OR Day

With my excitement over Obama and the inauguration I forgot to post about my OR day. I was able to spend last Friday in the general OR at Hopkins. It was such a neat opportunity! I saw a liver resection where they removed a gallbladder and 3 sections of liver from a person. It is crazy how adaptable our bodies can be after such a procedure. Did you know you can give away 70% of your liver to a friend and it will grow back?

Anyway, the OR is definitely something I might consider down the line in my nursing career but I am still too excited about interacting with patients to jump right to the OR.

A few facts you may not know based on what TV has shown you:

• They leave the lights on in the OR.
• There are more than just doctors in there.
• They do indeed play music, the type depends on surgeon preference. We had a nice mix.
• Cauterizing smells like wood burning.

That's pretty much it for now! I am in my third week of school already with my first test of the semester tomorrow. I also just found out Steve is coming to visit in three weeks so that really made my day!!