another day, another dollar

Sometimes I think I think waaaaay too much...

On a completely unrelated note, on Tuesday a couple things happened that just made me laugh out loud like whoa.

I was in Outpatients Clinic with the Paediatric Registra when we saw a 13month old baby boy from Wanaka who presented with a history of diarrhoea++. The parents told the Reg people had tried taking blood back in Wanaka but that their son absolutely hated it, cried and cried, and ultimately only a very small amount was obtained. The Reg definitely thought more blood tests needed to be done, so after five minutes of trying to get into a vein and non-stop crying, success! Baby stopped crying as soon as the Reg was done; mum was standing in the corridor, holding Baby, talking to the Reg, at which point Baby all of a sudden, out of nowhere, puked RIGHT AT THE REG. Dude, awesome aim, awesome effort, just pure awesomeness. It was like baby was totally sticking it to The Man. I know it was probably more a physiological response to all that stress, but still, it was freakin' hilarious. But good on the Reg for his quick response, jumping backwards so that the puke only hit the tip of his shoes. Even now it still makes me laugh.

Then later on that day we had a Bioethics tutorial on the role of doctors in suspected cases of child abuse and where we fit in regarding Child Protection services, etc. Tangential discussion led to an outburst from my friend and classmate, Luke, who's response to my playing devil's advocate was an oh-so eloquent, "No! Tough titties!!!" A phrase I never expected to hear, well, ever, but particularly not in a Bioethics tutorial. That guy. LoL


And I've been thinking that I should stop thinking so much... so there's that. LoL