You know how as kids we love to play with water... until this day i still don't understand why kids love water so much... You must be wondering why I'm talking about it. Well, cos' today while in the clinic this boisterous kid decides that it would be funny to splash water at me... He was clearly enjoying himself, chuckling all the way. Before you think that i screamed at the kid, I actually allowed him to continue it. And it's not because I'm suppose to maintain professional image.
Follow up:
I thought what the heck since he's enjoying himself, I should just make his day... Anyway, today was the most productive day I had since I started on the pediatrics stint. I sat in at the Cystic Fibrosis clinic and saw the difference in reactions from parents of cystic fibrosis children. One mother was just firing question after questions about her son's condition. Many of the things she asked were frankly stuff that would be necessary of medical students/workers to know...
Another set of parents were still dealing with the recent diagnosis of their newborn child. A confirmed diagnosis is made by doing a DNA test and I think some part of them still hope that the DNA test would show that their child does not have CF. They are still try to cope with the fact that their child would need many more medications than other kids.
It is also interesting to note that many of the kids try to lead a normal life and don't let the disease take over their lives. I really do admire their will power and courage and many of them do well in school despite them having to miss classes frequently. I guess it's a wake-up call to many of us who laments over the amount of work we have to do and how stress we are. Imagine that these kids have to juggle their studies on top of managing their disease.
Of course, teenagers will be teenagers. They do tend to be a bit less compliant with their medications. But hey how many times have we done it ourselves or seen our family members do it. Looking forward to tomorrow where I will get to sit in to an Asthma clinic... (how ironic that I'm an asthmatic as well...)
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