First Words
…thoughts of an anachronistic, solo pediatrician
by Glenn Feole, M.D.
"Be careful too that the reading of your story makes the melancholy
laugh and the merry laugh louder," Cervantes, Prologue to Don Quixote
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September 7, 2014 Sunday
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| Taken yesterday |
Chief Complaint: (written on the chart before I go in the room)
“may be just meek and out of shape” (pulmonology consult for a child with dyspnea)
Interesting Name:
Anecdote:
Manuel, a chubby and very friendly Hispanic patient, was twelve years old. We have a great relationship and I have know him for years. He is very expressive and exuberant. When I came in the room, he said, "Ahh! Dr. Feole! My favorite doctor!"
He came in with a racing heart. I eventually gently brought up the subject of his weight…pointing to my own stomach as evidence of the struggle.
I asked if he drank Coke.
“Yes! I love Coke!”
“Pepsi?”
“Yes! It’s great!”
“Dr. Pepper?”
The same answer…as he also did for Mountain Dew, Gatorade, energy drinks and sweat tea.
I nodded and said that they were tasty, as he nodded vigorously in return acknowledging my good taste. I pointed out the enormous amounts of sugar and caffeine that they had and maybe he would want to consider water.
His Mother suddenly came to life and started pretent to rhythmically pound gently on his large stomach as he lay there on his back on the exam table.
“Water! Water! Water!” she chanted with a smile with every downward thrust of her hands as he winced. “Tell Dr. Feole what you say to me when I mention water.”
He said, “Water makes you rust.”
I said, “Don’t worry. I can give you something to melt the rust away.”
He said eagerly, “Like Coke?”
September, 2014 South Carolina
He came in with a racing heart. I eventually gently brought up the subject of his weight…pointing to my own stomach as evidence of the struggle.
I asked if he drank Coke.
“Yes! I love Coke!”
“Pepsi?”
“Yes! It’s great!”
“Dr. Pepper?”
The same answer…as he also did for Mountain Dew, Gatorade, energy drinks and sweat tea.
I nodded and said that they were tasty, as he nodded vigorously in return acknowledging my good taste. I pointed out the enormous amounts of sugar and caffeine that they had and maybe he would want to consider water.
His Mother suddenly came to life and started pretent to rhythmically pound gently on his large stomach as he lay there on his back on the exam table.
“Water! Water! Water!” she chanted with a smile with every downward thrust of her hands as he winced. “Tell Dr. Feole what you say to me when I mention water.”
He said, “Water makes you rust.”
I said, “Don’t worry. I can give you something to melt the rust away.”
He said eagerly, “Like Coke?”
September, 2014 South Carolina
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