Experimental

Two hard days, but with good people to work with, which makes all the difference. The last case this evening was experimental, I can't explain why without a potential confidentiality breach, but the surgeon placed experimental devices that in others will be eventually used to attach prosthetics that will move as a normal hand would move. Lots of set-up, and remote video, and recording, researchers with cameras and supplies. Nothing too strange, and they were very appreciative of my handling of so much (to them) equipment. Yeah, well, I've seen more new equipment and larger entourages many times before, this was relatively minor. Not to mention interesting. And I got a lot of it set up during the previous case. I have eaten more complications than that for breakfast.

Metaphorically.

This is probably why I have learned this wobbly, but untippable attitude. The lab/engineer/research folks seemed impressed. I considered it a slightly more complicated, busy case. Not the worst by far.

Worst most busy case ever was the arm disarticulation for bone cancer, with about 30 frozen section specimens that had to be run down the hall, two surgeons, residents, equipment everywhere, and just me, running. Fast. For about five hours. Felt longer.

Feeling better about the garden. Nothing I could do about the salinity but water more, and the rest is a matter of growing stuff there and lots of compost. Not planting would not have done anything but stasis. Three to five years before it will recover. I can cope with that, I have time.


I do love experimenting, collecting data, researching. Learning patience, an eternal lesson, never done.

Moby very chatty last night. Quite the variety of vocalizations for a long, long time. The news, one supposes. This is so much a new behaviour for him, we like to think it is indicative of confidence, and perhaps of confidences.