2 days to the new year. More patients. My first patient today was a friend's son. He had fever for 3 days, with no other symptoms. So I ordered a CBC and Anti Dengue. The result was trombocytopenia but neg dengue. Hopefully the kid will improve.
The next patient was a lady who fractured her toe. I also suspected a cuboid fracture, so I put her on a short leg posterior splint. She was in tears when I told her about the fracture, but she was nice and very cooperative.
I lost my concentration a bit when seeing a father & daughter with common cold. The patient was nice, even the kid was good and followed my instructions on exam, but it was the mother who was healhy that made me lose concentration.. plus I didn't have a pen. The mom was very "jutek". It made me feel uneasy. I even asked them to leave and wait outside so I could think and work on my report. Then I called in the father (I didn't want to see the grumpy mother again) to explain the meds.
After that I had a man who strained his hamstring and gastrocnemius. It's a good thing I had a quick look at the orthopedic textbook, so i could confidently explain him not to worry. He was okay.
My last patient was a lady with high fever & dehydration. I suspect she has dengue. I admitted her. Don't know the result yet.
Well, overall it was a good day at work.
I came home at had a nice chat with my lovely T. It's 4 months now we've been together. We already had our ups and downs. But each day I get to know more, makes me feel I love her more. We had a 2 hour chat, which is probably the last online chat we have this year. She makes me laugh, I make her laugh, too. I love seeing her laugh and have a big happy smile on her. We also talked about me coming out. The only person that matters for me to come out to is my mom. I told her about my mom and T actually senses that possibly my mom wouldn't be too surprised. Hmm, that does give me a thought. But I just have to "grow balls" as she said to come out.
One last thing that I was quite upset of myself is not using her ring. I took it off because I don't want much question from my family about the origins of the ring. I do love having it, and would use it on any other day, it's just that it's loose for my fingers and get tangled in my necklace. I wish I could use it on my finger because it does remind me of her and how much I mean to her. She did look sad that I didn't have it on me. I can understand that. I would be too. Hope I can make it up with her.
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