Monday, April 18, 2005 . 5:32 PM
* Retribution eh..*
I've reason to believe that sometimes ur life changed in a second. Sometimes u wished u hadn't done something at that second and things could have been a much different story.
Well retibution is here, for sectioning up animal tissues all the time. And the suayness of a user. My thumb, near the nail there, a part of it got sliced. Not sliced off....cos the skin was still hanging ard..I did all the necessary precaution, adjusted the tissue(huge ugly tumor) while teaching the user how to use this machine. And neglected the fact that my right hand was too near to the blade, so i stuck my hand into a gap behind the blade and adjusted the tissue. And retracted my hand and mind u the blade is sharp. So while i retracted my hand the blade left a deep cut on my surface of my thumb. And u know wat? I didn't felt pain (mayb cos the chamber was -20 degree celsius u see..it numbs ur feeling) but i felt as if i brushed agasint something so i tot i might have cut myself. Calmly i took at look at my gloves..oh yeah a cut alrite...and calmly i took off the glove and told karen to bring mi a plaster and all the first aid kit box. ANd i tot i shd b the one in fluster. Seemed like she was in more panic than i was. And i think the user is jux damn sway. Not to mention i screwed up his tumors b4 cos i told him the wrong thing (some blog entry back) and the 1st time he wanna use this machine to section his tumor i cut myself. So ended up he was staring at me n karen trying to fix my bleeding thumb. Well it looked damn disgusting and all but i was not really in pain and was very calm. And strangely eh..i'm supposed to b so scared of blood my knees would turn wobbly but i didn't have any of that sensation today.
Today really wasn't the day to cut urself. Besides this sway user, i've got another nice experienced user ard doing his staining and another research fellow from my boss's lab who happened to b doing his measurement here at that moment, so he exaggerated it to my boss and weiping and they rushed over. And everyone was here!!!!!!?!! I felt sooo embarrassed....but was nice to know they all cared. My boss comforted mi like as if i'm her daughter and i kept telling him i'm fine i'm really fine. But the blood wouldn't stop so karen accompanied mi to YIH clinic( muz take a shuttle bus)...
At the clinic the 2 nurses cleasned my wound, and that was when i felt allll the pain...and they wouldn't stop gossiping..doc came and said it's not that serious that i need a stitch. Nurse tried putting this thin strip to secure my hanging skin but it caused mi more pain n more blood spilling, and so she tore the strip away!!!!!?!! It was a bloody mess my poor hanging skin, i couldn't take it i juz turned my head away...it looked so horrible but it didnt really hurt actually. SO they had to use another method and wrapped my finger like a fat sausage, while they gossiped abt another doctor and the end result, i think my right hand looked like i had broked my thumb. I asked them, 'Wah u all make it look very serious leh!!!!' Then they stoped gossiping and mkaing fun of my hanging skin and told mi it's onli for today tomoro they would change the dressing for mi.
They gave mi a tetanus jab on my left arm. Truthfully? The jab now hurts more than my sliced thumb. :( shd have told them to inject on the right arm, then at least everything hurts on the right and i can use my left arm and hand. Hai so i'm handicapped for a day =) i'm officially slacking!!!
Btw i've uploaded my pics in hp to this office pc..cos i've brought my cable and installed the nokia software. So i've got hundred of rubbish pics to show ur. Be patient...wait till i dl the uploading software to upload them onto blogspot. Woohoo.....i took a pic of my sausage hand too so that all of u can have a gd laff at it. NO blood...trust me... And i 4got to mention, the nice experienced user told mi this, ' U've graduated. No histologist in the world do not cut their fingers.' It wasn't mocking. It was an irony. Bcos wat he said is true. It's an occupation hazzard and no matter how experienced u are ur not spared from it. I've graduated!! I'm a professional histologist!!!!
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