Another 2 days in A&E / medical recovery. Its starting to get routine – take bloods, drain pleural fluid, look at X-Ray after X-Ray showing patients with pulmonary TB.
I did get to observe an ascitic tap on a man who’s abdomen was completely distended – there must have been 4 or 5 litres of fluid in there. His skin was stretched tight like a drumhead. I got to see and exmine some patients with DVTs as well as see some patients with meningism, and I saw another LP. I think they’ll expect me to do the next one, which is a little scary.
I think I’m going to do a night shift and one weekend day next week – the night shift will give me most of the following day off and the weekend shift will let me take a day off to do some touristy stuff – most of it is only open during the day.
Tonight I’m going to do the Kimberley Ghost Trail – It should be a fun way to spend an evening, and Kimberley isnt exactly known for its rollicking nightlife.
In other news, they’ve moved me to new accommodation – the new guesthouse is right beside the hospital, meaning all I have to do is roll out of bed and walk for 5 minutes to get to work in the morning.