Hmmm, how do I start this epistle...
I once hated Pediatrics... Yep.. As a medical student, I knew that I will never do my residency in Pediatrics. How can I? My patients don't talk! All they do is cry, eat, poo poo and the process repeats itself again. The older ones are no better since they can't even accurately tell you what is wrong with them... Aaaaaaahhhh!
But when I graduated, got married, gave birth to my first child and went back for my house job.. I decided to do my residency in an area with the least stress.. Pediatrics. You see, I quickly learnt that babies talk well in their own special way... I knew this for a fact because I understood my daughter's needs despite her not saying actual words. Each cry is different, each sound portraying a certain need. I quickly learnt that a baby's cry is much more tolerable than a pregnant woman in labour or a grown man crying from an unbearable pain. Better still, with the knowledge that I will gather in the specialty, I can take better care of my family.
Ladies and Gentlemen, with that noble thought and passion, I delved into to the world of Pediatrics.
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