medical student to the rescue.

this afternoon, "the dude" got a phone call from a nurse at the hospital. (we were at the residential facility, where we spend most of our afternoons.) she was on the verge of frantic because she had been trying all afternoon to find a pediatrician to come and do an H&P (history and physical) on one of our kids who was to be discharged today. he told her it'd be ok, and hung up the phone.

warning: open mouth, insert foot moment ahead... (or more likely, overzealous suck-up moment ahead)

so i jokingly say "you need me to go do the H&P?"

he stops dead in his tracks and stares at me. i think probably he was processing and trying to figure out how "legal" this would be. "are you serious?"

i replied, "umm, yeah. i can do it." thinking "oh gosh... i don't know if i can do this..."

he calls the nurse back and tells her i will be there in 19 minutes and 24 seconds to do the H&P. then he says to me, "you just earned yourself a cookie. and a couple extra points on your evaluation. good thing, you're gonna need 'em."

oh man, you gotta love "the dude's" sense of humor. at least, i hope he was being funny...

so, i went back to the hospital and was welcomed with much gratitude from the nursing staff. i did the H&P to the best of my ability, though i've thought of at least 4 things i forgot to do and/or write in my note. oh well. beggars can't be choosers, right?