In week two of my internship I was beginning to get the schedule of the day. I wake up at 5 a.m., travel there via my mother who works there (the ride usually takes around 30 minutes, depending on traffic), take a nap for roughly an hour, until the volunteer office opens, then, finally at 8 a.m. I begin my internship. I was again tasked with copying papers and putting them in folders, but my mentor decided to switch things up a little bit by asking me to go the the main kitchen and get juices and possibly food trays for the patients. The way there was very confusing, let me tell you, the hospital is vast and confusing, with similar hallways, many exits, and secret pathways only accessable by staff or the cleaning crew. After I got the juices I saw more patients being wheeled in, most of them were old people with either a heart condition, falling accident, or some strange illness. After a couple of minutes, things really started getting interesting. The main doctor in charge saw me and told me to come with him so I could shadow his work. I met him at "The Fishbowl" which was the office room for all the doctors in the emergency room, and he briefed me on the patient's status. After that we went to the actual patient, who was an elderly woman with what appeared to be scratch marks and stab wounds. I would later discover that a cat viciously attacked her. The doctor started with a 'how are you doing?' and 'whats wrong?'. She was then asked to say at the hospital overnight so that they could analyze the wounds better. After this I went back to the Fishbowl and I learned from the doctor that cat bites are more likely to cause infection than dog bites because their teeth are like needles. I found the whole ordeal quite interesting.
