surgeries

I know I say everything is insane here but every time I see something new it blows my mind! Every Tuesday they perform major surgeries.  Being the overly excited student that I am wanted to see them all, therefore I stayed for everything. I ended up seeing four surgeries, two open removal of the gallbladder, one laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder, and an open removal of one ovary and several cysts. All of the surgeries were so interesting but my first surgery of the day I had a really hard time with… I can give you graphic details if you want! I think it was the initial shock, sights and smells is what really took me by surprise.  Thank god my friend Garave was with me or I would not have been able to make it. The three remaining surgeries when well for both me and the patients, all the patients are stable today. Something different about all of these surgeries that you would never see in the United States is all the patients were awake throughout their procedures. If that was me laying there with my guts hanging down to the floor I would be freaking out!!!!!   Another thing that is different is after your surgery is over your family comes to get you and from the surgery room carries you on a stretcher to your hospital bed. Once again the only word for this is insane but I honestly do respect everything they do and how they treat their patients.  The staff at this hospital is so amazing it’s too bad they have such limited resources. Honestly I would rather have these doctors cut on me before I would let any doctor touch me back in the United States. It’s astonishing how well these doctors work together and help each other out.  I love knowing that their work is not about the money or the prestige; if it was they would have left to go somewhere else and actually make money.