Day 35 I've been back at work for 2 days, and it feels like I've never been away! A few interesting medical cases over the last couple of days; including a severe case of vertigo lasting for more than 4 hours and occuring every morning - worrying in a girl of 24. Urgent referral for MRI and ENT review but am hoping to see the results beofre I leave at the end of next week. Today I saw a baby with projectile vomiting and diarrhoea (luminous green!) which was a li...

Day 33 Hello all! I have had a really busy but fantastic three days being a tourist! Yippee! And for those of you who have expressed concern/envy - yes I am a little bit sunburnt (but only a little!) and have lots of freckles:) Friday morning I was picked up just before 6 to head to my first stop on the trip - a camel ride! Suprisingly smooth, even when my camel (Blacky) decided to go for a run! Made it all the more exciting... Second stop was the Olgas - ab...

Day Thirty Hello again:) Hope everything is good with you all in the UK, and the weather is beginning to warm up. I'm sending lots of sunny thoughts! Yesterday was another busy day in the clinic, with lots of patients and a seemingly mad rush of pregnant women! My obstetrics is getting better each time! I have seen everything from twins, to a third trimester "I think I might be preganant", to a presentation at about 2 weeks.... I saw a four year old ...

Day Twenty-eight Another couple of busy days at work - nothing hugely exciting to report; but several interesting cases - diabetes insipidus in a 10month old with severe failure to thrive - the mother is so caring though, it's really sad to see such a tiny kid, he looks about the size of a 4 month old! Have had some good teaching in the last couple of days as well, which has been really good and I'm trying to remember to learn some scine as well as the clinical...

Day Twenty-Six I have finally managed to get some sleep! Friday, which was a 14hour day last time I wrote, turned into a 21hour day during which I got less than an hour off. Manic. Essentially we had finally dealt with all the emergencies during the day and I had just made it home when the drunk fights started at the boundary. Santa Teresa is a dry community as it is strictly catholic, and following the government intervention to try and reorganise Aboriginal c...