Did you read the schedule I needed to accomplish for today in order to catch my flight to Sri Lanka. Well this is what happened to me today6 AM : We left Vellore9 AM : We reached Chennai Airport where the others got off as normally required to board9.30 AM: I reached the Emigration Office10.15 AM: Jet Airways called to let me know that I had to be there by 11AM .. max 11: 15, else the counter will close10.20 AM: The EO opened 10.25 AM: The peon at the counter was rude and said that nothing could be done. I ended up being third in the queue. I hurriedly fill the forms and the trave agent rushes to the…

Today we had to sort out the official plans, the supplies, the finances etc etc. And I ran straight into a wal.. or so it seems. My passport did not have an ECNR stamp on it (Emigration Clearance Not Required). And it was too late to take the 3 hour trip to Chennai’s Emigration office today. After a series of tense phonecalls, we came up with a plan that is well… difficult. This is what has to happen tomorrow if I need to make it!6 AM : We leave Vellore9 AM : We reach Chennai Airport where the others get in as normally required to board9.30 AM: I reach the Emigration Office10.15 AM: The EO opens and I produce my…

After a lot of posponements, the ‘planned’ trip to East Sri Lanka for medical help in the Tsunami Relief program suddenly was confirmed today. There are four of us from our hospital (in India) who will be flying to Sri Lanka- two doctors and two nurses. That’s given us 48 hours to prepare for the trip – a 3 hour drive to the airport, one hour flight and then a 10 hour bus drive! I went on a massive clothes-washing spree now and then discovered I have to bags for the journey -ouch! Borrowed a backback from a friend. Have to get a suitcase from someone tomorrow. Got to sort out the paper work and finances tomorrow morning with our…

Entered into the New Year at Church. Trust me.. there isn’t a better way to enter the New Year. I led worship and again God moved wondrously. We felt His presence. Looking forward to this year – God is in control

In the oncology unit where children receive long courses of drugs, we try to insert a longer intravenous line that can stay for a month or so. It saves us the trouble of poking the child every 2-3 days for an IV line. My success rate for these ‘central lines’ is pathetic… I missed the last 4 times! Today at 11 PM my friend called me to say he had missed one and wanted to know if I could try.. reluctantly I said yes… and amazingly I got it in the first attempt!!Now that don’t mean that I’ve become an expert but it encouraged me… now to wait for the next time!

I’d applied for a telephone line a few days ago so that I could get my laptop online! And bingo within a couple of days the fellows had my room wired and the phone in…! Today waas the first day online and I now can update the homepage and my blog more frequently!Praise God for that!

Today we came up with a problem in the duty list for our second on-calls> weekend plans had to be changed as one of them had a reception after his marriage. Things were a little tense as it shouldve been planned well ahead but was not. I had to play mediator and thanks to the peace of God and one of them who helped out we managed to sort it out with everybody happy at the end.Then we had to sort out our Emergency Room shifts. It was even more complicated as the person who is doing it was sick till today and had to attend a conference tomorrow and there was anothe meeting which meant that some others needed…

Last week it was aspergillus and this week it’s salmonella… sorry for getting such complicated names into my blog, but my job entails me to it. If you read my entry titled ‘Lost and found – two more’ you’ll know what an eventful night I had on tuesday. To top it all, a person in the ward suddenly worsened and I spent almost till midnight seeing him.I then trudged into the office to start off and within an hour dozed off right in the office! I woke up with a start and a headache at 6:30 AM. Hurriedly I typed what I needed and then went back. A couple of hours before the presentation I re-aligned my document. I took…

Lost and found – two moreI told ya this kind of stuff is gonna crop up all over my blog…. and here we go again.Today I borrowed the office key from the consultant as I had a paper presentation tomorrow and also had some discharge summaries to correct. I took the office key from him at around 8 Pm and after some personal chores, I went up to the office and reached into my pocket and … you guessed it…. it wasn’t there. I rushed back toi the ICU and hunted… not there. I then trudged back to my room to check and after a brief scan of the mess piled on my bed… there it was lying next to…

You probably dont understand what that means but hey… today I had to present a case in the clinical meeting. After the most tiring extended weekend in my life I wasnted rest… nothing more. I finished work at 5Pm on tuesday. Dozed off till 8 PM, went to the ward to ensure everything was OK and at 10 PM sat down in my room with my new laptop, a thick chart and a small book to start . Jesus kept me awake and I finished most of the work by 12 MN before crashing out to sleep. I managed to complete the rest of the typing in the office after rounds and presented it… not too bad considering the hurried…