Baby Sez
7/17/2007 02:15:00 PM
I'm not a huge fan of surgery, but I don't mind assisting on C-sections because it's pretty mindless, usually a short amount of time (30-45 minutes or so) and it's nice to be right there when the baby is born. And I know it helps out the OB's.
But last night was so bad. It was warm in the OR to begin with, and I always hate being in a surgical gown with a mask on--very claustrophobic for me. But for a short surgery--no big deal. So we were about 3/4 of the way through, baby was out, doing great, and had already left the OR for the nursery, and I break out in this nasty sweat. Then I'm feeling a little sick to my stomach. Then a bit more woozy, and then I start seeing a couple stars, and finally had to scrub out before the procedure was completed.
I've never had that experience before in the OR (although, truth be told, during 7-8 hour long surgeries in med school when I was only allowed to "watch" but couldn't really see anything and they wouldn't let me do anything, I'd "get woozy" so I could go back to the doctor's lounge and read). But this just sucked. I was so embarrassed. Although it's way better to excuse yourself and sit down than pass out in the surgical field, which is very poor form. The OB I was assisting didn't realize I was pregnant (I go to the other group in town) and, well, the only good news is the baby is doing great. But I'm a mess today--I had a hard time getting back to sleep when I finally did get home about 45 minutes later, and had a full day today. I can't even read journals in my downtime because I'm just not processing anything.
I didn't get a chance to get any coffee this morning, so I finally broke down and had a Mountain Dew over lunch. Baby sez nobody messes with my momma. Only a few more patients to go....
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3 Comments:
Actually, I think D was so asleep that she doesn't even remember that I got a call at 4am and had to work for at least an hour as well. We'll both be pretty lame tonight, I fear.
posted at 4:10 PM
I was wondering why you weren't getting out of bed very fast this morning...
posted at 4:20 PM
Married couple catching up over blog comments - hilarious! ;)
D - and I quote:
You can do it!
posted at 9:04 AM
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