Yep, it's 2:15 am and I'm still up, blogging away. Trying to get used to my new life for the next 5 days - work from 8:30pm till 8am. I might have to kip in my sister's room - it's the only room in the house that can get completely dark in the day. And of course, Brownie will be thrilled - and perplexed - to have me around in the daytime.
Had a great 2 weeks in Geriatrics. First off, my boss is fantastic. I come only 1 day each weekend, and I have anywhere from 1 to 8 patients. Plus, half the job is done by the lovely Geri Sisters - stuff like family background, home environment, and even stuff like mini mental state exam, residual urine and PR. It was useful for the delirium and dementia cases I saw too.
Did a trip down to St. Luke's Hospital with my boss last Thurs. It was such a thrill - we rounded 30 patients within the hour, and their rehab gymn is fantastic. Oh dear .. do I sound like I'm considering geriatrics as a career choice? My boss *did* bring up an awfully exciting, related field though. Related to both geri and what I originally wanted to do - a merger of the 2, if you like. Food for serious thought.
Saw this old couple at SLH. The man had a broken neck and dementia, and the wife was hale and walking about. They must have been like what, 80? It was such a sweet thing .. the man sitting in a chair with his neck in a stiff collar, while his wife was sitting right beside him, albeit nagging a little.
Some more pics that I dug out .. First off, the weirdest floral arrangement you'd ever find: Not the best of pics (taken on a VERY lousy phone camera) - YX's house actually has a KTV set!! It lists most of the new songs as well. Pity though, we're having a tough time fixing up the microphone. Hmm .. new hangout place, instead of spending $$$ at Kbox? ;) Time for plants. Sarracenia leucophylla "red tube" Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis. This endangered plant remains extremely challenging for me. It tends to go into Sudden Death mode. But ooh, those golden-green pitchers! Nepenthes veitchii. Amazing pitchers, but yet another sporadic performer. Nepenthes bicalcarata - see those 2 fangs protruding from under the lid? Sunny side of the garden - a bright yellow Cosmos flower, with pink Vinca in the background. We discovered that YX is allergic to the Vinca (or periwinkle, as we learnt in Primary School under "Poisonous Plants") - she breaks out into a rash on contact with the leaves. Friend's apartment - how can ANYONE get a TV room, eh?? Projection TV, of all things. I see YX hankering after me about this one. Tonight - celebrating YX's brother's birthday. The little boy, with his ears held up and looking all foxy. Asleep on my bed, after flinging all his toys on it first. BTW, you notice that Doraemon has no eyes, or nose? No prizes for guessing who did that - on the FIRST day of getting the new toy. And that Wellington Bear used to have clothes on too. He's now working on getting the hat off. Molly (foreground) and Wally, cuddling together. It's strange, cos hedgies are not supposed to behave like that - they're pretty solitary animals. A shot at taking B&W photos - not too shabby for a first-timer with a prosumer camera! OK, I know .. not enough shadow details, yada yada.
