Day 21: She Is To Have Transfemoral Skeletal Traction

I woke up today by phone call from a female friend at Akure. She said she is coming to visit me today and asked if I would be available. Of course, I will be at work but I told her she could come. My consultant nearly quarries me when he saw her in my office. I have to lie that she is helping me with my computer that was faulty.

Today is usually very busy so I have to eat very well before coming. We admitted two patients for surgery next week Monday and we also admitted a case of 35-year-old woman with right transverse acetabular fracture. She is to have transfemoral skeletal traction. We saw more than 30 patients and about 7 new cases.

We finished our clinic around 3pm and my team went to see my consultant who had left before we could finish the clinic. I informed him of a case we admitted at accident and emergency whose x-ray features are suggestive of osteosarcoma of right Ilium. He told us to refer the patient to university college hospital, Ibadan where there are better facilities to handle this case.

I have to leave hospital immediately because of my visitor. She told me she was not happy because I never ask her out. Sometime I wonder why most women want to marry medical doctor. Well, I told her I do not want to break her heart and I am not yet ready for marriage.

My girl, Sekemi came to my house later in the day. She could not cook anything though she helped me with cleaning of my apartment. I ate corn flakes and milk before I could sleep.