Have I said recently that I am humbled and honored to be here! It has been an amazing day. To begin with, I walked in at 7:30 to find two gun shot wound victims. One was in severe pain and needed an NG tube and a foley for starters. Check! I was able to decompress his stomach and help him empty his bladder. But his problems were evident on the xray results which showed just one bullet (shot really), but it was in the abdomen on the opposite side of entry. Not good. This man had most certain bowel perforation. We took him to the theatre for exploratory abdominal surgery. He had 8 perforations. All 8 were repaired by Dr. Benjamin and our patient was moved to the male ward (remember, no ICU here).
I have reached a new level and have become part Ghanaian! Today I was asked to do many more things by the regular staff. Prior to this I was treated very respectfully but I had to be very proactive with my rotation. I still need to be, but it is great to be bossed around!