The Lost Cyst...

My Last Surgery Day

A lipoma the GP and I removed from a 15 year old's neck :) Grossed Out? I was by myself in the OR cleaning up all the biohazard stuff and HAD to take a picture. I said to myself out loud, " Aww... it's kind of cute." Yep...

This is a picture of a picture. It's a UTERUS with a Fibroid tumor the surgical team removed. It weighed a total of 12 lbs. This woman was a mother and wife and was living life with a 12 lb. tumor in her abdomen. What a blessing this was!!! 

This is one of the sweetest gentlemen I know! We couldn't talk because he speaks a different tribal language, but man did we talk without words. I smiled so much my FACE HURT. He had a hernia repaired, and it was so wonderful. This man was so joyful and appreciative after his surgery. It was amazing to behold.

This GP is from South Africa but lives in Canada. He let me assist him with minor surgeries, and it was soooooo awesome!!!! Here we are removing a Ganglion cyst on the hand of a gentlemen who works as a corn picker. He was so sweet and extremely patient with us. He waited for so long and traveled from very far to be with us.

Speaking of Ganglion cysts..... here it is!! Ok, I actually have a funny story about this little cyst. I wanted to take a picture later, so I had to hide it in the OR. I found the gentleman's family, helped the patient to the holding room, did discharge teaching, put his bandage on, got his meds all worked out, and saw him to his vehicle. When I came back to clean and take a picture, I realized I Couldn't remember where I hid the cyst!! I was completely freaked out.  I thought to myself, " Cody, HOW DID YOU LOOSE A CYST???" I just knew someone was going to walk in any minute and ask what I was looking for... I left the room and found Fransisco (the nursing student from triage day) and had to awkwardly explain to him that I lost the patient's cyst and HAD to find it before the next patient came in or worse, the Doc found it. Finally I found it... in a glove on the counter. HALLELUJAH!!!

Take two!

Me, Karen from Canada, Sonia ( Spanish to Quiche translator), and Fransisco

This guy was so, so cute. After his surgery was over, I was explaining to him that everything went super well. He was still quite groggy from the anesthesia. He got a HUGE grin on his face as if I had said nothing at all. He just said... "hola..." He was staring at my face and kind of looked enamored lol. This young man had a testicular hernia. For you boys/men out there that are reading this,  I imagine you can have proper sympathy for this guy. He was starting to have trouble doing daily things without tremendous pain. What a privilege to be a small part of his healing!

Love, 

Cody