Serendipity
[ , ser(ə)n ' dipiti ] noun
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The effect by which one accidentally stumbles across something truly wonderful especially while looking for something unrelated.
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KINGSTON PUBLIC HOSPITAL
Shanzi's POV
Walking through Ward 3, I continued to round and check on my patients.
I reached the bed of one of my favourite patients, Mr. Johnson, despite him just being admitted recently.
"So Dr. Lawrence, how you never come look for me yesterday. How yah treat me suh?" Mr. Johnson asked.
"Bwoy Sir, the day did well pack and hectic, my bad. How you doing?" I asked while going through his docket where the nurses updated his vitals.
"Mi good man just wah left yasso now enuh." He answered.
"I understand but I'm gonna have to place a chest tube in to drain some of the air from the pleural cavity first." I told him.
Mr. Johnson was a 50 yr old male that was admitted as he was experiencing shortness of breath, sharp pain in the chest and had a bad cough, and we found out that he had a Pneumothorax.
I walked over to the Nurses station to see if I could get a nurse that was not busy, to assist me with the chest tube placement.
"Nurse Walters you busy?" I asked one of the nurses while I washed my hands.
"No enuh Doc, just handed over to the afternoon shift. What's up?" She replied.
"Oh your shift over, so you a look fi leave now then?" I asked while gathering the necessary materials I would need.
"Yeah, but is what you wanted?" She persisted.
"Did want your help with placing a chest tube in Bed 22, but if yah go leave it's cool, can manage." I replied.
"That cool man, chest tube a easy 1 2, nah go take long, plus you know mi have a rating fi yuh enuh, so mi nave a issue fi assist." She replied.
"Alright then, much appreciated. Wash your hands and put on the necessary PPE then fawud." I told her gathering the materials and heading to Mr. Johnson's bed.
While waiting on the Nurse Walters, I thought to myself bwoy mi need fi fix up. Hair, brows and lashes wah do.
That sad eh. Let mi go text Lee and see if she can squeeze me in for tonight.
Me : Lee, you can do my hair, brows and lashes tonight? Lee💃🏾 : What time yah leave work? Me : Round 6pm. Lee : Alrite, just swing by when u leaving. Me : Thanks babes, later💋
Looking up I realise that Nurse Walters is ready, so I put my PPE and got ready to put in the chest tube.
"Alrite Mr. J, you gonna feel some discomfort but ntn too painful cause I'm gonna numb the area first with Lidocaine." I told him
"Alrite Doc" he replied.
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1:30pm
Sitting down in Doctor's Quarters, I scrolled through Instagram while I ate my lunch that I ordered from Pink Apron.
