Peds Clinic

just got home from my first day in the peds clinic at the hospital. not too exciting but the day went by much faster than days in the inpatient ward. i will be working in the clinic for the next 2 weeks and luckily the doctor from friday [aka Judgement day] is on vacation for 2 weeks so i can start fresh with new attendings. clinic days are short- today we worked from 9 to 12, then 1:30 to 4:15. we basically do the same as other clinic, go in and do the initial history and physical, present to the attending and formulate your assessment and plan and then they go back in with you and do their own physical and ask more questions. today i saw a couple sick kids [ear infection, asthma, etc] and then did a couple well child exams. no wonder kids hate doctors, they have to get like 4 shots a visit every couple months for the first couple years of their lives!! that immunization schedule is no joke!

things i learned today:
1)if you take off your white coat before entering a room with a peds patient, you can delay crying for an extra 3 minutes than usual...though crying is inevitable by the middle of the physical exam
2) i had no idea kids could scream so loud
3) i think most children are bipolar. one second they are crying, the next they are laughing and smiling. if an adult were to do that, they would be in a psychiatric facility
4) little girls are like live dress up dolls for some moms... they can make their outfits as glamourous and girly as they want because they look damn cute and hey, they arent the ones that have to wear pigtails and huge bright pink puff scrunchies on their heads.
5) not so much what i have learned but what i predict: these same little girls that were dressed up as diva's by their moms when they were little are probably the same kids that grow up to be teenage diva's that demand things and wont listen to a word you say
6) thus, the last thing i learned today was that if i have kids, it will only be after i can genetically verify it will be a boy