Wednesday, June 02, 2010

More surgery status haiku

Squirmy octopus
Now THAT is the appendix
Beautiful colon


It's satisfying
How it all fits together
Anastomosis

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Surgery Haiku

Surgery is not my favorite rotation, there are things I like about it and things I hate about it, but mostly I'm just bored. Today, for example, I spent 6 hours in a laparoscopic case where I did nothing but stand on my two feet and stare at a screen barely making out the intestinal anatomy of the poor woman between whose legs I was standing. During that 6 hours, I made up haiku inside my head to keep me attentive. I've cobbled together what I remember.

Where is it not sore?
Shift slowly from side to side.
Listlessly I gaze.

Where does the smoke go?
The bored student thinks inside.
Laparoscopy.

I can't see a thing.
Is that thing the appendix?
What time is it now?

I hug my chest tight
Don't contaminate a thing
Phil will yell at you.