I started doing my first night duty in the Neonatology unit today. Saravanan was with me and Dr. Anil was the consultant on call. We started off light but by seven o’clock we got a 2 day old child with severe jaundice( due to the difference in blood group between the baby and the mother) and we planned an exchange transfusion (a procedure where we take off the baby’s blood and transfuse fresh blood). There was no intern with us but I literally bumped into Rohit, who has just joined his post-graduate course in Pediatrics , and he was more than happy to do it. So Rohit and I scrubbed up for the procedure and I taught him how to…

Lotsa things happened today, but what stood out is how I missed getting drenched in a sudden burst of rain we had today. I needed to finish some paperwork for which I had to pick up some forms from the college office which was 8 kn away. I decided to go there by bike. Just before I left I called up the office and Isaac told me that he would send the forms to my office the next morning. Feeling lazy, I decided that I would wait for the forms till the next morning instead of going to the office to pick it up. After about half an hour as I sat in the room there was a sudden burst…

Today I literally got back to my feet and was steady. I woke up around 8 AM and realised that most of the unsteadiness and dizziness had left and I only had a slightly fuzzy head (?due to meds ?due to too much sleep ?due to an altered sleep rhythm ?as an aftermath of vertigo ?just me being normal!!). I felt brave enough to face the day, but decided to keep off from work. Had a lazy breakfast and then decided to finish off some bank work that I had left pending for a month. I put in a check that Arun had given me and thanx to the manager got the cash in my account instantly! (Normally it takes…

The dizzzzziness is wearing out today but still not gone. It’s kinda frustrating because it aint too bad (I can use the comp to some extent) but I cant get back to work.The funny thing is I cant seem to sleep anymore. Monday saw me get about 12 hours of sleep. On tuesday I slept like for 16 hours and today… I woke up at 9 AM reported to work at NEonatology – more to just hand in my joining letter and leave and then dozed a little – maybe an hour and after that my body’s been refusing to get any more sleep. Now my body’s just a little dizzy so I cant exactly get back to work. Being…

Today is my last day as an MD postgraduate student! Exciting. It was admission day and so I would have to do a 24hour duty. Started off with a busy OPD with lotsa Bengali patients and a bit of communication problem. All was under control till suddenly a wave of vertigo hit me out of the blue. I just about excused myself and went into an empty cubicle. After a few minutes I threw up into the sink. Still dizzy, I managed to get Karpagam to get me some meds and one of the nurses gave me a shot of stemetil. A little while later I was still a little dizzy, but managed to make my way back to the…

I decided to take leave today and just rest, relax and laze around. After finishing my duty at 8AM, I simply killed time, dozed off. Got a call at 1 PM from Mona saying we (the Department) were going out for lunch. I quickly had a shower and then zoomed off on my bike to the Restaurant. (One of these days my bike is just gonna fall apary intoa pile of nuts and bolts!) Had a great time. Started off with some soup called the Cream of Chicken soup – it was more cream than chicken and tasted like Rice Kanji. I was just about managing to push it down when Jolly decided to try reflavoring it with a sprinkling…

Today I just touched up my website. No major tweaks or pages added. No major articles posted – just a little touch. Mainly changed the featured links and artists and included a ‘Featured Blog’ so I could include Tarun’s blog on my homepage! Added one statement to the scrawl wall. That was just about it.Nothing major – but enough to say “I did something on my website today!”YEah…. I feel like bragging!Should take the time to thank God for helping me keep the site going in spite of busy days etc etc and through all those hackings, deletions and server moves!!

I’ve known Tarun for many years now. He’s 3 years my junior at college. It’s usually ben a ‘Hi’ ‘Bye’ kind of relationship as we each go through our own busy lives. We do sit and chat up once in a while. A few months ago he was diagnosed to have lymphome and is on chemotherapy and radiotherapy for the same. Man! Is he a cheerful fighter. I’ve met him a a couple of times after that and he always has a smile. Today was the day I REALLY met him. …. and it was online!Annie started it off by opening up his blog at the office today and within minutes all of us (including Dr. Sneha) were poring through…

Lately the ad for the New flavor from Pepsi has been all over the television. Makes it sound like the most exciting drink ever made on earth. Finally today at dinner I treated myself to a 500 ml serving of Pepsi Cafechino. I was excited – I love coffee and I love cola – this stuff must be amazing! It was a big letdown! I was expecting a total different taste and it didn’t impress me at all. Kinda of a subdued blend of sweet toffee like coffee with some cola in it. Nah…. not my kinda stuff.Anyway as you see in the picture I managed to finish it off… maybe for the last time. Guess I’ll stick to plain…

OK that pic of my amazing stereo boombox probably already got your attention. Before you start snickering lemme tell you thatit actually has served me well for ages – during my hostel days, then at Chennai, during my DCH, back at home, during my stint in Kerala and now again during my MD. Ok the cassette player died long time ago but the equaliser and volume slider work! And that blue wire you see snaking around connects it to my portable CD player. That CD player too aint a pretty site but it’s been to Sri Lanka, played music at Church functions and of course kept me great company. Sadly they both seem to be close to retiring.Even after soldering…