There is nothing scarier than seeing a healthy patient on your chair turn cold suddenly, eyes rolled up, halfway through giving him LA.

You call him, but he doesn't respond.

You try to shout, but the voice that comes out sounds so muffled and soft.

You look at your clinical partner with eyes filled with fear, hoping that she'll get that its SERIOUS.

You find your voice, only muffled, but panic-filled.

Your heart stops, and you just stare, your mind goes blank.

Your tutors come running in, and the patient starts to seize. You stare with more horror, looking at the patients arms and legs jerking uncontrollably.

It then all becomes a blur. You lose focus yourself.

Blank.

Next thing you know, your tutors look at you and asks you if you were alright.

You tried to respond, no voice at all.

And then you felt faint. The world was spinning, and you were shaking uncontrollably.

Cold hands, cold feet. Pale white as sheet face.

People rushing around you in a flurry of motion. Tutors coming in to check if you were doing alright.

Yes, my patient had a seizure halfway through treatment. Caused by hypoglycaemia, we believe. Unlikely to be a reaction to the local anaesthetic I was giving him, coz I only managed to give him half a cartridge ( which is ard 1ml).. too little to cause any reaction, and such an immediate one, at that.

As you could tell, I was properly traumatised. Apparently this doesnt occur very frequently, even my tutor who worked for 8years in private practice hadn't experienced a medical emergency like this before.

Lucky me?

I'm not so sure about that. =S

On another note, HAPPY 30th, ALEX!! =)

And OMG I look damn stUPss here hahaha who wins the 'horrible' face-making competition, do you think?

ME! ME! ME!

OK sylvain's quite good too, but hey, God knows I've tried!! =)