okay so instead of posting these entries in 3 different posts i'm just sticking them all in one!
14-7-09
So Jena and I (after getting in full scrubs with a hair net and mouth/nose cover) got to see an open heart surgery. The aortic and the mitral valves were replaced with mechanical ones. We were standing by the patients head where the anesthesiologist was located. I was not really sure what to expect in a surgery room. At first when they were putting in tubes to redirect her blood flow, it was very serious and solem atmostphere, this i expected. onces the first valve had been sewn in the physicians said,"where is the music. play some lady marmalaud." at this he and the other physicians started laughing. everything seemed so routine to them after that point. they were jsut chatting about different things. they of course were speaking german , so i'm not really sure about what. but i know that the word snitzel was some where in that conversation.
it was fun to watch them joke around. only once did i hear them say "oh no" and that was because the string he was sewing with had broken which was luckily an easy fix.i was sad when they told Jena and I we had to leave.
15-7-09
at the nephrology hospital, i enjoyed our discussion on health insurance in the us and germany. it was very informative and enlightening. but the amount of time we spent in the dialysis room was far too long. There were interesting parts, but they could have been summed up in a shorter amount of time. i felt we were just standing there while the guy repeated himself. In general i'm not that interested in the kidneys. i like to learn the effects of hormones on the kidneys and how they help in ion homeostasis.
the man showing us around the research farm was very animated and funny. The robotic cow milker was nifty and fun to watch in action. I could have done without seeing ALL the pens where they fattend up the birds. I think we should have only gone to one and that would be the one with the ducks in it because that one had all the extra stuff in it, like the hay and showers. Overall I did not find this day as interesting and fun as other days.
16-7-09
14-7-09
So Jena and I (after getting in full scrubs with a hair net and mouth/nose cover) got to see an open heart surgery. The aortic and the mitral valves were replaced with mechanical ones. We were standing by the patients head where the anesthesiologist was located. I was not really sure what to expect in a surgery room. At first when they were putting in tubes to redirect her blood flow, it was very serious and solem atmostphere, this i expected. onces the first valve had been sewn in the physicians said,"where is the music. play some lady marmalaud." at this he and the other physicians started laughing. everything seemed so routine to them after that point. they were jsut chatting about different things. they of course were speaking german , so i'm not really sure about what. but i know that the word snitzel was some where in that conversation.
it was fun to watch them joke around. only once did i hear them say "oh no" and that was because the string he was sewing with had broken which was luckily an easy fix.i was sad when they told Jena and I we had to leave.
15-7-09
at the nephrology hospital, i enjoyed our discussion on health insurance in the us and germany. it was very informative and enlightening. but the amount of time we spent in the dialysis room was far too long. There were interesting parts, but they could have been summed up in a shorter amount of time. i felt we were just standing there while the guy repeated himself. In general i'm not that interested in the kidneys. i like to learn the effects of hormones on the kidneys and how they help in ion homeostasis.
the man showing us around the research farm was very animated and funny. The robotic cow milker was nifty and fun to watch in action. I could have done without seeing ALL the pens where they fattend up the birds. I think we should have only gone to one and that would be the one with the ducks in it because that one had all the extra stuff in it, like the hay and showers. Overall I did not find this day as interesting and fun as other days.
16-7-09
even though i don't plan on going to vet school, it was really neat to tour this one. in some ways it reminded me of our vet school, which (I can't believe i'm saying this) made me miss A&M. i mean i practically lived at the place this past year when 3/4ths of my classes were in that one building. The only variation i had somedays was going from the 1st floor to the 3rd!but back to germany... we saw a surgery on a cow, and they pulled out this cows pylorous! not out as in removed it but out as in outside the body! this i found really neat because the cow seemed to be like whatever.
then we got to do one of the coolest/grossest things I think i have ever done! stick my arm not just the hand ARM up a cows butt to feel its ovaries. (the cow here was very chill and like whatever) I just wished it wouldn't have moved so much. it was wierd trying to move with this cow since my arm was in its rectum.
it is now that i realize what wierd things Dr. Wasser has scheduled for us before we have lunch! lol
tschuß
Stephanie
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