peds...

After finishing 3 rotations, the only thing that I'm sure of is that I really enjoy working with the pediatric population. For many reasons, I'm still very uncomfortable working with teenage girls. I'm worried they'll be my deal-breaker. Had a nightmare interaction today.

A 16 y/o teenage girl came in with migraine headaches. Standard issue stuff. The medicine part was fine. It started getting really awkward when she seemed to keep flirting with me. Big eyes, teases, giggles, the works. The horror of it all was that mom was sitting in the corner the whole time giving me dirty looks. I tried to be nice, but I kept getting flustered and kept laughing because she just made me so damn uncomfortable. I managed to stumble my way through the physical exam, mumble something under my breath and send her off on her merry way with her Imitrex. Mom shot me a nasty look on my way out. Damn...I feel like a dirty old man. Ugh...perhaps that's my draw to Urology: All dick all the time.

-bender