Christmas Cards and Late Night Hospitals

Take Note: Today is January 13, 2009

We just received a BUNCH of Christmas cards today. It would seem, this country has been holding out on us. Some were sent as early as 10 days before Christmas. 2 arrived with a mysterious stamp on it saying: Recieved in this Condition Flap with tape (one of them didn't even have tape on it). We are automatically assuming that maybe the post office expected something other then cards in those envelopes...HA! Fooled the government again.

Last week, we went through 6 nights of hell on our 11-7 shift. We had the ER shift, but nothing real interesting. One stab victim and an insecticide ingestion. It's sad really to go into the details. But as students, in the middle of nowhere, it was quite terrible. Insects only bit us on our legs, and they REALLY bit us. It got to the point, we started bringing insect repellent.
In this town we were in, all the eateries, fast food joints, and food stands closed at 9 pm and didn't open until the morning. Then we found a place, hidden behind the hospital, open basically 24 hours. Grrrrr.
Everyone, including the staff nurses slept. Only Joaquin and I were left awake...all night long...living the days like zombies. I busied myself playing video games on my phone and watching movies on my palm. I can't sleep in the hallway of the ER room. I have to had it to Filipinos, they really can sleep ANYWHERE and in any postion.



Well, all we can do is have fun no matter where we are. Our next duty will be a straight 6 days of Operating Room. I am pretty excited. I love the OR.