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[microchick]

@Capricorn farm. I loved surgery rotation. I remember the first surgery we got to observe was an exploratory laparotomy that was being done on a doctor's wife. They had all this poor woman's innards laying up on her lap and were in the middle of shoving everything back into her. I remember asking why they weren't being more careful in getting things rearranged back inside of her and the surgery nurse said, oh, things find their way back where they belong on their own.

Gave me pause when I had my gall bladder and appendix out. I still wonder if everything got back in the right place. Sometimes I wonder......

 

[CapricornFarm]

@Capricorn farm. I loved surgery rotation. I remember the first surgery we got to observe was an exploratory laparotomy that was being done on a doctor's wife. They had all this poor woman's innards laying up on her lap and were in the middle of shoving everything back into her. I remember asking why they weren't being more careful in getting things rearranged back inside of her and the surgery nurse said, oh, things find their way back where they belong on their own.

Gave me pause when I had my gall bladder and appendix out. I still wonder if everything got back in the right place. Sometimes I wonder......

Isn't that what the omentum does? Makes your guts fall back in place. Maybe i am remembering wrong but i know they will do that.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Mickey Ds is McDonalds. You have those, right?

That's a Mickey D?? Yep...definitely have 'em here.
Everyone here calls them McD's here.

 

[perchie.girl]

I am OK in emergencies.... can apply a pressure bandage keeping calm to keep the other one calm.... But once someone that knows what they are doing arrive I pass out.

Clinics for doc visists are ok... but Regular hospitals the best I can do is waiting room and or a chair in the room. let me see an IV and I start hyperventilating. Or have to look down till we pass the patient.

I admire those of you that do nursing but I would NEVER survive it....

 

[CapricornFarm]

I am OK in emergencies.... can apply a pressure bandage keeping calm to keep the other one calm.... But once someone that knows what they are doing arrive I pass out.

Clinics for doc visists are ok... but Regular hospitals the best I can do is waiting room and or a chair in the room. let me see an IV and I start hyperventilating. Or have to look down till we pass the patient.

I admire those of you that do nursing but I would NEVER survive it....

I used to be one of the go to people on my unit to start IVs. It is kind of interesting and challenging at times.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

@Capricorn farm. I loved surgery rotation. I remember the first surgery we got to observe was an exploratory laparotomy that was being done on a doctor's wife. They had all this poor woman's innards laying up on her lap and were in the middle of shoving everything back into her. I remember asking why they weren't being more careful in getting things rearranged back inside of her and the surgery nurse said, oh, things find their way back where they belong on their own.

Gave me pause when I had my gall bladder and appendix out. I still wonder if everything got back in the right place. Sometimes I wonder......

Ooooh...I would love that too! I like watching surgeries and such. I was SO lucky. When I was younger and first married..our old vet let me sew some of our cows back up after a cesarean. It wasn't the hide, but one of the lower layers of tissue. It looks so easy...it was MUCH harder than I expected...lol.

It's funny you mentioning about how the intestines go back into place. We were being taught how to extract an undropped testicle from a feeder pig and those interested had to take turns finding the testicle. That poor pig was dead the next morning. We assumed something got positioned incorrectly...however I don't think anyone did a necropsy on him. That was sad.

I always hope I never have to go for surgery. Dh just went for his pre-op physical today for his surgery. However, his is done with the holes and tools so his intestines/stomach shouldn't be on his lap. I hope.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Isn't that what the omentum does? Makes your guts fall back in place. Maybe i am remembering wrong but i know they will do that.

I had to look that up. Interesting!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Ooooh...I would love that too! I like watching surgeries and such. I was SO lucky. When I was younger and first married..our old vet let me sew some of our cows back up after a cesarean. It wasn't the hide, but one of the lower layers of tissue. It looks so easy...it was MUCH harder than I expected...lol.

It's funny you mentioning about how the intestines go back into place. We were being taught how to extract an undropped testicle from a feeder pig and those interested had to take turns finding the testicle. That poor pig was dead the next morning. We assumed something got positioned incorrectly...however I don't think anyone did a necropsy on him. That was sad.

I always hope I never have to go for surgery. Dh just went for his pre-op physical today for his surgery. However, his is done with the holes and tools so his intestines/stomach shouldn't be on his lap. I hope.

He may still be sore and or bruised. My husband had laparoscopic surgery and they put so much air in his stomach he had bruises on both sides.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I am OK in emergencies.... can apply a pressure bandage keeping calm to keep the other one calm.... But once someone that knows what they are doing arrive I pass out.

Clinics for doc visists are ok... but Regular hospitals the best I can do is waiting room and or a chair in the room. let me see an IV and I start hyperventilating. Or have to look down till we pass the patient.

I admire those of you that do nursing but I would NEVER survive it....

That's pretty huge to be able to apply a pressure bandage and such. And to be able to stay calm is superb! Many can't bare to see or even help in that type of scenario.

Here maybe the boy "might" be able to do it. But I don't think anyone else here could. Both our uncle and Dh have to look away if any procedure involves blood etc on an animal...let alone a human. If Dh sees blood on a human...he'll just pass out. I was quite upset with him when I found out he had went fencing and brought along the chainsaw when he was on xarelto (rivaroxaban) an anticoagulant after his pulmonary embolism. After the fact he said he'd phone me in case of accident. Pfft...like he could stay awake after seeing any blood.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

He may still be sore and or bruised. My husband had laparoscopic surgery and they put so much air in his stomach he had bruises on both sides.

Thank you! Laparoscopic came to mind but I questioned if it was the right word. Ugh...your poor husband. That doesn't sound very nice at all.

I dread that Dh has to have any surgery, but we finally had a post ph appointment with his surgeon. He has a hiatal hernia resulting in severe gerd. He's taking two (prescribed) rabeprazole daily to help control, but that's not a long term solution. He's been in ph monitoring not once, but twice when the first one failed. His number's supposed to be 14. It's 71.