Done!

Neat thing happened today! I saw the mom of a patient I cared for, during my clinical at Cook, at Harris, where my OB clincal is. I asked her what she was doing there, she said that she had delivered her son last week and he was in the NICU. What a coincidence! That's where I was going that afternoon. Neat that I get to see them again, not so neat that it is under these circumstances.

I had asked a collegue of mine if she remembered whose c-section she had observed last week, she replied that she doesn't remember any of her patients so that she isn't tempted to talk about it outside of clinical. Which, is admirable. I personally don't remember the names, but I do remember who people are. I wonder if that's what she meant. If we walk out of the door purging what we have seen and done that day, what does that say about us? Is it cold? Is it essential to keeping ourselves mentally healthy? Is it ok to want to remember our patients? I think that is what makes us human. We need to share our experiences in order to learn from each other in all aspects of life. I once heard someone say that sharing our experiences with each other is what drives life. Interesting.........do we live for telling our story to others? Certainly there is great value in that. But one does have to wonder if this is why God made us able to tell stories in the first place.

Oh, by the way! I finished my OB clinical today (except for the paper work). That means no more clinical for the semester!