Dr Fragen in the operating room

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  • Update on shit

    Patient took a southward turn. Requiring more ventilator support and rising WBCs. Doesn’t look good. Damn don’t these people know that we (doctors) can only do so much and then their own systems need to heal their bodies. Sometimes I wish there were more to do but I realize that I can only do so…

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  • More shit

    Well, one of the patients with a rectal perforation did very well and the other was doing very poorly. There was evidence of additional bowel leakage and I took her back to the OR. It’s always hardest to take your own patients back to the OR. Anyway, everything was plastered together. The bowels looked like…

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  • Shit

    What a week. I’ve had to bail 2 people out belly full of shit — literally. Complications of other procedures. Not fun, and unfortunately for the patients not much fun for them either. Both with temporary colostomies. At least they can be reversed. It does mess up the day though. Especially when trying to recover…

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  • It's been a hellish week on call.

    It’s been a hellish week on call. I’ve been up to about 2AM every night. It’s getting a bit monotonous. Fortunately the week is coming to a close. Also fortunately Kathy and the kids are gone so they don’t get disturbed by my coming home at 0 dark thirty. Bad news is that it’ll be…

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  • Blogging with Salon.com

    Congrats to the “UserLand” krew! Looks like Salon is going to be saved from demise!Feast your eyes on the first SalonBlog. Those guys are smart, smart smart! Thnx to tonie for the scoop. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog] Way to go “UserLand”.

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  • Chimera 0.4

    Chimera has gone to version 0.4 today. I’ve been using it as my primary browser, along with OmniWeb 4.1 for that past few months. It’s great. Be sure to grab the latest nightly build. IMHO, it’s much better than the latest “official” release.

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