for work, seldom earlier. Thus, Yoli helped me to go up. She's just such a good and wonderful senior!!!

I went up at about 3pm after I went on 1 round of portable whereby there was only 3 cases! Normally, I would only go when there's about 6 cases. But since u don't know when the O.T. would call, u just have to clear your portable cases before the call comes.

That's when the accident happened. My pants got torn by the portable machine during my 1st case! It was around the knee area and I suffered 2 small cuts as a result. Argh... What LUCK!!! Ever since Sec 2 or 3, I have been falling down at least once every year and suffered superficial wounds on my knees. There's many scars to attest to that. My parents say I'm too naughty and it's a form of punishment. :p And this is one small wound as compared to my other scars, but it's happened on the 1st day of the year! There's a small hole in my left pant leg as well! Just earlier, my HCA was just telling me that the machine has some sharp edges that tore her pants before as well, as I was telling her about my top the day before. And this happened to me later!!! Argh...

Last day of 2005 - Tore my top
1st day of 2006 - Made a small hole in my pant
What's to come next??

After the 1st case of I.I. whereby the docs can actually just settle for a plain xray, they told me there's going to be another case that requires I.I. Another 1 hours perhaps. So I changed and went back. Cleared another 3 portable cases before they called again at around 430pm. I was doing my last case then! I went back and Yoli helped me to process the 3 cassettes. I then rushed to O.T. They were impatient man! Called me 3x! What the?! I told them I was clearing an urgent case at the ward what?!

In the end, I have to wait when I got there. Tsk tsk. The nurse apologised for calling me so many times and then making me wait. RAAA... What a bunch of low E.Q fellows. Guess who the surgeon is? L.Foo... Not going to write what kind of crossings I had with him but what 'fate' to meet him on a new year day again!!! Geez...

This case took longer than expected and it was already 615pm when I exited the O.T. After making my way back to the dept, I sat down to eat my dinner at 630pm. When I almost finished my dinner at 7pm, the H.P. rang!!! It was from O.T again!!! Now they need plain xrays for an elbow. Sigh. I had to abandon my food for the time being and go there again. So troublesome and 'lei jeh' to change.

I came back at 745pm and realised that Yoli had cleared my 5 portable cases for me! I'm so grateful to her! There were not many room cases for that whole afternoon- evening and she took the initiative to help me since she's free. So nice of her... :) If it's some other colleagues, they would not be that helpful... I kept thanking her and she frowned and simply passed it off by saying that we should help each other when the other is free. And told me not to mention it. :) Otherwise, I would have to go on my last round of portable from 8pm to 840 perhaps?

What a way to start my 2006 eh? Hah. So much walking to and fro O.T. However, this is still nothing as compared to working at A corridor. That was really the ultimate. U have to do EVERYTHING yourself. From taking in the forms, calling patient, doing the xray, process the cassette, get the xray and passing them to patients in cases of foreigners, or otehrwise remember to ask them to go off when the xray is ok. WHEW!

That was my report for the 1st day of work in 2006. It was quiet after that with another 3-4 cases for the room before we knocked off at 9pm. Fulfilling day at work eh?


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