Don't know about funny
There are two problems with funny kid stories:
One is called Hippa, and for those with less medical background that means that if I talk about a patient and someone finds out I will be fired. Oh wait, I don't get paid for this... I think they'll throw me in a Chinese prison then.
The second is that I'm not sure anyone else will find my kid stories funny.
For instance, today I saw the biggest newborn I've ever seen, weighing in at almost twelve pounds.
Is anyone laughing yet? No?
I managed to make one of my patients laugh... she was a one-year-old and as I was talking to her mom I was making faces at her. She was apprehensive, to say the least, but all of a sudden she burst out with HA HA HA! So I laughed back, and for the rest of the time she would look at me and go HA HA HA at random intervals. Only she wasn't really laughing, she was imitating me laughing. I've never seen a one-year-old imitate me before. I'm flattered... I think.
Of note: This NPR story - researchers used palm pilots to measure happiness and found that kidney patients undergoing dialysis are as happy as healthy people.

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