I'm on vacation, but it doesn't feel like vacation. Our son is over 2 weeks old now, but the moment of his birth only seems seconds ago. What a life changing experience parenthood is, what an amazing change Bode has brought on our lives. It's a change that's both wonderful and terrible at the same time. When he has even the tiniest smile, I laugh and my heart swells and when he cries, it breaks.
Although I'd tried to prepare myself for how it would change our lives, my assumptions were neive at best. He's changing the way I view my patients and I'm finding new empathy where before I had only cold reason and logic. For the doctor who is supposed to know everything about kids, I'm getting yet another lesson in all that I don't know.
In returning from vacation, my patients will find a new doctor has taken my place. A doctor who understands them much better, who can relate to a child keeping them up all night for weeks on end. A doctor who has seen first hand the pathetic amount of comfort medicine's "supportive" advice can sometimes yield. A doctor who has been there.
Bode can't even talk, yet he's already taught me so much about life, love, and even medicine...there's so much more to write, but I'm so tired I think more would be less at this point. We are immeasurably blessed with this new addition to our family.
Newbie Doc
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