so first day of surgery today and everyone was splendid. very sweet, understanding, generous. the place isn't as far from my house as i thought and the hours are MUCH better than i originally feared. i'll be working mon-fri w/ one night of call (from home) each week and (tra-la-la) NO WEEKENDS! i'm actually on-call tonight....so might need to cut this short to go, you know, save lives and suture stuff back together....or something.
there is a huge surgical PA dept and they're all sweet, young, and seem to really enjoy what they do. many went to my school and know my professors, so we were able to share in that.
so that is how everyone around me was today. but you might ask, " my dear stressed-out-manic PA student, how were YOU today?" i was fair. i was friendly and out-going and not afraid to ask (unbelievably dumb) questions. but i yes very much indeed did almost pass out on my first case. like everyone warned us we would. i complied beautifully.
i got there before 7 and by 8:30 or so, i was in surgical scrubs w/ my dead sexy hair net and shoe covers, scrubbed in and working on a belly case. the incision under the belly button did me in. i felt sweaty and couldn't catch my breath, so i sat down and the nurses rushed over and fussed over me. as soon as i was sitting and my gown was off, i felt better. so i scrubbed back in and joined the team. then the little black confetti started showing back up in to my peripheral vision and eventually took over the whole visual field. so i sat down again. all in the room were trying hard to be sympathetic and not laugh at me, and were mostly successful. they were reassuring and not judgmental, but i was still pretty mad at myself.
we did a few more belly procedures and after the first case, i no longer felt dizzy and really enjoyed myself. i got to hold a camera (on a long tube, inserted deep into the abdomen and the image displayed on screens above our heads) and i also got to do some sutures. which were less-than. i will continue to practice on chicken breast, towels, my sleeping husband, etc until i get it right.
more later.....so sleepy.....
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