This Is What You Called An Emergency?!

I'm not really a toxic person when it comes to night duty. I've been known to have the toxicity in my blood especially during the daytime but ever since I had my night duty, I realized that it is the time of the day where my toxic curse has no effect. Almost all the time, we had a peaceful night until I was partnered with Jops, our combination is the worst. 

Dalawang beses pa lang kaming nagninight duty ni Jops but during those times we always had an emergency case. The first time we had our night duty, an emergency ex-lap came, good thing the anesthesiologist and the surgeon were the kind ones. For our second night, we had an emergency cysto-RPG which is kinda weird because that kind of surgery was not an emergency at all, I mean you can do this anytime of the day pero parang for the sake of just having an emergency case for us kelangan talaga nilang gawin yun.

If the cysto-RPG emergency case is weird the weirdest of them all came last night when Jops and I had another night duty. We already accepted the fact that we are not meant to be partner in a night duty dahil nga everytime partner kami may case kami but when we arrived in the OR last night, it's a miracle na walang pending case, and so we thought until 1am came. A call from a plastic resident came scheduling an emergency debridement of right hand and she was saying that it will be a direct OR, no more stop over to the ER. I accepted it, feeling that it was really an emergency. May kanya-kanya na nga kaming theory kung ano ang nangyari. My theory nasagasaan ng kotse yung kamay nya at nalasog lasog, I forgot what Jops' theory is but our aide told us that maybe the patient was mugged and he fought tapos nasaksak yung kamay nya. Ok na sana ang lahat, okay yung surgeon pero ang tanong namin bakit naman sa dami-daming anesthesiologist yung monster anesth pa yung napili nila.

Anyways, when we received the request hala nagulat kami ni Jops. The operation in the request is as follows: Emergency debridement of 3th and 4th digit of right hand possible wire fixation. Our reaction: "ngek! daliri lang yung aayusin nila? Emergency talaga ito? Life threatening? Bakit kelangan pa nila ng anesthesiologist?" Nakakatawa lang kahit gaano ka-minor yung case for the sake of just having an emergency case for us, kelangan talagang magkaroon.

And we thought mabilis lang yung case but we were wrong, after kong masabon ng anesthesiologist for not knowing where the heck is the manual drill of OR (which I consistently saying na wala nang ganun sa OR to the surgeon, which was finally confirmed by a senior nurse), the operation which was supposedly last for an hour (if only they asked for the help of an Orthopedic surgeon) lasted for three hours. Saktong-sakto pagkatapos nila 5am na at nandun na yung mga 5am-1pm shift nurses. So kami naman (after kong i-transout sa ward yung patient) nagmadaling magopen at magset-up ng OR dahil 5am na and our earliest case for the day is 6am.

At kahit walang tulog at antok na antok, parehas pa kaming na-OT ni Jops dahil kahit na holiday, walang tawad ang mga surgeon at andami pa rin nilang cases for the day at dahil kulang sa tao, ayun kami na ang na-OT. After 3 hours of overtime work, pinauwi rin kami.

Simple Abode And A Serious Conversation

Finally I was able to see the new place of Sir Ge. There was a weird feeling in their subdivision. It's like being transported into a new place making you feel like you're out of the country already. The place is so quiet but not the eerie type of quietness, wala lang ata masyadong tao pa. But all in all it's a nice place to live. Hindi nga lang ako nakapasok sa bahay pa niya.

Anyways, nung umuwi sya nalaman nyang sumakit na yung tagiliran ng tatay nya and they're thinking of admitting him already in a hospital. Sabi kasi nya dati tomorrow yung plan but because of what happened baka mapaaga yung admission ng father nya.  I accompanied him to SM Fairview para magwithdraw ng pera and while queuing in line we had a not so serious conversation regarding our friendship.

Hindi ko alam if serious sya or not regarding the matter pero deep inside feeling ko yun talaga yung nararamdaman nya dahil everytime I'm asking for confirmation hindi naman nya idinedeny. So what is our conversation? It goes like this: Parang napipilitan lang sya na maging kaibigan ako at dahil magkaibigan na kami wala na syang magawa. Ang tingin nya user friendly lang ako dahil kaibigan ko lang daw sya kapag magbubuhos ako ng sama ng loob, kung magpapalibre lang ako, may ibibigay na hindi msarap na pagkain, may ibibigay na hindi magandang gamit at marami pang iba. Parang joke lang actually yung usapan namin pero knowing him there is something in those words na binitawan nya.

New Sideline and Income Tax

I'm trying a new sideline today and that is being a Clinical Instructor to students who are for completion in their OR requirements.My co-staff asked me if I would like to try it, madali lang daw naman and I would be paid a thousand bucks and because I really need money right now I agreed to try it.

The work is okay, you just need to assist them in distributing their cases and re-orient them about aseptic technique and the proper way of glovings and gowning. What I really not anticipate is when a student nurse suddenly collapse while he is scrubbing in Spine Surgery. Buti na lang okay lang sya and nothing serious happened.

Today I was also able to receive the Income Tax Form...yung ififile sa BIR for your ITR. Ang weird it's my first time to accomplish such form. In my previous work kasi exempted kami dahil minimum wager lang pero now, meron na.

Anyways, umalis agad ako from my CI duty kahit na supposedly hanggang 5pm pa dapat ako, pero dahil wala naman ng cases around 3pm, sabi ko sa students ko mauuna na akong umalis. I accompanied Sir Ge to the college para kunin yung cheque nya which was his payment for doing some CI duty last January. After that we deposit all of his cheque in a nearby bank. O  db sya na ang maraming cheque...hehe :)


We went home after via Blumentritt route and nagulat ako dahil after a year lang ata ulet ako dumaan sa rutang iyon. Compared to our Fairview route, mas gusto ko pa rin sa Fairview dahil first and foremost malinis and maganda yung mga view unlike sa Blumentritt na parang andumi ng daanan. And dahil mas mura ang pamasahe papuntang Fairview. Imagine from Blumentritt to Novaliches, P40each yung FX! E dati P30 lang yun! O well sabi ko sa kanya wag na kami dumaan ulet doon. Hehe :)

"Instant Food" Saturday Night Food Fest

It's Saturday once again and as usual we have our Saturday-themed food fest duty just to avoid the toxicity of the night. Anyways, si Rain naman ang kasama ko this time around at dahil sya ang nagdala ng ice cream the night before, I promised her that I will bring some tonight.

What I didn't know is may mga kaso pa pala sa OR, good thing pagkadating ko tapos na yung mga case at magliligpit na lang kami, the other case was rescheduled the following day.

At dahil duty naman sila Jops and Benj, I told them to stay behind na lang dahil may dala akong food. So after umalis nung ibang 2-10 sabi ko may dala akong ice cream and they volunteered na bumili na rin ng ibang food, at dahil gusto nilang kumain ng noodles, bumili na sila ng yakisoba at mga noodles, habang kami ni Rain ay naglilinis ng OR.

After maglinis, we decided to eat and magkwentuhan ng mga pangyayari sa OR. The relationships na namuo sa OR and lahat ng rumors na kumakalat pinagusapan namin. This is one of those nights na hindi ko malilimutan dahil I'm with the people na hindi mga plastic at mapagkunwari. We really had fun that night, good thing nga at wala kaming emergency case ni Rain, although na pull-out sya sa DR-CD around 4am.

Summer and Reunion

It's been our RLE tradition that whenever Gale is here in the Philippines we will have our RLE reunion but as usual every year, we cannot complete ourselves but we don't care as long as a number of people will show up even if it's just three or four it's okay.

Anyways, this year, Gale, Haidz and Yhani wanted to have a beach reunion. The initial plan was to do it in Boracay but because of time constraints (almost all of us have a job and cannot get a week-long vacation), they decided that we should do it instead in Puerto Galera. Its a sudden announcement so only few were able to come.

This is my second time in Puerto Galera, but I'm still excited for this trip because of the planned activities Gale and Haidz were planning to do. My first trip in PG is so memorable due to different close to death encounters we had experienced. Anyways, at that time we stayed in White Beach Resort so to make it a little different this time, I asked Haidz to look for accommodation in the Tamaraw Beach instead and luckily we found one that is cheap considering its already a peak season.

Jes, Cis and I met Haidz and Gale in the bus station in Buendia then we took the 6am bus going to Batangas Port and there we meet up with Yhani and Edward. We then took a boat ride going to Puerto Galera. We reached the island around lunch time but our service going to the beach resort wasn't there so we decided to call them up.

We were really amazed at the place when we arrived there. It's like being in a private beach resort due to few tourists and the calmness and serenity of the place is too overwhelming. Ang sarap magpahinga talaga. We then ordered for our lunch which is quite disappointing kasi ang tagal nilang i-serve. But to our surprise the food serving is really big quite the contrary to what the receptionist mentioned. The food is quite delicious too and even though it's a bit costly it is all worth it.

After eating lunch, we asked the receptionist if they could give us a ride in the SandBar where we already have an appointment for our banana boat ride. Its a good thing that the Tamaraw Beach Ressort is the same owner of the place. Feel na feel tuloy talaga namin na mga bakasyonista kami. When we arrived in the SandBar, there were no other tourist instead of our group, solong-solo tuloy namin yung lugar and they even gave us additional 10 minutes in the banana boat so instead of just 20 minutes 30 minutes kaming nagbabanana boat ride.

After that, we returned to the resort then played some beach volleyball till dusk. After that linis na ng katawan then went to White Beach for the night party. Weird lang dahil ang konti ng tao so hindi mo ramdam yung party scene that night and ang lamig pa. Around midnight, Jes, Cis, Yhani and Edward decided to return already in the resort.I stayed behind to accompany Haidz and Gale.

The following morning, we decided that we will do snorkelling and island hopping but Jes and Cis decided to do a rain check. They rather enjoyed the beach daw kasi last day na nila and they will not have enough time to explore White Beach. At dahil kasama namin sila Yhani in doing the snorkelling and island hopping parang hindi rin namin nasulit dahil nagmamadali kami dahil baka maiwan ng boat sina Yhani. pero in all fairness naman sulit pa rin ung ginawa naming activities.

Haidz, Gale and I decided to stay behind and have our vacation extended, unfortunately hindi rin na-enjoy ni Haidz dahil nagkasakit sya during our second night. Pero before that happened we were supposedly do parasailing our visit the Tamaraw Falls but because we don't have enough budget anymore, we decided na magpahenna tatoo na lang and do a massage the following morning.

All in all, my second trip to Puerto Galera is also memorable minus the scary part. More of fun actually considering that I'm having a night duty the same day we returned to Manila. I really loved my RLE kaya I'm hoping that someday we can really have a reunion that all of us were complete.