tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post5298863014954327962..comments2024-02-28T08:18:10.886-08:00Comments on vitum medicinus ::: a life of medicine: One patient, five minutes, I'll never forgetVitum Medicinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994320714669547787noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-30465100724593761222008-06-04T21:52:00.000-08:002008-06-04T21:52:00.000-08:00Personally I think paediatrics is pretty darn depr...Personally I think paediatrics is pretty darn depressing, and sometimes would like to slap the idiots who think that it involves playing with cute, happy children all day.Dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759938692575603663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-2130052926215647662008-06-04T12:00:00.000-08:002008-06-04T12:00:00.000-08:00So, no chronic care peds. I don't blame you. Any...So, no chronic care peds. I don't blame you. Any idea what you will eventually go into?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-44883817840747819722008-06-04T06:58:00.000-08:002008-06-04T06:58:00.000-08:00I made the same decision after a similar experienc...I made the same decision after a similar experience.<BR/>As a med student here in the UK I met a little lad who'd been admitted with malnutrition. His mother had neglected him to the point that he looked about 1 at the age of 3, with behaviour more appropriate to a one year old. I worked on the ward for 6 weeks as a student and became very attached to J, he improved every day and was a bright lovely child who thrived on any attention. <BR/>Then his mother arrived to pick him up. She hadn't visited for four months but the law said she got to take him home because she had made efforts to improve her home circumstances and been to a class.<BR/>I wanted so badly to hit her and instead had to let her take him away, the nurses and junior doctors and I were distressed but poor J was heartbroken. At the sight of his mother he wept and wept and wept.<BR/>I still think about it and it is the number one reason I am an adult physician and do no paediatrics.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175190432551320745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-56940776530840294682008-06-01T23:42:00.000-08:002008-06-01T23:42:00.000-08:00wow.. that must have been a very sad and frustrati...wow.. that must have been a very sad and frustrating experience.. knowing that you canĀ“t do anything to make the stupid bastard pay for what he did to Chloe..<BR/>i love your blog.. love how it is funny and everything.. but this post is one of a kind.. <BR/>i think i am your biggest fan.. if you published a book i would definetely buy it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-29876960287909346512008-06-01T22:03:00.000-08:002008-06-01T22:03:00.000-08:00Congrats on finishing your pre-clinical years. I l...Congrats on finishing your pre-clinical years. I look forward to following your blog as you move into your clinical years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-28446303583376200552008-06-01T11:16:00.000-08:002008-06-01T11:16:00.000-08:00I would love to hear of a follow-up of this monste...I would love to hear of a follow-up of this monster that did this terrible thing to a little girl. Like maybe he was found tortured to death by very slow body part dismemberment. That would be appropriate punishment in my book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com