Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Noche de muertes

Es divertido estar en gineco porq a diario ves el inicio de vidas nuevas, desde su primer aliento. (Amo el primer llanto de un RN). Creo q lo había dicho antes, pero me gustan muchos los partos, supongo q porq puedes ser testigo de esto mismo. (No, NO seré ginecóloga!).

Anoche fue un poco distinto:

Tras otra cesárea gemelar y mi cesárea-parto, paso a la labor a hacer mis notas. El alarido de una paciente hace q brinque de la silla y me dirigo a revisarla. Retiro la sábana de sus piernas y me doy cuenta que es hora. A la paciente se le había "roto la fuente" un par de días antes..el problema es q su bebé era muy pequeño para poder vivir (22 semanas). Por falta de salas de expulsión, ahí mismo en la cama de la paciente recibí a su bebé. No biggie-pensé, olvidando por unos momentos que ese producto estaría vivo aún..estaría vivo hasta que yo tuviera que cortar el cordón umbilical. Volteé hacia mis manos, viendo el pequeño cuerpecito moviéndose, su pechito levantándose con cada latido de su corazón, moviendo sus piernitas le daba pataditas a los muslos de su mami, y su manita de apenas 1 cm tomó mi dedo enguantado.

-Heart sinks to the ground.-

La sostuve de esa manera unos 10 minutos, no queriendo terminar con su vida. La madre desconsolada y con dolor aún.

-¿A qué religión perteneces?- -Cristiana.- -¿Quiéres que tu bebé sea bautizado?- -Sí.-

Fue imposible esconder las lágrimas y desconsuelo.

Sostuve a Erica hasta que la vida se le escapó.

Y como ella, hubo 3 niños más que no se lograron anoche :(

femenino 410 g 17 cm

Friday, February 12, 2010

Better to have loved and lost...

I guess it IS true what they say...

I find myself perplexed by the complexity (read: masochism) of human minds. How can it be that one prefers to be tortured once and again by loving someone who u know far and wide does NOT love you back. The tears, the frustration, the countless sleepless nights, tossing and turning and wondering: is _________ thinking of me??

Love is one powerful thing.. it brings fire and spice and giddiness and hours of daydreaming what-ifs.. it really is what makes the world go round, just like ur head goes 'round with the ups and downs, and flowers and fits and tears and....h e a r t b r e a k.

Really? is it really worth it?

If someone uses ur heart like a hankie and throws it away..i say: discard them.

Pains me to see someone used like that.



*She sux*

Insomniac rambling

I haven't been sleeping very well lately...i lay awake for quite a while at night, and what's even more baffling is i can't seem to find i comfortable position to lay in, i start to ache after a few minutes and i have to turn over..and over. Temperature-wise i'm kind of off too. Can't seem to figure out what the matter is..

Am i missing my elixir? (haha, don't scold me :P); have i been oversleeping? (not really); is my mind up and running? (well, as a matter of fact, it is..), but, is that really the problem? not really sure..

it just came to mind that...i had a cup of coffee a couple hours ago...smart me, hehe (self-deprecating laughter)

aaanyways...

I'm mortified by the unexpected..not any unexpected, but certain unexpected.
I'm mortified by my past.
I'm mortified by my future.
Kind of at ease with my present (for the time being, anyway).

er...I'm rambling...

I'm terrified about the possibility of losing one of the most cherished parts of my life. The future, my particular future, with sooo many possible tiny pathways, the road to each as unpredictable as the previous one, and i, with seemingly no control over the direction i head towards. I just wanna know that at the end, or at some point, both our roads will be able to merge for good..



I love you so.