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25 Dec

Season’s Greetings

Merry Christmas!!!
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19 Dec

TCVS

My first patient in Surgery (Cardio, Ortho and Neuro) is now dead. He just underwent mitral valve replacement, aortic valve augmentation annuloplasty and tricuspid valve repair. Six hours post-op, he succumbed.
May he rest in peace.
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16 Dec

Retreat

We had this spiritual experience at Angels Hills, Tagaytay City. For 3 days, we were isolated from the outside world to experience, the purpose, the pain, the pleasure and power that are all within us and in turn use those to become better persons.
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11 Dec

Gynecology

Gynecology is that branch of medicine dealing with the female reproductive system. I currently rotating at the GYNE ward and I admitted a 26 year old, single, nulligravid because of profuse vaginal bleeding. Our assessment was Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Severe anemia. I already typed the database of this patient and so we’re just correcting [...]

05 Dec

Not Again!

Yes, you heard it right. It happened to me again. Last December, when I was going home aboard a jeepney, I was held up by an armed man. This time, while going home from duty at 6AM, I was held up by 2 armed men with an accomplice tricycle driver. They took my watch, my [...]

29 Nov

Last Fabella Duty

Yesterday was our last duty and I still need 3 primigravids, and 1 CS assist. I got more than I need, I had 5 primis and 2 CS assists and so I’m so damn tired. It was fulfilling in a sense, however, I was saddened by the fact that the babies I delivered were not [...]

25 Nov

Still on Fabella

My second duty in Fabella was somewhat surprising. I had 3 consecutive patients. I was repairing my episiotomy wound with my first patient and here comes another patient fully dilated. I told her not to bear down because I didn’t have any instruments for her yet. Suddenly, I can already see the patients head out [...]

20 Nov

OB Fabella

If there’s one thing to describe Fabella, that would be “unbelievable.” I just had my duty 2 days ago and so I was from duty yesterday. What I did yesterday was just sleep with eating intervals. I was so tired from that duty. I assisted in 2 caesarian sections and I delivered 5 babies via [...]

14 Nov

World’s Tallest Building

TAIPEI’s skyline is officially home to the world’s tallest building, the city’s mayor said today, after clambering to the top of an near-built skyscraper that now overshadows Malaysia’s Petronas twin towers.
Although the 508-metre Taipei 101 is still under construction, the height of the building was affirmed when Mayor Ma Ying-jeou attended a ceremony to secure [...]

13 Nov

Revalida Blues

Just finished my revalida with Dr. Moreno. I’ve started my revalida last Monday. I got a patient with placenta previa totalis and so she got admitted automatically for a primary low transverse caesarian section. He asked me then to come to his clinic for the follow up revalida (theoreticals). However, because of his busy schedule, [...]