Well. What a time it's been. So many patients, so many situations. Lots of conditions, lots of labs, a few tears.
Grand rounds this morning, on vulva abscess. Very interesting and educational ... especially that antibiotics are not always necessary, sometimes just incision and drainage is all that's needed.
We saw a woman today, her baby died this morning in her womb. 18 weeks old, it just wasn't meant to be. My Doc sat on her bed while I stood at the foot, and he asked her if she would like to hold the baby after it was delivered. She said no, and he told her that many who make that decision regret it afterwards. She thanked him for his compassion. I was of course starting to tear up, as tears had been rolling down her face since before we had walked in the room. He gave her the news that it would most likely not happen to her again, should she decide to have any more children. He was stellar with her, I was very proud of him.
The rest of the day we spent rounding in the hospital. We saw a patient who had delivered while she was pre-eclamptic, and was then being monitored for 48 hours after delivery. We went to lunch and then got a call that a patient was delivering so we dropped our meals and ran. After the baby was out and resting on her mother's breast, the mother wouldn't let the nurses take her new daughter from her. The Doctor had to plead with her, "okay Mommy, we need to take her so that we can clean her, okay?" She shook her head and said "noo!" "Okay?" he asked again. She finally acquiesced. Can you imagine her face? Shining like the sun, so in love, crying and looking down at her little girl. Good times, good times.
Lots of study to come over the next week, a lot.
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