My Surgical Rotation

Once again, I find myself starting off a post with an apology about how I haven't been posting because I've been too busy. Sigh. Enough of the excuses.

So, let me talk about Friday's surgical rotation that I did at St. Maarten Medical center. I had a blast! I didn't get a chance to sit in an actual surgery, but I did go on morning rounds with one of the 2 surgeons on the dutch side. I met a lot of patients, most with diabetes and who have had multiple amputations. Many have end stage renal failure, which means that they have to come into the hospital 2 times a week for dialysis (which takes 4-5 hours).

I will keep this short, but I really enjoyed myself. It was cool walking around the hospital with my stethescope and white coat.

In a few weeks, I will be going to the Mullet bay clinic for a 4 hour "shift" there. We'll see how that goes.