Living on a hospital ship has given me the opportunity to do something that I would otherwise never get to do...observe surgeries. And not observe like Grey's Anatomy observe, like 1 foot away can see everything observe. I started my afternoon off by watching eye surgeries. A doctor on the ship has an really innovative way of removing cataracts by creating a tunnel and then using a specialized instrument to pull out the cataract. They then put in a tiny little lense in place of the cataract. The entire procedure takes less than 10 minutes.
I then moved on the watch Dr. Gary Parker operated on a 19 year old's face. The patient has a disorder that causes abnormal bone growths. Dr. Gary was removing the abnormal growths from his upper and lower jaw.
After watching Dr. Gary for a while, I moved on to an ortho case, a little boy with an infection in his leg. This little guy had surgery on the ship already to straighten his bowed leg and he had developed an infection where a pin had been inserted to help his bones heal. The surgeons opened his leg and cleaned out the infection, it was very cool.
I then moved on the watch Dr. Gary Parker operated on a 19 year old's face. The patient has a disorder that causes abnormal bone growths. Dr. Gary was removing the abnormal growths from his upper and lower jaw.
After watching Dr. Gary for a while, I moved on to an ortho case, a little boy with an infection in his leg. This little guy had surgery on the ship already to straighten his bowed leg and he had developed an infection where a pin had been inserted to help his bones heal. The surgeons opened his leg and cleaned out the infection, it was very cool.
Then I watched Dr. Jose remove a goiter from a patient. That was the most intense surgery to watch. He literally had to wrestle that thing out. For those of you who don't know, a goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland...its in the neck.
Lastly, I watched a bilateral hernia operation. A man had hernias on both sides of his abdomen, so they opened him up and sewed in mesh to repair the hernias prevent him from developing them again.
The doctors and nurses were so fantastic, they were so willing to explain what they were doing and were very welcoming to visitors. I loved every minute of watching the surgeries!
Here are a couple pics...the top is Dr. Jose operating, and the bottom is the cataract surgery.
Lastly, I watched a bilateral hernia operation. A man had hernias on both sides of his abdomen, so they opened him up and sewed in mesh to repair the hernias prevent him from developing them again.
The doctors and nurses were so fantastic, they were so willing to explain what they were doing and were very welcoming to visitors. I loved every minute of watching the surgeries!
Here are a couple pics...the top is Dr. Jose operating, and the bottom is the cataract surgery.
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