=Perfectionist= Seeking for so call "P e r f e c t i o n"

Friday, October 3, 2008

Finish my IMH posting at last..
This 2 weeks is definetly an eye opening experience for me..
Thinking back in the past i actually wanted to go in and have a look but lack of reason to do so
And now attachment is such a good reason for me to be there
First hand experience myself
Recalling back the first day orientation at the hospital
Early morning talk was given, Orientation to the whole hospital followed by ward orientation
The first step i took into the ward through the main door gave the shock of my life
The moment i entered the main door
Two side door filled with patient cramming together seems trying to break through the door
Guess we made quite a wow entrance
But the look on their face just totally shocked me out
The ward also have a smell~
Smell of urine & shit, its so much stronger than i imagine & general ward
But subsquently interacting with the patient there made things easier & they r actually not that scary afterall, infact they are kinda cute & fun in each own way..
My ward is chronic long stay ward where patient have already stayed up to 20 more years
They are so farmilar with the staff,place & patient there
Patient there are mainly catergorized into small groups
There is patient who is labelled as 'food grabber' where they always snatch food
There is also a few who is a helpful lot who are able to help out
Another few who are violent where we are not allowed to be anywhere near them
Few who are cheeky & handful who will be restraint
All in all its fun working there, staff are also very nice & looked after us
Very grateful to them for the teaching & protection (i've never praise staff from my attachment)
Today being the last day there actually was kinda slack
We still help out in the morning routine but after their breakfast we totally slack
We brought ice cream for them to eat, all they jus gobble down the ice cream
Wonder do they even taste it??
Now thinking back, i kinda miss the feeling of going back to IMH
Miss every morning shift having to go into dorm waking them up for bathe
Changing their linen & pampers, put them to wheelchair
Coaxing some hard to please patient to get out of dorm for breakfast
Miss their grumbling,shouting,screaming noises
Miss feeding some of my favourite patient
We even have some nickname for the patient
--> 'Mickey mouse aka bang bang uncle'
--> T-rex aka mermaid on the beach
--> Donald Duck
--> Patient Directory aka kpoh king

Man..missing it so much...
BUT LOVE THE EXPERIENCES & HAD LOTS OF FUN~~~!!!

Signing off: Phoebe aka Perfectionist

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