Tamar's brother is a pediatrician. When we lived in New York, I spent an overnight shift with him at Long Island Jewish Hospital in the Pediatric ER.
Had the scrubs and a stethoscope, the whole get up. Yeah, I know, malpractice suit waiting to happen.
Anyway, what I noticed is that 99% of the cases that come into the ER are sent home with the diagnosis of "It's a virus, go home, it'll pass."
By the end of the night, I was diagnosing people.
Of course, it's the 1% that aren't that become the problem.
That experience has tarnished me.
When our kids are sick, I say, "it's viral, it'll pass."
As we've seen in the last 24 hours, I'm right about half the time.
Subscribe to RSS Feed