Journal Entry #6

Amita Raj

Abney

6^th Period

Journal Entry #6: Wednesday, October 6 2010

                This week, with my mentor, I worked one at her clinic and one hour at the hospital.  At the hospital, she showed me a patient with Peritoneal dialysis and explained how the machine cleaned the blood without being too intrusive on the body’s arteries. We discussed the importance of surgery with respect to kidney disease .

                At her clinic, I was able to see patients with milder forms of kidney diseases.  Most of the these patients showed good progress with their diagnoses and the treatments seemed to working out well, showing that there is great hope for the future. Our discussion also included the various medicines that the doctor used for treatment in her cases. She explained the implications of each and showed me some of the research that will be happening for future drugs.