I should be panicking and doing finishing my essays now but I need to take some time out to blog that I passed. I feel as if a heavy burden has been lifted from me. I need to thank the many many many people who wished me well. For some reason, despite all my previous ramblings about the loss of humanity in course... they managed to prove me wrong again.
I had people I hardly know come up to me and comfort and reassure me. I worried people who I thought I was irrelevant to. I am still a bit shocked and touched by this ...sudden warmth. Perhaps the struggling of this course is something we can all relate to, despite all our differences.
Most of all I really need to thank the friends who were there with me. Despite the piling masses of essays and assignments, they took time out of their own schedule to watch me practice my clinical skills again and again. I am so relieved that I did not fail them by screwing up in my CPA.
Anyhow I need to finish my politics essay now, even if my eyes feel very dry and tired.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Goldfish
A few days ago my goldfish jumped out of the fish tank and fell onto the floor. Since then we put it into a separate tank and have been keeping an eye on it. It can not swim anymore and it appears to be fully conscious. We feed it a goldfish flake every feed but it appears that it vomits it back out as a greenish substance. At the time of this post the goldfish is still wriggling on its lateral side, constantly staring at its environment.
However, since its fall, my mum believes that it has improved a bit of movement especially with its dorsal fins. Because it is able to move its fins and its tail, I believe there is no neurological damage. However, I do suspect it's bone is fractured causing it immense pain and immobility.
Right now, there's 3 options.
a) we end the fish's suffering by giving it a quick and painless death. How I do not know. But it seems to be making progress so I think its kinda irrational to do so.
b) we take it to the vet. We do not have that kind of money so it's not viable.
c) we keep monitoring it the way we are at the moment. This seems the most feasible.
Seeing the fish reminds me of a patient under critical condition. It's suffered a life threatening event and is not severely in danger of dying. No one really knows if the fish will die or how long it will survive, but we are doing everything we can (financially) to keep it alive. The fish itself seems to be clinging onto life as well, which really reminds me of real life situations.
Even though I am a bit scared of the fish itself, I feel really horrible looking at the fish in its current state. There's nothing within my power that I can do and the future for the goldfish remains unclear.
However, since its fall, my mum believes that it has improved a bit of movement especially with its dorsal fins. Because it is able to move its fins and its tail, I believe there is no neurological damage. However, I do suspect it's bone is fractured causing it immense pain and immobility.
Right now, there's 3 options.
a) we end the fish's suffering by giving it a quick and painless death. How I do not know. But it seems to be making progress so I think its kinda irrational to do so.
b) we take it to the vet. We do not have that kind of money so it's not viable.
c) we keep monitoring it the way we are at the moment. This seems the most feasible.
Seeing the fish reminds me of a patient under critical condition. It's suffered a life threatening event and is not severely in danger of dying. No one really knows if the fish will die or how long it will survive, but we are doing everything we can (financially) to keep it alive. The fish itself seems to be clinging onto life as well, which really reminds me of real life situations.
Even though I am a bit scared of the fish itself, I feel really horrible looking at the fish in its current state. There's nothing within my power that I can do and the future for the goldfish remains unclear.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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