Hello!
I have SOOO much I want to write about, so much happens every day! I really want to catch up on the weekend- had a great time but I am too tired for now.
Today was a very long day. I have seen SO much and been learning so much (I try and look things up and ask tons of questions). I took staples out from a patient post c-section this morning and then sutures out from a patient's wound. I have been able to do lots of wound care here which is great!
I am pretty bummed because a newborn premature baby died (it was a day old) and I was watching the resuscitation. It is the first time I have seen a patient die and it was a baby. They see life and death differently here, especially in the first year of life so the level of urgency (or lack there of) during the resuscitation was difficult for me to watch even though there is nothing else that they could have done. It is very difficult for premature babies to survive here because they do not have the necessary supplies to help them (on that note if anyone is looking to donate to something they could use a neonatal resuscitation kit here!!!)
Anyway I will try to write about more happier things soon. It has been such a great experience here, I still can't believe I get to be here learning!
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