As I count down to my 8th week out of 12 weeks In Paediatric posting, I can’t believe how much time has passed. Hey beauty, the last time I wrote on the blog was the anniversary giveaway. By the way, if you missed that, more would come okay?Let’s get into the new phase of my life or what I like to call an update.I’m also having jitters about writing. I haven’t done so since I resumed work and I feel so rusty. The first one is the tough transition from medical student to medical doctor. Why doesn’t anyone talk about this? I went from being able to schedule my time and having routines to my time not being my own. Also the responsibility is wild. Now people really listen to me and I have to be sure of the information o give people. I still shudder when I rmenebe how a patients mother really called me “doctor” and I was consider for a moment because I’ve been so used to being a student. Another thing I’ve noticed is the tendency to focus on things ahead. One thing I’ve seen is that prayer points don’t finish. As long as we live, there will always be stuff to pray about. Same here- when I got my job, the next prayer was an Accomodation. Now that’s sorted, I’m thinking about schedules. Nect up is looking forward to the end of this posting and so on and so forth. When does it end!! Anyways; to paediatrics. I don’t see myself specialising in this field for a number of reasons. One I don’t like attending to sick babies. It’s not a pleasant sight. Second getting their Intravenous (iv) access is tough. The only reason I’m happy I started from here is because I can atleast get 75% of my lines in premies (babies born prematurely)up to toddlers. That’s a big win by the way. Thirdly, it’s so stressful and the mortality rate can be as high as anything. One moment you’re rejoicing a baby is stable. The next moment, that child decides to leave this world. Excuse me? All these to say, paediatrics is not the specialty for me and this housejob has shown that. I’ve had good moments here nonetheless. But I’ll ascribe that to my colleagues. 9 out of 10 times, our jokes and moments brighten the day. Somebody jokingly commented that I’m chilling because I always take pictures of my colleagues when we’re at a seminar or event. That’s not entirely true but I think we’re al on the same page of enjoying our days because the profession itself is STRESSFUL!Also, who decided to make 24 hours call a normal thing? How do you expect people to finavyoon iptuymllu and still go on to carry their usual sctovitsies? That’s by the way. The only thing I regret not doing earlier was taking lots of pictures but hey, we’ve got a long time to go so it’s not late. How are you doing? What’s one life update you’re happy about? Share with me!
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