New stuff

Today - day 3 of my latest rotation due to the holiday yesterday (despite a couple emergencies I guess I wasn't called) was my first day actually in the OR for surgeries. I witnessed my first gallbladder surgery (a lap chole). There were some interesting looking stones inside that one. Later, I saw a wide excision breast biopsy. That was a new procedure for me.
 I'm trying to make myself useful. With it being my first time in their OR today, the nurse was a bit concerned about me. She kept offering me a chair so that I wouldn't pass out. I told her that so far (in my limited surgical experience - I've been in an OR a handful of times) I haven't had a problem yet. Did I just look dead on my feet? I'm worn out and ready to crash by the end of the day. It's fascinating stuff, but it's hard to keep going. I don't know how people do it every single day and take call on top of it for years on end. They must really love it.