Last Friday our dear friend Mahmoud decided to pay me a visit. Since we had no school that day we were there at 8. As soon as he arrived we were already prepping for several surgeries. Two in which I would assist in. I will admit watching us prep wasn't very exciting at all. However he was able to sit in on wisdom teeth extractions. Fortunately for him he was able to witness me assisting in the surgery. These particular surgeries I have become used to so everything was a breeze. All I was required to do was to retract the patients tongue and watch out for any blood or tooth particles that could enter the patient's throat. [D] It was a fairly quick surgery and not much to see, but Mahmoud isn't able to see surgeries in his department so I felt it was a refreshing experiencing watching minor ones. The other surgery he was exposed to was a fairly complicated one. Dr. E had to remove 6 teeth and straightens 2 teeth while bringing down 2 teeth from the gums. [D] It was a very long and complicated surgery and throughout the whole thing I had the pleasure of holding the patients head up so that he was able to breathe. At first I wondered why I was delivered such an uninteresting task until I realized that if I did not hold the head up the patient would have been deprived of oxygen and it could have been fatal. Although it seemed like a useless task I actually had one of the most important jobs in that surgery.[A] I feel like I've learned a lot from Dr. E but next week he will be in training and while he's in training I will have the pleasure of follow Chuck Ragona in Gastroenterology and possible further expand my knowledge of medicine. [E]
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