Will Someone Please Call A Surgeon?

...Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart? Hey everyone! I'm sorry that I have been gone, I've had some computer trouble - I just went out and bought a brand new laptop. I could only check my mail at work - If I had time and I'm sorry I didn't get to all of your e-mails. I'm going to continue posting - everyday I have been writing down what happened so I could just backtrack and we'll all be caught up. I'm posting one tonight, but the rest I'll put up over the next few days, its been a while! (No hearts are broken by the way - just the song I'm listening to...)

Today was an extremely stressful and busy day. I only interned today and I think that running all over one of California's largest hospitals all day was tiring both mentally and physically. Today's most interesting case was an emergency amputation. Joseph, a 46-year-old teacher, was brought in originally by lifeline for care of extensive burns from a house fire. The problem with burn victims is that you have to stabilize them quickly before infection can spread. It took no time for Joseph’s burns to become infected and his right arm was horribly infected. In result, we had to perform an emergency amputation. The reason for an amputation is so that the infection dwelling in his arm will not spread through his body and infect it as a whole. Joseph was brought into the surgical unit where his arm was cleaned with an anti-septic solution, and then checked and compared with the healthy arm. The arm was then cut; for me it was hard to watch. Imagine laying there before you are put to sleep... knowing when you wake up... you will no longer have your arm again? Joseph cried before he was drugged into sleep, and I don't blame him, I would have done the same. The stump was sutured closed to avoid any further infection, and then he was sent off for plastic surgery to take care of the burns that covered the other 60% of his body.

Now, let me tell you about how drama is spicing up with Mandy. Mandy has become my official little stalker; she keeps popping up everywhere. I see her on my way to work, I'm pretty sure I've seen her at work, I see her when I'm out, she is everywhere. I haven't called her out on it because I think it's cute; she’s trying to keep that chest in the game. Too bad it’s not working for her (she needs another cup).