tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post2999007741218751733..comments2023-10-26T05:49:59.824-04:00Comments on Reflections of a Grady Doctor: Four sticks.gradydoctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10639816377218206777noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-86540987168680410402011-04-19T21:27:46.116-04:002011-04-19T21:27:46.116-04:00I shake my head at myself when I remember the advi...I shake my head at myself when I remember the advice I gave to a mother of a child with an omphalocele who was having behavior issues in the ICU. Who the H was I to give her advice???? My little 26 yr old self. Honestly, I apologize to that woman in my head frequently. I hope she went home and laughed at my audacity. Thank God we live and learn from our children.Mary Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358080186261021703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-57118324899627663282011-04-19T01:50:26.737-04:002011-04-19T01:50:26.737-04:00OMG! That pediatric resident blogger (www.sixyearm...OMG! That pediatric resident blogger (www.sixyearmed.com) just ended her blog! Bummer!<br /><br />Awesome comments--glad others relate. Really!gradydoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639816377218206777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-66488576689147761132011-04-18T22:49:18.564-04:002011-04-18T22:49:18.564-04:00Yes me too! I was a pediatric resident in 1997, p...Yes me too! I was a pediatric resident in 1997, possibly up at 3 am performing (attempting to perform) the same procedure, a LP, - just in a different city. I often (?daily) have this same reflection...how my children have changed my perspective as a pediatrician. I became a better physician with the birth of each child...every day I am so grateful for that. Every day I am learning more. Of note, my third (and youngest) child has Down syndrome - so we experienced many procedures, doctor visits, hospitalizations, etc. It is quite a different experience to be on the other side, a parent. Like you I teach at an academic institution. I work with residents and medical students every day. I do hope that you are correct that the current generation of residents understand the importance of respect and compassion for patients and families. Some days I am doubtful (of note I could not link to the referenced blogger). I think one of the most important lessons we must teach is that of compassion and respect - humanizing our patients...to know what it is like to "walk in their shoes".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-47160626158541012502011-04-18T00:12:54.033-04:002011-04-18T00:12:54.033-04:00I share so many of your thoughts and sentiments. T...I share so many of your thoughts and sentiments. Thanks for your reflections, which serve as a reminder of how much I owe to my children. I am a better human being each day because of them, and I will be a better doctor because of them. It is an immeasurable debt I owe them and one I hope to be able to repay at least a little bit of it by giving them my unconditional love and support for as long as I have breath in my lungs.Anushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-5878383856205120882011-04-17T19:46:10.975-04:002011-04-17T19:46:10.975-04:00Funny...I think I found you through six year med. ...Funny...I think I found you through six year med. I've been reading her blog for a long time. I'm glad I found yours as you add a level of beauty, humanity and love to the "medicine". God bless you and thank you.<br /><br />Patty HarralAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-42781901053861905982011-04-17T17:18:34.043-04:002011-04-17T17:18:34.043-04:00thank you for sharing thisthank you for sharing thissarahdodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938821525919073083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-49069174811706197492011-04-17T13:29:59.610-04:002011-04-17T13:29:59.610-04:00I am so very grateful that you are a doctor. I cou...I am so very grateful that you are a doctor. I could write an entire essay on how you personify what I think a physician should be. <br />But for now, just...thank-you. I say that for all of your patients and for those of us who are fortunate enough to have found you here.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-13518638679572427612011-04-17T02:01:50.146-04:002011-04-17T02:01:50.146-04:00I still remember when my daughter got her first lu...I still remember when my daughter got her first lumbar puncture at five months of age (she had developed pseudo-tumor cerebrii from the wean of ACTH/prednisone for infantile spasms). What I remember most is that I wasn't "allowed" to be with her for the first one. I still feel resentment -- especially since she landed up having several more, and I was there for those. It was surreal to not be involved -- terrifying -- in way that far surpassed the anguish of witnessing it. <br /><br />Thank you, again, for sharing your stories and for your honesty.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com