POC tour!! (ortho)

as a start... me and my classmates are out for a special tour at the Philippine Orthopedic Hospital. for those who doesn't know... (kahit obvious nmn) its a hospital somewhere in banawe... manila?? wherein most bone surgery are being done. Ortho nga e diba?! hehe.

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Philippine Orthopedic Center

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but before we go straight to the hospital, syempre dahil nauna ang aming van we went to mcdonalds!! medyo gutom na kaming lahat kaya aun... i bought green apple mcfloat... wow!! masarap pla!! haha. first time e... sensya na!! c anne nag twister fries ung combo! ang mahal!! 72php. grrr. haha. gastador ka ata ngaun iha!! haha. epekto ba yan dahil katabi si ano?? bwahaha.

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green apple mc float & regular burger... 1st time!!
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after eating.. we went immediately to the hospital to look for our tour guide... este CI pla... took a pose habang nagaantay... muntik pang di matuloy ang tour sa hospital kasi nabadtrip ung CI namin kasi late na daw kami kahit hindi nmn tlga... almost 1 hr din nmin sinuyo, i mean sila pla, at aun, FINALLY!!! "SORRY" lang pla ang kailangan nyang marinig... although saying sorry was not necessary kasi we didn't do anything wrong nmn tlga... since estudyante.. at no choice.. Ok nagsorry... hmmp!! haha. pero ok na rin kasi we had our tour nmn!! nice! =)

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anne, muy & me. =)

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TOUR...

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we walked around the hospital... parang supervisor lang. haha. saw lots of people having bone fracture... etc. ang cool pa nga e kasi, we saw how a prostetic foot is being made.

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i didn't have a chance to take some pictures because of the "privacy of the patient" rule. so, kwento ko na lang ang mga nakita ko...

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we went to the library first, grabeng mga instruments ung ginagamit. medyo ang weird ng mga itsura... ung isa mukhang antena ng tv. na very ouchy kung makikita mong nakalagay sa pasyente... actually, i saw a bunch of people having that kind of instrument a.k.a gadget daw... honestly, it looks icky kasi tagusan sa balat. ung isa, called ra-ef (di ko lam kung tama spelling) mukha syang p-V na antena na puro screw... the other one was a cylinder-like metal na puro pins and screws ( it is being used to pull the bone apart para sa callus formation... wow, ako ba ito?! nakikinig?! haha). ung isa nmn asteeg titanium made na gadget, nakalimutan ko ung name pero Erap has one daw... sa knee nya. tapos etc na. haha.

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as we go on with the tour, i saw different kinds of people having different kinds of bone damage. pero mostly nakita ko ay mga oldies na... i guess mas prone lang tlga ang mga matatanda. tapos according to my CI most bone injury daw are due to motorcycle accident... kaya sa mga mahilig magmotor! ingat!! dahil kung kayo ang nasa position ko kanina... looking at those gadgets?? u will never think of having a bone injury!! promise!!

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then, there was this patient who has a touchy story.... he had this spinal cord injury since 1996 & until now he's still in the POC. he has a respirator... etc. its touchy because for 11 years of being bedridden andun lang ung asawa nya sa tabi nya. binabantayan sya ng walang sawa. he didn't have any bedsores kasi nga magaling magalaga ung asawa nya... napawow tlga ako kasi... it only proves that meron tlgang mga tao na "for better or for worse" they will stay together...WOW, suddenly i feel like falling inlove again!!! haha...

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aun... uwian... walang humpay na kwentuhan, too much laughter, too many stories... loads of kantyawan. whew. as if wala kaung duty ng 11pm-7am ah.. way the go!!

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i had fun!! sarap maging sawsaw sa LOYAL 1!! bukas... sa SINCERE 3 naman!! haha.