Anyway, I have my first midterm exam tomorrow morning, which im a little nervous about since i have no clue what the tests are like here. Today i went to the hospital and there were a lot of babies in the ward, but not very many older children. I saw a little girl who was probably only a little over a year old and had huge white spots on her forehead, cheek, and nose. From a distance i wasn't sure what it was and i first thought they were bandages. As i got closer to her, i saw her arm and back were bandaged up and then realized that she had been severely burned. This was a really heartbreaking thing to witness. When i read her charts it said that she had pulled a pot down from the counter when her mom was cooking and whatever was inside spilled on her. Its so sad how something like that could have been prevented if the mother had been more cautious but now she will have to live with these scars for the rest of her life. The most common things i have seen since i started out here are jaundice in newborn babies and children who have convulsions and seizures. In the clinic today one of the doctors let me use the otoscope to look inside this little girl's ear. She had an ear infection with a lot of fluid insider her ear. This was really cool and exciting for me to see, however im sure not very cool for her! This friday i will go in to the maternity ward to speak to some mothers about breastfeeding which i will write my paper on for my independent study project. I cant think of anything else new so i think thats it for today!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Anyway, I have my first midterm exam tomorrow morning, which im a little nervous about since i have no clue what the tests are like here. Today i went to the hospital and there were a lot of babies in the ward, but not very many older children. I saw a little girl who was probably only a little over a year old and had huge white spots on her forehead, cheek, and nose. From a distance i wasn't sure what it was and i first thought they were bandages. As i got closer to her, i saw her arm and back were bandaged up and then realized that she had been severely burned. This was a really heartbreaking thing to witness. When i read her charts it said that she had pulled a pot down from the counter when her mom was cooking and whatever was inside spilled on her. Its so sad how something like that could have been prevented if the mother had been more cautious but now she will have to live with these scars for the rest of her life. The most common things i have seen since i started out here are jaundice in newborn babies and children who have convulsions and seizures. In the clinic today one of the doctors let me use the otoscope to look inside this little girl's ear. She had an ear infection with a lot of fluid insider her ear. This was really cool and exciting for me to see, however im sure not very cool for her! This friday i will go in to the maternity ward to speak to some mothers about breastfeeding which i will write my paper on for my independent study project. I cant think of anything else new so i think thats it for today!
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