OR Clinical

This week in clinical I was in surgery. It was really neat, except it was not what I had expected. On Thursday I was in plastic surgery. I got to see a liposuction, lower lid eye lift and a breast augmentation. I could have watched this on 'Dr. 90210' on TV! It was interesting, but I was looking for 'blood & guts' so to speak. So I thought on Friday maybe. Not today either. I was in with a podiatrist. I got to watch 2 bunionectomy's and a double hammer toe fixation. It was still pretty superficial stuff. I did get to see some sawing of bone and some pins & screws inserted, but it was just a little disappointing. The other girl in my class got to see a gall bladder removal and ovary removal. I am a little jealous. My instructor said if there was time at the end of the semester I could go back in and watch another day. It was very much a new experience for me and it might be something I would consider doing in the future.