Last night,the 10 y/o kid we had to transfer to V.Luna was in bad shape. He has been having headaches for a long time. The mother assumed that it was just like her migraine and gave him paracetamol all the time. Yesterday, he started vomiting and getting weak. That was the only time they brought him to the hospital. We suspect a tumor. Stupid to let that happen to someone you love. On a more practical note, it would have been cheaper to have consulted early and treated the problem then than to fix the problem now. I wouldn't even begin to describe how difficult it is to intubate a child while the crazy ambulance driver weaves in and out of traffic.
The experiences of the night was not all bad. A 4 year old girl was brought in because she hit her chin when she fell causing a gaping wound. She was screaming a lot. She was afraid of doctors because, according to the father, her old pediatrician was not very gentle. Anyway, i wooed her and made sure that she felt no pain as i sutured her chin. She was talkative and nice once calmed. Nice but it made sewing her chin much more difficult :^D. The dad kept referring to her as baby bear, to himself as papa bear and guess who is referred to as Doctor bear who will make baby bear sexy again after i sew her chin? When it was done, she wasnt so scared of us white clad people anymore. They later came back bringing pizza and pepsi. It felt good.