Brain Hiccup

My brain hiccup of the week: Sometimes I go for days without checking my mail--snail mail that is--mostly because I'm just too tired. After getting my mail on Saturday, I diligently decided to check it on Monday. No mail--duh, Sara! It's a holiday, and a postal employee, of all people, should know that!

Cool medical experiences of the week: Today I was off site at the endoscopy lab. It's just the coolest thing to see the inside of the colon. Amazing the technology that allows doctors to just snip off a polyp and cauterize it right there. I also saw an esophagus with varices which were banded. And best of all, I saw a feeding tube inserted through the mouth, fed down through the esophagus and out through the wall of the stomach after the nurse had made an incision and poked a gigantic needle through the stomach wall to draw out the tube. I know it's rather morbid that I got my jollies at the expense of another person's ailments, but then that's what nursing is all about.

Most fascinating patient of the week: Santa Claus. Quite an interesting fellow.