A Doctor's "Secret" Health Notes

August 3rd I'm on my week-end off, however I had to be called to assist Dr Nsisi in performing an Elective Caesarean Section. I greeted the patient in the Theatre to help cancel some of her anxieties. The indication for the Section was, a previous Section in the past as well as a Breech presentation currently (buttocks-down position). What this indicates is that a past Caesarean Section would have weakened the potential strength with which the womb can muscularly contract during labour. This fact, now coupled with a Breech presentation which on its own constitutes its own difficulties for the baby's smooth passage, is what informed the decision as regards the mode of delivery. Hence, the option for an Elective (Planned) Caesarean Section. The surgery went very well. I cannot believe I failed to update you - The Hysteric patient with the convulsion. She turned out to be H.I.V. positive. Meaning that her convulsive seizures (or fits) must have been H.I.V. Encephalopathy, thou...

May 1st Didn't go to work today. Sorry, I ought to have said "yesterday". It's gone past mid-night already. April 30th Me, big-hearted? I'd rather believe I was only doing my job, Shamsa, in empathising with the patient's plight. I assume we both are refering to the H.I.V. patient who eventually got the job. Our labroratory had confirmed same status. This was then conveyed by the hospital to the company, after the young lady and I had decided she would rest all hope upon the outcome of her meeting with a certain member of the company's PR team whom she had earlier on planned to see, thus relying entirely on his sense of fairness. Her hopes had not been dashed, so she had informed me via SMS, days after. I was glad for her. Today, I have circumcisions aplenty. . . And, 3 lollipops popped! April 29th As I walked away from the Staff nurse I had gone to fetch in the female ward for yet another Caesarean Section, a pretty but sullen-faced patient on the far bed...