This is the mural outside the pediatric ORs. Kids don't really pay much attention to it though, they are mostly freaking out about their surgery.
It makes me wonder how they learned to be afraid. I know that parents are concerned about the surgery, they should be, but they really need to help their children feel comfortable with what is about to happen. A stressed out kid doesn't make any of the induction easier.
The surgeries themselves can be "bread and butter" (hernia repairs) or completely different from anything in the adult world.
When a newborn needs surgery, it's often because they were born with a defect of some sort. These can be quite satisfying since by fixing the defect, baby can have normalish anatomy. But the pts are tiny. This and the worrying parents are what make surgery so hardcore.
I am loving every minute on this rotation!
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