Day 40 - OR DAY! Slash worst day imaginable

Today was OR day. I woke up early and got to Good Sam at like 7:30. I meandered about and finally found where I was supposed to be going. I met with a woman who paired me up with this nurse, who was really sweet. He was big and fluffy and flamboyant. Basically my favorite kind of person. There was another girl there who I think was about 16 or 17, and she is the daughter of the CEO. Jason took us all around the OR floor and showed us how everything works from the cleaning of the tools to the end where they have to be cleaned again. It was really interesting seeing how the actually hospital runs instead of seeing just the business side. He got us all suited up, with scrubs and masks and hats and everything. I looked quite ridiculous. It is impossible to look thin in scrubs. I ended up looking like a large green whale. With a mask. The first surgery we were going to watch was a knee surgery. I hate knees. Hate. Them. The second Jason said this my knees both felt so uncomfortable and I had goose bumps. I prefer to think that knees don’t actually exist, and I think that the world would be better off if we are all knee-less. Anyways, he took is in the OR and sat us down. He forced me to sit down because I was already feeling faint. The doctor came in and he was so old. I immediately felt uncomfortable on behalf of the patient. She had been crying and nervous. I would be gotten up and left had I seen the surgeon. The actual procedure was really interesting. I was freaked out at first but then got used to it. He inserted a little camera into her knee through one tiny hole, then through another hole on the other side of the kneecap he inserted a long tool. Just with these two little holes he was able to remove the majority of the arthritis from her knee. It was amazing. I have decided that arthritis looks like cotton candy.

After this we planned our afternoons. The other girl was going to watch a cataract surgery and I was going to eat. Jason gave me the option of going to a hernia repair surgery or a rectal tumor exam. Guess which one I chose. Hint: not the rectal tumor exam. On my way downstairs to eat I stopped to find Denise, who wasn’t around. But then I saw Jeremy and I was going down the stairs and he blew right past me. I stopped him and asked where Denise was and he just looked at me for a minute, confused. Then he realized it was me. In scrubs. Looking ridiculous. Then he laughed at me.

After I ate I went back to the OR and met up with Jason for the hernia repair. The other girl and Jason weren’t there this time so I was horribly bored during the prep. I was sitting at the woman’s feet, and I got a crystal clear view of when they inserted the catheter. I will have nightmares. The actual surgery was the same as the knee, with the tool and the scope. Although they had to actually cut into her to repair it. I couldn’t see anything, I could just hear the squishy sound effects. That, combined with boredom, make me just get up and leave.

I came back downastairs and Denise told me to just leave for the day. I decided it was a good time to go and try to get my phone fixed, even though I have an appointment at Apple tomorrow night. I just needed to sync it to make it work. I was stressing because my phone wasn’t working and Granny Franny was in surgery and I had no way for my mom to contact me without a working phone. So I left Good Sam and drove down to the Boca Town center to go to Apple and return some other things. I went straight to Apple, and the jerk at the door just wasn’t letting people into the store. And he gave no reason whatsoever. Just, “no.” that right there set the mood for the rest of my day. I went to go return some shorts and I was a complete bitch to the sales girl and I just didn’t care. I stopped by Nordstrom’s to return something and look for a blouse for work, and I got sucked into the BP department. I left with 3 dresses and that all amazing, and that improved my mood a bit. I headed back to Las Olas, because I wanted to go to the museum and to a movie since Marsha hasn’t been in town for a few days, and I didn’t want to spend the afternoon alone in the apartment. I got back to the building, changed into one of my new dresses, and tried to sync my phone. Didn’t work. It was like 3:15 and the museum closed at 5, so I thought I would make a quick trip to the AT&T store. Three AT&T stores later the guys just tells me that my phone is corrupted, and I just need a new one. I ended up going to Best Buy and bought a crappy AT&T GO Phone so I could at least call my mom to see if Granny was out of surgery. Which she is, and she is doing great. By this time, I was soaked because of the storm, and it was past 5:00 and I had missed the movie. I was in the worst mood imaginable all day long.

So now I am sitting in one of the comfy theater chairs and watching the worst movie I have ever seen on Disney. Dadnapped. Don’t waste your time.