This will come as no shock to anyone who's done an inpatient rotation, but rounding isn't very much fun. Especially when you're covering three teams and it lasts for four hours. UGH. Worst of all, the last patient we saw was on her first post-op day after a C-section to deliver a baby that had suddenly and unexpectedly died at nearly 40 weeks gestation. Dad told us that an ultrasound last week had showed that everything was normal. At this point, no one is really sure what happened. I wonder what they'll tell their other kids...I'm sure they said they would come home from the hospital with a new brother / sister. How do you go about explaining to children that their new little brother / little sister died? What a horribly, terribly sad situation...prayers for that family would be greatly appreciated.
On a happier note, to sort of balance out the sadness of death, I got to catch another baby, a 9 pound boy. Little fella was kind of slippery, but I managed not to drop him (dictum #1 on Ob-Gyn: "don't drop the baby." In case you're wondering, it's also #2 and #3). It's really hard to stop smiling after an experience like that. He was perfectly healthy and mom was in good shape; dad had a rather dazed grin on his face after the little fellow finally decided to pop on out. He got a rousing chorus of "Happy Birthday," but apparently our little buddy didn't care for the rendition -- he cried from start to finish and quieted down almost as soon as the song was over. *Sigh* everyone's a critic...
Anyway, that's all for now. I have tomorrow off, which means I most likely will not be posting, but I'll be back again on Monday. Till then, peace and God bless!
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