iNcOgniTa nO mOrE

I just finished a 3-day IV Therapy training (with Shalom) plus a day of duty for case completion in… Muntinlupa. Super layo!! I live in QC so I have been traveling from north to south for the past 4 days. The training starts at 8am and ends at 5pm (more or less). Day 1 was pure lecture only, we had to do some return demos on the 2^nd day (IV Fluid preparation, IV insertion, IV push or drug incorporation for the meds, TPN –Total parenteral Nutrition- preparation, Blood Transfusion…etc… haha I’m getting a bit geeky now, am I?), but the 3rd day was the exciting one, it was the highlight of the whole training period wherein we actually got to insert an IV cannula to our partners, and vice versa (in my case, it was Shalom… hehe my first victim.. I mean, patient!).

You could feel the tension in the atmosphere before the whole thing started, everyone was getting anxious. I was a little scared about 2 things: 1^st, I was scared that I might not hit the vein and hurt my partner (The patient is supposed to only feel the pain during the initial insertion, when the needle pierces through the skin, but when it reaches the vein, there should be no pain at all, if the patients feels pain, that means you didn’t hit the vein, the needle is just in the skin area or somewhere else hehe), 2^nd, since my veins were too thin and we were having a hard time locating them during practice (I have veins though, I am Human after all, it’s just difficult to find one hehe), I was afraid Shalom might not hit, or actually find one during the actual demo and get a low score as a consequence.

But during our actual demo, we were both glad that everything turned out okay, except for me losing some amount of blood (haha exagge!). I was the first one to insert the IV cannula to Shalom, it wasn’t difficult to locate her veins, they naturally surfaced after I put tourniquet on her (getting geekier). Surprisingly when it was my turn to be the patient, it didn’t also take long before she found one. The things is, after the IV can was inserted, a lot of blood started to backflow (than expected), and I think she got a little “surprised” and she panicked a little she forgot to remove the tourniquet (which resulted to more backflow of blood). I, on the other hand, was just excited to find out that I actually have veins…and blood… yey! (The Interns really had a hard time finding these two during my Physical exams back in college). Good thing everybody came back to their senses and started doing the right things, so the situation was handled well and everybody was happy in the end.

I’m thankful I got to experience this training. It brought my appreciation to the human body to a higher level. I realized once more that we really have an amazing and wise God who created every cell, every vein, and every organ. And that He knows each part, by its function and uniqueness. I thought that no matter how hard we study about these things, no matter how many discoveries science can make, there is still One Person who knows the mystery and the beauty of the human body and its parts. After all, He made us. He knows us.

“For you created my inmost being;

       you knit me together in my mother's womb.

 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

       your works are wonderful,

       I know that full well.

  My frame was not hidden from you

       when I was made in the secret place.

       When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

  your eyes saw my unformed body.

       All the days ordained for me

       were written in your book

       before one of them came to be.”

                                    Psalm 139:13-16