Catching up and Keeping Busy....

I never posted an update on my call story so here is the gran finale! Dr. Chin finally showed up around 330am and we did our appendectomy without any complications... I didn't finish until nearly 5am because after our cases are done we still have to clean our room and wash our instruments!!!! So I layed down in my bronch room suite (Lol... not a suite at all!!!Remember, the dead people room?)for about 45 minutes then got up, got dressed, brushed my teeth, did my makeup and off I went to my day at the surgery center. We did a facelift, endoscopic brow lift and fat injections on one patient... Then we did a buttock lift on the next... Good times!!! My doc and anesthesiologist kept me laughing all day so I didn't really feel super tired until we were done for the day.... Thats when it hit me and I couldn't wait to go home.... Even though I was tired, I wanted to again review all my notes and techniques for the hip arthroscopy that we were going to do on Wednesday. So I had something to eat, reviewed, played a little GH with Mark, and went to bed.

Wednesday was the big day. I was so super excited to do this hip scope that I've been waiting months for.... We got the patient (who was a big boy-nearly 300 pounds) on the regular OR table, but when we went to set up the table modifier that dislocates the hip, the table started to tip!!!! Oh my!!!! We got a little scared, but figured that we just needed to weigh down the base of the table. We grabbed every sand bag and weight available in the building and placed them on the base of the table. We propped up the other leg holder with a stand, and off we went to prep and start the surgery. I think we took almost three hours in the surgery. Not bad for our first time here. We did a labral resection which should help the guy with some joint pain. We almost removed some loose bodies he had floating in his joint which could definitely cause some pain. All in all, it was a great learning experience, and I'm one of a very few people that can say they've done a hip scope! Woohoo!!! Can't wait for the next one....

The rest of the week has been pretty uneventful. It is getting dark so early now that it feels so late when I get home to walk the dog, but we are still going... Just to be safe though we are doing laps around our apartment complex.. We do about 4 laps in one hour... Not too shabby... I love it when Noah and I get to walk the dog together because it's our special time to just chat and reflect on whats going on. Mommy son time... Love it!

I want to send a Happy Birthday out to my great friend Christi... She turned the big quarter century!!! LOL.... She is inVegas right now celebrating her 25th!!! Wish I was there sister, but I know you will party enough for all of us that aren't with ya!

"To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart" -Pearl S. Buck

This quote was one of my daily emails I receive... It sparked a smile on my face... True true true.... I definitely think that your actions should be your own, and never done expecting reciprocation or any kind of return from others. If you expect those kind of things, you will often be let down. It is so very important to me that the actions I do be for no other reason than because I want to do them... Be it a gesture of friendship, love, helpfulness... I do them because I want to do them.... I feel like too many times people act selfishly and try to make their actions seem unselfish and giving, like there is no other motive even though there is. Its sad. This is why people have trust issues. It's so hard to tell sometimes who is being genuine and who is not.

On that note, I better get going... We just booked another OR case, and I have to get ready for it.... Have a great weekend... More pics and some really great news comin next time....