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Attachment; Day 1

Word of the day is 'overwhelmed'.
I walked, I ran, I sat down for about forty minutes to catch my breath but within just a few hours I've learnt a hell of a lot.
One day down, four more to go.
From toothless grins to hyperactive little boys to quiet little girls. 
I'm going to live and breathe paediatric medicine one day.
It is SO incredibly important to be able to speak in Tamil and Chinese aside from English and Malay. Without being able to speak and understand a little Cantonese here and there I'd have been completely lost today.
Woke up at 6am and left the house at 7.30am. Was at the hospital by 8.15am and everything was happening really quickly. Ward rounds, medical history taking, diagnoses, treatments, run to Ward 6, take medical history. Run back to Ward 2, report. Run to Ward 7. Run back again to Ward 2 to report. Sit in the clinic for slightly over an hour. Observe, listen, write, write, write. Look at hand gestures, figure out what's being said, smile, smile, hello baby! Smile some more. Nod head. Write furiously. Ask questions. Why this, why that, what happened. Bye baby! Next patient. Lunch.
I was so thankful that lunch had arrived because I'd get a little while to breathe! I wasn't even thinking about food. I just needed to rest my head but even then I had a lot of things to Google and figure out in case I was interrogated later on.
Crazy, crazy, crazy day and it's only just the beginning.
But those precious, precious babies oh my goodness. So tiny, so soft, so cute, so fragile! And then when they give you their toothless grin oh goodness. I can't remember how many times I melted today.
Being properly dressed for office, wearing that white coat and having that stethoscope around your neck; It's such an indescribable feeling.
And so very rewarding.

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