A Significant Pediatric Moment
I hate pediatrics. People who don’t understand the life of surgery may think this means I don’t like children, but in fact the contrast is true.
Surgery is suffering and heartache. Surgery is pain and misery. It’s stuff children aren’t supposed to experience.
Children are supposed to be caught up in the joys of life. They’re supposed to play and smell the roses along life’s paths. Pain will come later, but childhood is supposed to be a sanctuary, albeit temporary from the harsh realities of life. And when life gets harsh, they may need to come to me.
I once spoke about a very special boy who crossed my path. His death still haunts me, but there was another incident which drove the wedge between myself and pediatric surgery forever. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at other things amanzi*
