Lunes, Agosto 1, 2011

Bloody Hell

Aside from the unusual increase of patients in the ward.  I did my rounds, taking of vital signs, charting, preparing and administering medicines. My duty would be no less than ordinary. Mayat maya pa when patient is being transferred to the ward. Still looking pallor and is needed of 2 units of Fresh Whole Blood. Nakaka awa ang kalagayan ng patient. Walang wala talaga sila. They can't afford to purchase the blood bags Hermes kasi. Choz. and they can't find anyone in their family to be a donor. Haizt.  


"If only theres something I can do." sabi ko sa sarili ko. I monitored the patient effects of the anesthetic and surgical procedures to abate at maging stable ang patient.


In mid morning, while charting nagtanong ang senior nurse ko kung ano daw blood type ko.
 "Type A+ po ma'am L" I answered casually and nakasmile pa. "Ok. punta ka sa laboratory mamaya." order ni mam.


????..parang may idea na ako kung anu pinaparating ni mam.
 "Bakit po ma'am? anu meron sa lab.?'" bobobohang tanong. 
"Magdonate ka dun kay patient X. Ok lang naman sa'yo di ba?" 


HUWAAT THE F. Anong ok. Ikaw ang magdonate kung gusto mo. Darn it. 2 units. its like 2 liters of blood. Shet. 
" Ah. si-sige po ma'am L." bobobohang sagot. 


 Ang hindi ko alam tinanong na pala ni ma'am lahat ng staffs at dalawa lang kami na Type A that time na nakaduty that shift. Medyo gumaan pakiramdam ko at least 1.5 unit sa kanya. .5 lang sa akin. about 5oo units. hahaha. choz. 


My shift was about to end I finished my task for this shift.  And pag donate na lang ang kukumpleto ng araw ko. hahaha. Habang papalapit napagtanto ko na  kung tutuosin this is my second time already na pala na mag donate. The last time was when I was in college. Barkada trip namin tatlo when we had our foundation day. Nagdonate kami each ng 5oo cc. Its for the RED CROSS and they conducted it.


 Now this time it is a serious matter. Hindi eto trippingz. I can always say No and nobody forced me to do it.  And besides sabi ko sa sarili ko kung napakalaking bagay na ito to help directly a patient. Besides this is what i do for living. I being  the Angel of the Sickroom who battles the angel of death 40 hours a week. Laban ka? CHoz. At tawagin niyo na lang ako sa pangalang Angel Sedge. Hehehe. God is so good. Narinig nya ang sumamo ko kanina. And this is it. Wish granted. Siguro na bigla lang ako. Heheh


Nasa lab na pala ako and the med. tech is crossmatching and properly screening already my drawn blood.  Kasabay ko ang kasama ko sa ward. Mataba sya, pero rich kid na mabait, at siguro kung pumayat sya cutey na rin. We had the routine, nagkuha ng sarili naming timbang  at BP. Tapos nag pagpapirma sa physician on duty. Bumalik sa lab at ready na ang hihigaan. Haha. Ako pa ang naunang pumasok sa pinto kung kayat ako na, AKo na ang maunang kunan ng dugo. Dum dum dum dum. Wipe ng antecubital area. And then Ah hoy, ayun na tinusok na at dirediretso sa blood bag. Close open ng right hand ko. Mga 15-20 mins. bago mapuno ang bag. Ng napuno na tinanggal na agad ang needle. Tinanong ko kung bakit tinanggal na. Yun pala, .5 each lang naman talaga kami. so 500 cc sa akin, 5oo cc of bag din sa kasama ko.  
Prepared na pala ni ma'am L., because bago pa kami may dalawa na syang relative na magdodonate at ang isa dun ay mismong asawa nya. Sabi ko ay wow. Napa wow lang ako kay ma'am. Uliran si ma'am L., although she cant donate she has her way to help others in need. Now this is someone I can look up to. Maging ehimplo sa lahat ng mga Angel. 


Di na muna ako pinatayo kaya mga 10 mins p daw. Ok fyn. Iniisip ko if i should do this every year or maybe every 6 mos. If I can save someone through this act i think it would be somewhat fullfilling. At tsaka recommended naman na magdonate talaga. According to wikipedia.


Donated plasma is replaced after 2–3 days.Red blood cells are replaced by bone marrow into the circulatory system at a slower rate, on average 36 days in healthy adult males. In one study, the range was 20 to 59 days for recovery. These replacement rates are the basis of how frequently a donor can give blood.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_donation


I mean If you're healthy and in right age,. why dont we do something amazing? Di po ba?


Pagdating ko ng bahay kumain ako tapos natulog. With a smile on my face and even though I am feverish. ^^,