My first day with Diego in Guadalajara. He was working in the ER at the childrens hospital, and thought I should tag along for the day. Fully outfitted in tie and lab coat, I followed him around on his rounds. I got the full briefing on each patients condition, symptoms, treatment, and recovery outlook. I even got to get my hands dirty!
A kid was brought in by the paramedics who had been found unconscious at school. Aparently he had drank a few beers, then decided to huff some chemicals for kicks. When he came in, he would fight against the nurses and doctors trying to treat him for 10 seconds or so, then pass out again. This kept up for quite a while, earning him the nickname ¨Superman¨ from the staff. I helped hold him down while they tied him and got an IV going to flush out his system.
Diego took me on a tour of the whole hostpital. Everyone thought I was a hotshot cardiologist from the US, and I stood out like a sore thumb. I had to keep turning my borrowed badge around all day. I didn´t look anything like the pretty young doctora whos picture it was! I figured security would have me arrested in no time, but I just got the hairy eyeball from them a couple times. No problem. It was fun having all the nurses and other doctors call me doctor all day though.
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