Sa Silid Nila

Masaya ako sa career na napili ko. Hindi ako nagsisisi. Mahal ko trabaho ko. Satisfaction guaranteed kumbaga! char! Kasi may kasama na din ditong landi, may cute kahit saan! doctors, relatives, minsan yun patients mismo, nurses, technician! hongdami! LOL

Itong entry na to, tungkol sa mga tunay na tao...Sila ang mga recent at mga ume-eksenang character sa buhay-ospital ko. May mga nakakaaliw, may nakakaburaot, at syempre may mga nakakalungkot.


si 611

Tuwing alas-kwatro ng umaga umaakyat ako sa ward para puntahan ang chronic case naming patient na ito. Naka tracheostomy tube siya at kelangan ko palitan ang mga abubot na nakakabit sa stoma nya. Kelangan ko siya suctioning ng bonggang bongga kung ayaw ko magtalsikan sa akin lahat ng plema nya! Yeah! instant condensed milk yun! LOL!

tracheostomy tube

Kaso may panlaban si Mama! Tuwing ipapasok ko ang catheter sa trache tube niya, napapautot siya ng pagkabaho-baho! Kung may kulay lang, malamang green yun! (toxic gas?) Malakas at dahan-dahan! Rinig ko...

Napapangiwi nalang ako, di naman ako makapagtakip ng ilong at may gloves ako suot na puno ng malagkit na keme ng stoma nya! yaiy!

Kaya mula nun, nakuha ko na ang technique, hindi ko ipapasok lahat nun catheter para di siya mapaubo-sabay-utot ganyan!


si 632

Ito namang isang toh, naku kay-ligalig! chronic case na rin siya mag 6-months na ata siya pabalik-balik sa icu at sa ward. Ngayon nag stabilized siya kaya naman nasa ward siya ulet. Pero kelangan ko siya silipin at check-in dahil sa amin nagpo-fall ang management sa knya, respiratory-wise. Lam nyo naman respiratory therapist (a.k.a RT) lola nyo.

Ewan ko ba tuwing makakakita siya ng RT walang humpay ang pagdaing nya sa amin...naka tracheostomy tube din siya kaya walang boses na lalabas sa bibig nya. Kumpasan galore ang nagaganap...turo dito turo doon! malimit nya idinadaing yun sa may ilong nya! at sa may dibdib nya...puro naman arte lang!

Pero jusko di ko naman ma-getz. Kung mag sign siya ng chupa malamang getz ko agad! charot!

Kaya naman tuwing tulog siya dun ako nagra-rounds sa knya kasi mauubos oras ko sa pakikipag sign language nya! halos tumingkayad ako to check her tube and gadgets para hindi makagawa ng ingay! Lakad pusa ganyan.


si 622

Ito namang isang toh, sobra hirap na dinanas ng lahat ng RT sa knya! Lalo na sa makukulet niyang mga anak! Jusko as in! kay liligalig! Matagal namin siya inalagaan sa ICU, mga mag 2 months, tapos napagaling namin siya (sympre group effort din yun with the doctors, nurses, therapist etc) at nai-transfer namin siya sa ward till madischarged. Nakakataba ng puso yun ganun.

After 2 months, naadmit siya ulit sa ICU! nag cardiac arrest sa bahay! Na-revived, na-intubate, na-wean sa ventilator, at na-extubate ko siya the next day. sa makatuwid, naitawid naming muli ang buhay nya! Safe na si Mama.

intubation

Nai-shift ko na siya sa face tent (oxygen gadget to na kinakabit namin after maalis ang tube niya sa lungs na sa bibig pinadaan)

Tuwing ira-rounds ko siya at check-in, maayos siya, nasagot sa mga tanong ko, at stable ang vital signs nya. Sabi ko nga pwde na siya matransfer sa ward bukas. 5hours later, tumunog ang wangwang sa ICU indication na may nag-code-blue (cardiac arrest) pag ask ko sa nurse kung sino, nagulat ko na si Mama 622 pala!

Nagmamadali akong ihanda ang gamit ko to keep her airway open! naghanda kami mag intubate! grabe natoxic kami ng todo kay Mama na toh.

Jusko isang oras kami nag CPR, kaso waley na....expired si Mama.

Kakahinayang lang. Tagal mo inasikaso, pinagplanuhan ang respiratory strategy para sa knya, tapos nakauwi na e! yun yun e!!! na-dedz pa din. Nalungkot kami nun nawala siya. Kahit papano nasanay na kami na pinupuntahan siya...Hayz.


si 604

Nagdadaldalan kami ng nurse na si Juliebelle nun mapatingin kami sa European na pasyente na matangkad naka hospital gown na kita pwet pag tumatalikod siya! toink! Hila hila siya ng male indian nurse nya na bumalik na sa roon nya sa 604! Pero ayaw nya! bitbit nya ang isang bag na itim at isang plastic na puno ng damit nya. Para lang siya nag alsa balutan sa probinsya!

Nakakatawa yun buong eksena. Pigil na pigil namin ni Juliebelle ang pagtawa!

Maya maya nag wangwang na naman sa ICU!!!!

Napatigil chikahan namin at lakad-takbo kami papunta sa room na nasa screen sa may digital board namin, (o diba high tech kami! may wangwang na nakakarindi na, may digital screen pa kung saan ang room na may code blue! *awaaaard*)

Sabi ni Juliebelle nun papunta kami sa room 604: Naku, Mac! yun yung room nun Norwegian na naglalakad kanina!

Pagdating namin sa room, ayun na nga, inatake pala siya habang nakikipag hilahan siya na lumabas sa icu sa nurse nya kanina!

Nag-shock (using defibrillator) lang kami ng isa, kasi nag ventricular tachycardia siya, nag normalized naman na ang tracing ng heart rate nya after that, nun magkamalay siya, ayun nanlilisik mata at nanunulak siya ng mga tao sa paligid nya, nag sisipa na siya kung sino maabot ng paa nya! buti nakailag ako jusko kawawa naman fez ko kung matatadyakan pa haggard na nga e! char!

Sa bagay malamang tuliro pa lolo ko, ikaw ba naman mawalan ng malay at halos namatay na, tapos pag mulat mo ng mata may lampas sampung tao sa paligid ng kama mo! kakapraning yun! LOL


si 613

Ako ang nakasagot sa telepono at sinabi ng kausap ko na nag a-arrest daw si patient 613. Pagdating ko dun, mali naman, bradycardic pa lang, mga 4o's ang heart rate, papunta pa lang dun sa pag a-arrest... past tense naman siya agad e. toink!

Na-extubate na namin siya kahapon. stable na. nakikipag usap ng maayos. Pero bigla bigla nagkaganito siya...

Takbo agad ako, stand-by sa may ulunan ng patient, main goal ko kasi e i-secure ang airway nya kung sakaling tumigil ang pagtibok ng puso nya. Yun iba nyang problema, di ko na problema! LOL!

biro lang po :-) may iba na mag aasikaso nun kasi hehe.

Pero malakas si Kuya. Bumabangon, hindi makausap ng maayos, restless. Pero maintaining siya ng perfect oxygen saturation level sa blood. Nakampante ako. Di namin siya kelangan i-intubate. Pero after 5 minutes nagsusuka na siya ng blood...pabaling baling siya sa lahat ng direksyon, mega ilag kaming lahat kasi matatalsikan kami. Sinubukan siya pakalmahin ng mga nurses, pero wala pa din. Napilitan sila i-sedate siya, at eventually ma-intubate na din...

Kaninang madaling araw, pagkagaling sa CT-scan room. Nag arrest siya. And namatay after one hour of reviving...

Nakakalungkot. One minute, buhay na buhay ka...akala mo tapos na ang pagsubok, kala mo nalampasan mo na ang kamatayan. Napagaling ka ng hospital, ng team. Pero ganito ata talaga ang buhay. You cannot cheat death. Pag oras mo, kahit anung sikap ng mga medical expert to save you, wala pa din...

Dun pa din ang tungo mo. Parang Final Destination Movie lang di ba?

Nakow, sensiya na napahaba ang kwento ko! tama na muna toh! ahaha! ewan ko kung may katuturan ba tong mga nakwento ko! nose bleed ata yun mga terms? bahala na kayo mag google! LOL!

Hyper ko lang! galing pa ko ng 12hrs night shift nyan ha!

Heat Of The Moment

I've been living with my other two Filipino housemates for about a year now and so far, they're OK with me. We all have separate rooms but one common living room and kitchen which I hardly use since I've put all of my stuffs inside my own room. We've been getting along well before. Maybe its because of the fact that we don't see each that often due to difference in working schedules.

I work at the Cardiology Hospital and they are dental assistant at a health center here and we're under the same company. Its just hi's and hello's. I'll come home from night shifts and they're leaving for work for their morning shifts, and that's it

But lately I've been noticing some carelessness on their part... Someone's cooking and forgot about it...or someone just let the water boiling till all the water inside evaporated!

And when I got home one morning, When I passed by the kitchen and I saw that they forgot to turn off the electric stove, its just open, nothing on it. Its just open! Imagine!

It happened three times! I mean, its a bad habit, its serious. They have to be responsible. We don't want to start a fire on our house! I can't imagine going home and the house's on fire! I would die!

My clothes! My shoes! my gadgets! my clothes! my documents! my clothes! LOL

Ok! Ok! you get it na!

Anywayz, since we haven't seen each other at home most of the time, I left a message on top of the stove:

"Please don't forget to turn the switch off"

Simple. Direct. Polite.

The next morning when I got home, to my surprise, I found the stove open again and I could feel the heat inside the kitchen with an additional bonus: the faucet was running too.

I just thought: Wow! very amusing...

And my note was on top of the trash can intentionally located there for me to see. I was in shock at first, but then I realized, these people are immature...shallow...narrow minded...impossible...they're not seeing the big picture.

Nagkibit balikat nalang ako. I can't deal with these people. To think that they're in their 40's. tsk! tsk! tsk!

Baka ayaw nila napapagsabihan sila...nasaktan ang pride. But I'm right naman di ba? Its for our own good. Pag nagkasunog hindi lang naman sila ang maaapektuhan di ba. I don't know bakit minasama nila yun.

You know what? after seing what they did? I just left it the way as it is. With the stove open...with the faucet open and water running...I went to bed and slept the whole day! My room is far enough from the kitchen and if ever fire would start, their room would be the first to burn! yahooooo! LOL

They want to piss me off. And I don't want them to have that. Its a success on their part. Ano ko sira? I'm not in the mood to give it away easily! Sori nalang sila!

Ipinagpatuloy ko ang buhay kong masaya with less stress, and I still say HI and HELLO to them as if nothing ever bothered me.

Few days later...saw the stove switched off all the time!

Nice!

Good dogs.

Chos!

Lunok Lang Ang Pahinga

I was chatting with an old friend from Saudi Arabia at yahoo messenger last time and she was asking me for favor: can you help me transfer to your hospital? she said. We worked together at a local hospital back in the Philippines for five years. She's one of my closest friend.

When I flew here at Doha to work, she remained there. Until I heard that she too after a few months, applied and work at Saudi instead. I asked why she wanted to transfer and resign from her work this soon, she's only been there for 6months I think.

"Mac, lunok lang pahinga ko dito!" (Mac, my only rest here in when I swallow my saliva!LOL) she said. I laughed, she's a funny girl even before.

"Why did you applied there in the first place? I told you not to go to Saudi!" I reprimanded her, I intentionally avoided applying there, because I knew so many restrictions there. I chose Qatar and Dubai when I was planning to work outside the country.

"I know, now I'm in hell! I can stand the work you know, but the people, my colleague, they are the real problem!" she continued.

She told me that in their department, the senior staffs and other employee are on competition with each other, they're not helping each other, if you don't know something they will shame you in front of other staffs, the tensions are too high, you see when you work abroad, everything was totally different, the machines, the procedures, protocols, so you have too many adjustments to make.

"I always have this feeling of fear whenever I go to work..." she said. " I saw your face book's photos, I was so jealous when you can have the parties and drinks all you want! In here its like we are in prison on our own houses! We don't even have cinemas!huhuhu"

There's clubs, bands, concert venues, and alcohol in Qatar, its an open city, still a muslim country but the restrictions are lesser than Saudi. We have cinemas all around here!

Unlike in the hospital I'm working with, when I came, I was like a newborn baby, I don't know a thing about those machines (mechanical ventilators, breathing apparatus, gadgets, etc.,) we don't have those in the Philippines, all are high-tech here! They trained me for a month, taught me this and that until I got familiar with all of them.

But the good thing here, my colleagues are all very friendly and approachable, its never a competition here, you could ask your senior staffs if I was unsure or in doubt of something, they all have time to help me, because they said, they knew the feeling of being a new comer. They're all been there. We have a great time at work, joke around, the atmosphere are very light, that's what missing in her department.

I mean, who could work peacefully if you knew the people around you are like evil villains on a movie! Its like there's no peace of mind and especially when you know you're not even happy!

I am very grateful that I am in a place where I am now. So I have her resume and helping her to move here. Im crossing my fingers...