Friday, September 4, 2009

The stethoscope I cho'

I was bored to death in the clinic, so I took a seat and started to twirl my stethoscope. I was mesmerized by the motion of the chestpiece going round and round and round. As expected, an equally immature toddler also fell into the trance. So much s...o that he ran up to catch it. And, also as expected, it hit him straight in the leg. But on the bright side, no murmurs, gallops or rubs.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The metric units I cho'

I was about to weigh a 12-year old who said she must have lost weight because she danced all summer. I looked at her chart, which said she was 150 in june. When I told her she was now 135lb, she did a joyful moonwalk. Her mother then told me quietly... there must have been a mistake. I took another look - she was actually 150cm...and 118lb. As you can imagine, the smile was soon gone ... yet the pounds remained.