Thursday, September 22, 2011

Contagion

wow...wat a great movie about infectious disease and how health care professionals fight against it. Was a great night...went swimming after work and then a movie with friends.

such a nostalgic night though...to be among friends and to feel like you are among strangers. when there are odd numbered people in a group and everyone walked in pairs but u are isolated...well...i suppose thats one opportunity to join another pair but a more passive person may just shrink away and feel a bit lonely.

sometimes, i wish i could do better things in life...like the girl in the movie who injects herself with a new vaccine or barry marshall who swallowed a culture of h.pylori. At least, i would have made a sacrifice that benefited mankind and not just living now wasting breaths of air and taking the space of others who are more worthy of living.

Life can be cruel to people..like the poor souls in NICU that i see every day. i'm sure they are in a lot of pain. yet, everyday as a tdm pharmacist, we need to squeeze blood out of these tiny things just to prove something that may not even be clinically significant.

Sometimes i wonder, is it more painful to suffer from a wound that never heals for years or die from an infection that kills you in hours?

With that i end my entry..and oh...happy birthday Chelfi

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