Permission granted

[cjsmith]

I can go watch surgeries! I had generic permission from the clinic owner, and for tomorrow morning I have permission from the vet doing the work.

I am trying to see whether I will get woozy or faint. There's just dental work and some skin tag removal on the docket for tomorrow morning, so I'm probably safe this time. And if I don't fall over and cause all the staff to trip on me and injure themselves, I may get permission to do this AGAIN.

I know I need some serious desensitizing. I'd like to make this a semi-regular activity if I can. Who knows what I might be able to observe in the future? And if I don't pass out all the time, I'll one day be a much more effective veterinarian. I get the impression that during surgery it's frowned upon for the person doing the work to go off and faint in the corner.

(You thought I was going to say something about the shuttle launch, huh? That one got rescheduled anyway.)

Comments

[iridium.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Good luck with the desensitizing; be patient with it. I still get a bit woozy sometimes, when I'm watching and don't have anything to do. It does seem to be easier when I moving around/have something to do. (From anatomy-dissection experience, at least. I haven't gotten to scrub in on a real procedure yet.)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the encouraging words! I've come a long way since my "show me a needle and I'll sway in my seat" days, but I bet I still have a long way to go. It's reassuring to hear that you, an obviously successful physician-to-be, had some of this too and have (mostly) gotten over it.