When I was little, I used to refuse to leave the pediatricians office without hugging my doctor. Even if I was just getting seen by nurses for a flu shot, I'd walk to the back to say hello. He was a great doctor. Years later, when I was shadowing a surgeon in a surgery center, I saw him but didn't want to disrupt a busy man. I told my mom and she texted him to tell him I guess. When he found out I was at the surgery center, he drove back to the building on his lunch break and sat in the back with me and talked about my med school aspirations between two surgeries. Pediatrics isn't easy, but I've never met a doctor as kind and caring as my old pediatrician. Edit: Just got a job working at his office for the summer so I can get clinical hours for medical school!!! I’m so excited!!! Edit 2: I just received an early admissions offer for MED SCHOOL!!!! I’m a sophomore now, so it guarantees my matriculation into med school after I graduate! I can’t stop crying, I can’t believe I’m going to be a doctor!
My mom always loves to tell the story about how when I was little I came into the doctor really sick with pneumonia. Like any sick little kid, I didn't want someone poking me and I certainly didn't want to open my mouth so the doctor could see my throat. Instead of just calling in a nurse to restrain me and get the exam done, my pediatrician offered to do an exam on my stuffed animal first. She listened to his heart, did a reflex test, gave him a shot with a bandaid, and even diagnosed him with cataracts (he was very "well loved" and his plastic eyes were crackled). At the end she asked if I was ready for it to be my turn and lo and behold, I was suddenly very cooperative. It was thanks to her that despite being in and out of the doctor's office often as a child (I had a good number of health issues), and despite my occasional fussiness, I never developed a fear of phobia of doctors. pediatricians
Our dentist and hygienist did something similar with our two-year old son. I was examined first by the hygienist and our dentist wandered in during my exam and cleaning. We started talking about children's tv and the contents of the office treasure chest filled with toys. My son got to pick out FIVE toys while I was getting my exam. They were all discussing the quality of the toys and the options for toothpaste flavors, like chocolate and bubble gum! By the time my exam was finished, my son, the hygienist and the dentist were all old friends. Since we were there and since my son had seen ahead of time what a dental exam entailed, he felt comfortable getting into the chair and letting the hygienist brush his teeth with the special flavored tooth paste. Then, since the dentist "happened" to be there, my son was proud to show the dentist his new teeth and to let the dentist "count" his teeth. My son has never developed a phobia of dentists either.
Jokes aside, I think paediatricians are really cool. They do all the stuff that GPs do normally, but with tiny humans with bodies that change very quickly. And they often have to deal with ignorant/hesitant parents, which requires a lot of patience. I admire them for that.
Not to mention the fact that kids often can't describe or don't always show what's wrong with them. If it's something congenital they don't even know the difference.
I am both a paediatrician and a paediatric cardiologist (here in Australasia u can be both). It is a rewarding job, nothing is more worth than a genuine smile on a child’s face, they can’t fake one ❤️
@@nanaabdulkadir3114 it is confusing, after 3 years of basic training in general paediatrics you can go directly into subspeciality cardiology training and become a paediatric cardiologist but if you finished 6 years of General paediatric training (including 3 yrs of advanced training), I think equivalent to “hospital paediatrician training in North America” and then do cardiology training, you become both a general paediatrician qualified to work as a general paediatrician in hospitals and a paediatric cardiologist which I’ve done and many here in Australia choose to do. Hope this is clear enough 😊
A little late to the party but I will never forget when i was interning for a couple of weeks in neuropediatrics, we had a 6-year old with GBS - she had lost the ability to walk in just a couple of days, was always in pain and crying. There was a a resident who looked quite overworked most of the time, didn't smile a lot and one day, we were sitting in the residents' room doing paperwork when the other resident came from outside opening the door and said "Dr. x, someone is here to see you" and in walked the little girl smiling and holding her mother's hand then she limped on her own to the desk he was sitting at and his face immidiately lit up when he saw her then she hugged him. The scene kept playing in my head for weeks after and I still remember it and smile from ear to ear.
During my first year of pediatric residency, we revived a child using CPR. It was my first successful CPR. He was a case of dhatura posioning. I have his picture with me near my study table which I clicked on a follow up. Keeps me motivated.
I love this one! My ped has long wait times, and while it may be mildly annoying (takes a lot to annoy me), I remember that she’s taking her time to educate, reassure, and do the absolute best by her patients. And we love her.
My pediatrician was always someone i trusted so much. When I was little, I always loved seeing him despite being normally shy. When I turned 16 and finally told him I was feeling anxious and depressed, I was scared he wouldn't take me seriously because when I had panic attacks to the point I was in the hospital afraid I was dying, I always thought I annoyed the staff (and I get maybe I did) he just hugged me and said "I've known you since you were a baby, so don't be afraid or anxious around me, I'm always here to help." Sweetest man ever
Honey: When you are so panicked that you are in the hospital, then you deserve to be welcome there. You are not a burden or an annoyance. My mom works in a pediatric ER and when kids come in who are having some sort of non-body problem (in kid talk: scared or sad or mad) they are welcome and all the nurses wish is that there was a concrete treatment they could give. Your experiences are valid, you are important, mental health is health. Feeling like you were going to die is a perfectly good reason to access health care. 🌻
God that "what other stuff" is just. My heart. The sheer feeling that making kids feel better and getting their gratitude makes everything else completely trivial. The fact we have people this good. It makes me hope. It makes me smile.
I've been in Pediatrics for 18 years now. I can relate to just about everything in that video (I'm not in an academic center, so no research grant deadlines). Those little hugs can make up for a lot of the other chaos that goes on during the day.
My kids are now 22,23,24 but they had some amazing doctors. I was a young mom, I'm 44 now. The good doctors treated me like a mom who was trying to do her best. My son was born with hydronephrosis too.
My son's pediatrician was made head of pediatric surgery at the hospital. We were devistated at the idea that we would have to find a new doctor for him but, no. He made sure to do his normal clinic and gives the same amount of time to all his patients as he used to. He just has to move around his schedule a bit during certain weeks. Bless that man ;-;
Surgical Tech here. I'd just like to say that your videos are comedically therapeutic to me. I constantly feel as if I chose the wrong field of work, but seeing your satirical takes on the medical world help alleviate that feeling. You help me remember the ridiculous and silly side to an otherwise serious line of work. I guess what I'm saying is thank you. Thank you for what you do. You're helping people in more ways than you realize.
Surgical Technology is the best job ever!!! In school we relearn everything from kindergarten, like how to count. How to get dressed and help dress others. What to call all our toys, how to share our toys and how to ask for more. We also learn how to clean up after ourselves. Then, in practice, we get to hand everything to someone else and (quietly) tell them here, you do it. We ask for things and the circulator has to get it for us. Then at the end of the case I always think wow, I won that round, let’s play again!
My little boy is medically complex- there aren't enough words to express my gratitude to the peds specialists who have saved his life multiple times. Love you guys ❤ you're all heroes.
Love it!!!! Hugs kept me sane in 15 years as a lunch lady, and the kids who gave them never even realized their power. Shout out to my old pediatrician (Who remembered me until the day he died) and all those who work with children and can have a bad day completely erased by a hug from a little one. You rock, Dr. G!
When I worked as a preschool teacher in college, a wise older teacher told me " kids are sponges. They'll suck everything out of you. But when you give them a squeeze, you get it all.back."
My son was born premature and being a first time parent in a foreign land (USA )was not easy. Wiith no family around the constant care and attention we received from his doctor was such a nice experience for us. All NICU nurses and his pediatrician were blessing for my child.
In my final year of pediatric residency...my dissertation was due, a lot of theory was due and duties were 36 hrs at a stretch then 6 hr break and back on duty again 36... and was like working 24*7, barely getting time to eat or sleep properly...! Even under so much pressure,i was happy while going into wards and doing opd...u automatically get so much positive energy once with kids..and forget everything for a while..! Thanks for making such a nice video...! 👍🏻👍🏻
Why when we know so much about what lack of sleep does to a person - heck you can’t drive a vehicle for more than two hours at a stretch - do we think it’s remotely sensible for either the Dr or the patient to have medical decisions made on zero sleep.
I wish my daughter's pediatrician could be my doctor. She is perfect, and so incredibly smart. And yeah, she made me feel perfectly comfortable about vaccines when I was a new mother and scared to make any major decisions. I love her.
That is the single most accurate description I have seen of pediatric residency on TH-cam!! "I can't be at three places at once" is something we say almost every 2 hours😂
This will prolly get lost in your comments since your a pretty popular channel (and rightly so), but I’m a pediatrician that has been working in the UC and ED all of COVID. It’s been tough balancing evidence based medicine with parental decisions. I honestly want to do what’s medically best for every patient I see, but it becomes complicated by parental concerns/wishes/preconceived expectations. It also can be difficult to truly weed out/assess the validity of the Hpi depending on the parents. If I’m honest I think my residency was easier than my best friends who did anesthesia and surgery. However as of now they alll agree with me that me/ER/family medicine are having a harder time right now then they are. Point of the story, why the hell didn’t I go into ophthalmology like you… smart man lol
This video came up in conversation between a group of Paediatricians and all of us who saw it have gotten a little teary - hits home at a time when most of us are pretty burnt out!
Ahaha. Yeah, it's all worth it at the end of the day. I don't think there is anything more rewarding than a kid's thank you. Our university has a base in an orphanage and we (the pediatrics department) host a new year event for those kids every year. It all usually happens just before our January exams, so we are tired and anxious, but the energy and smiles the kids give off makes all of your worries disappear.
Peds resident here. And I approve this message 💕😂 I love the tiny humans. They make me happy. I’m so freaking honored that a Parent would trust me with their child’s life and health
While I never had much interest in medicine I can say that pediatricians are some of the most kind hearted doctors out there. When I was in the hospital for a week due to what was thought to be appendicitis my pediatrician came and visited me because she heard I was feeling awful. That lady was so amazing and really the only person who could give me a shot and not have me get upset.
As a Man with mild ASD, my Pediatric Doc I saw as a kid never looked in my eyes as a kid, and almost never found going to his office stressful. Haven’t seen him in a very long time, but I hope he’s doing well. He’s probably in his mid to late 60’s, but I sincerely hope he’s good.
I'm preparing to take my kids to the pediatrician in the morning for their second Covid vaccination and because of this I'm now going to need to really fight the urge to hug the doctor and the nurses extra. What a sweet hug at the end. ❤️
I don't know if you'll ever read this, but I always wanted to be a Paediatrician and recently was feeling demotivated. This made me look forward to it even more Thanks
My Dad was a pediatrician for 40 years. He passed away about a year ago. Whenever I come back to visit the town he practiced in, folks still tell me how much they loved seeing him when they were growing up. Not many of them got to see the "need to be in three places at once" dynamic, but at least a few must've known. And so this video actually made me tear up a little. Thank you.
I'm not a doctor, nor a nurse or anything related to medince. I'm a 15 year old who wants to be a physicist but after watching all of these videos I've learned all the in and outs, functions, serotypes, and in jokes of different fields and medicine in general. I can't say exactly why I love knowing all of these things that I never particularly needed to know but I'll be damned if I ever stop watching them. Keep up the great work.
@@jewellejames5043 Hi Jewelle! I've won several creative poetry and poetry reading competitions across my state and have competed nationwide many times. It's fair to say that I know English pretty well, and I can choose to use it however the fuck I want :)
@@abdullahahmad4239 Literally just factual statements of my winnings to mess with a stranger who was being wierd. That's all. I'm not overly confident in my English, but I'm certainly not particularly insecure about it either.
I just discovered your channel yesterday. Im in med school currently in clinical rotation. Honestly I didn't know I needed this. it's exhausting. You are making me get through the day. When it's presenter this funny it kind of lightens the serious mood that we are always in
Ya got me in the feels man... That hug at the end of the day...thats what keeps us coming back. Worked with adults and kids with developmentaly disabilities and delays. At the end of the shift covered in urine and bruised from handling a 40 minute behavior of a guy bigger than you, sitting in a Mandt hold on the for 20 of it in his urine after he through you up against the wall going after another resident that sneezed in a scary way...then having to change and continue teaching your class of 40 year olds how to brush their teeth the same you have every day for 5 years. Then do 45 minutes of charting and 15 on the behavior trying to explain what caused it and how i or the other staff could have avoided the scary sneeze from a guy in another room. To have one one of the residents come up and give you one of the most REAL hugs you will ever get in your life.... and make sure you are coming back tomorrow.... thats why we did. Those hugs...sure wasn't the money or the 'hum' grateful bosses for covering 2 extra shifts rhat week or bureaucracy of state and federal mandates and rules the contridicted each other and/or made absolutely no frigging sense with situation we were working with... it wasn't the supervisors appreciation for how sore and hurt you where or how you missed lunch and came in early so you didn't get breakfast so it was working on about 20 hours since you ate. ... nope it was those hugs right there....
Thank you for doing your important work. There seem to be a lot of people who abuse folks with developmental disabilities, so it is great to hear about people who help them.
... as a brand new pediatric pharmacist, i got a taste of that and. its. a lot xD I tried to do a discharge counseling for a family of a 6 y/o with 4 new meds, discussing vaccines, while the kid was throwing a tantrum and the other bed in the room was crying cuz they just had a ...big diaper dump. Trying to counsel and answer questions while your nose and ears are being assaulted is a skill 😅 but the kid tried to hug me but coughed in my face instead... thank goodness for masks xD
As a nurse who works in a school/facility for medically fragile kids I can totally relate. Some days it feels like I'll never get above water and then one of the kids will say something to me or give me a hug and I feel like I can do anything. Best feeling in the world. It's stressful and can be painful (we have had plenty of loss) but I wouldn't want to do anything else.
Man, those hugs are worth it. I work in preschool so it's not quite the same but I know that all of the pain and headaches you get from that stuff is worth it for the good moments!
Fun fact, Dr. Glauc; I have horrific mental health issues, & this video remains saved in a special list with other comfort props - & it's never let me down. ❤
I was a very sick kid. Most kids my age were terrified of shots and hospital visits. I wasn’t, I had been there so many times and the doctors were so kind. It’s probably thanks to those pediatricians that I’m now gonna become a pediatric nurse :)
This was so heartwarming! Whereas I'm leaning toward EM my wife is wanting to go into Pediatrics... makes perfect sense! Wish her and everyone else who is pre-med the best of luck in their journey.
My dad is a pediatrician and I feel so related to this!!! He is just lovely! I love him and his patients love him as well! Thnx for the storys!!! You are the best
I don’t know about hospital pediatrics but I LOVE my children’s pediatrician. He keeps a binder of vaccine evidence in every room with a one page article that is well written in layman’s terms followed by more information about studies. His NP is amazing and he just got a PA as well meaning now 3 people who can treat kids in a small private office, plus his fantastic staff. The amazing thing he does that no other doctors have done (in my experience) is when we have needed specialists he makes sure we are seen. When my son was 3 months old he had issues requiring a pediatric pulmonologist, they said the soonest we could be seen was in 2 weeks, he personally called the doctor and we received a call back that they would see us the next day. Another time I had a question about getting my kids tested for a genetic disease that causes kidney stones that I have, he wasn’t familiar with it and immediately pulled out his cell phone and texted a pediatric urologist to ask if we should see her for a work up. Recently my daughter was 12 and her arm wouldn’t stop hurting, it seemed like a nurse maid’s elbow (dislocated elbow common when small kids get yanked by the hand) they had us wait and when they came back had an address for a pediatric orthopedist and said they would fit us in when we showed up. Thank goodness it was a sprain according to x rays, I truly thought it was dislocated by the amount of pain she was in (I think it is possible it did dislocate but it popped back in when she grabbed it to cushion it, she has loose joints and extra flexibility/some double jointedness, we are working on strengthening with PT so her muscles can better protect her joints)
What stuff. This truly illustrates what life is like when you enjoy your chosen profession. I was a combat medic in the U.S. Army for a couple of decades. There's plenty of extraneous taskings and duties that you have to navigate. But when you love your job all that noise becomes "what stuff".
This is my 4 babies pediatrician. She's awesome!! I literally read medical journal synopsis on the vaccine and decided in a 15 min window of speaking with her decided it was the only choice for my kiddos. She really is apart of our families trusted advisors.
It takes a special breed of person to go into pediatrics. Imagine not just the hugs, but all the bad news you have to deliver to families about their kids not getting better. It takes a big heart and a resilient soul.
After 30 ++ years of being a pediatrician I've never perfected the art of swadling. It never comes out out tight (or right), much less perfect. Thank goodness for so many fellows working with my support who are able to achieve this!!!!
Only thing missing here is when they age out of your care... But they still remember you. Seen some teen patients who specifically went back to thank their oncologists a few years later ..... It's amazing....
No im not crying.. :")) Actually when I was a child I had a dream to be a pediatrician, now I'm studying master science of pediatric nursing. I really love this field.
Its funny, my dad who was a pediatrician in canada for almost 3 decades, used to always wear a suit and would never wear any costumes or anything fun/ridiculous like that, like always super professional. But I haven't met a phsyician who was as admired and respected by his patients and colleagues. I love your videos man. got my own peds interviews in a couple weeks!
Awwwwwwww. When my second baby went in for her first office visit, we had a new pediatrician. He looked her in the face and said, “You look like you just want to sing.” It enchanted both of us.
Pediatricians are a GIFT. My pediatrician saw me until I was 18 and kept up a drawing I'd done when I was 6 or 7 hanging in his office until he retired (and gave me flack every time I came in because I'd spelled "greatest" wrong). I picked my son's first pediatrician because she reminded me of Doc and she never steered us wrong. We moved out of state over a year ago and I think I miss her more than my own doctor...
My kids CRNP is the best. Has every detail of my kids memorized, recognizes them on sight, and has come over to say hi a couple times when seeing us out and about. Plenty of doctors think they're God's gift to man, but with pediatricians it's often true.
Indeed all paediatricians need is A healthy smile.from.a once sick child who has recovered and they forget just how terrible the rest of the week has been , like a Woman holding her baby for the first time forgets how painful labour was, Paediatricians forget just how hard it is to care for Miniature humans, with their inability to communicate their illness, difficult IV lines and even neglectful parents, paediatricians forget once they see the Healthy Smile of a formerly sick Child.... God bless them..
I saw many pediatricians as a kid, they seemed to be the only people who did not like me- I was an extremely lovable kid, everyone usually fawned over me. But I was also very sickly and had mysterious illnesses that they didn't believe, those illness have now been treated, but too little too late to prevent disability. I only had one who was amazing, rather than ruin my life, he saved it a couple times. Not joking. Everyone at the clinic, the pediatricians, their assistants, the nurses, and the admittance crew were very sick of me coming in every day insisting a stitched wound on my finger was infected. Well he passed by out of curiosity, to see what the fuss was about after my 6th time. He IMMEDIATELY instructed my dad to drive me to the ER because it was faster than an ambulance, then called ahead to have the surgeon ready with a bag of IV antibiotics. Turns out the cut on my finger was going septic, and fast. Everyone else had been about to shoo me back out the door. Every time I got to see him, when everyone else in the clinic was too busy or didn't want to bother with this trouble maker, I made the most progress on my health. He was even more than willing to prescribe me birth control for my, what i now know is, endometriosis. He obviously thought I was lying about my reason for asking, but was still very supportive - if it were appropriate he would have given me a thumbs up. No one else in that clinic would have given it to me (i was 15).
Awwwwwwww. I have two much younger brothers and I swear when they give me a hug and tell me they love me I completely forget they were being little monsters two seconds ago.
Omg I love it. My kids doctor is always so frantic when she comes in, always apologizes for how long it's taking her, and I always put on my massage therapist voice and let her know it's okay, and that she's fantastic.
I met a nurse that was helping some refugees from Africa (don't know what part). One very sick kid with a yet undiagntillness gave her a hug. The next day... Her head was swollen and her ears had bent forward. It was Ebola. She was taken to a BSL-4 lab to be cared for. Because this happened in Europe, she didn't have any bill for the 3 months of healthcare.
Every time I drive to work I’m thinking 'duck all of this, I’m going to quit, I don’t wanna do this all day' and want to scream just thinking about some parents. Then a six/seven year old's eyes light up when they see me and they tell me they've missed me and I remember how nice my job is :)
I miss our pediatrician back where we lived last. This new one near home is very nice and compassionate as well. Growing up, my whole family saw the same family medicine physician. He was awesome. We got lucky
My kids' pediatrician was the best. He moved on to being a director of something in the hospital. It was sad to see him leave but he deserves it immensely. So happy for him and I need to send this to him
Thanks for watching. This isn’t entirely accurate. There’s a 50% chance the kid would cough right in your face after the nice hug
I thought the kid was gunna vomit
Or pee
I'm a pediatrician. The hug scene is so true
I expected a snot stain after the hug
Sure got a few during rotations
anyone going into pediatrics is completely insane
More than one person thought I said “swallow this baby” at the beginning. Please don’t eat babies
This got me rolling 😂😂😂😂
Yeah, I just didn't question it
What was it supposed to be?
I'm pretty sure you're supposed to swallow babies
**sad atheist noises**
@@PhoenixRoseYT came in here looking for that one. Thank you for not disappointing.
That was a roller coaster of emotions that ended up being surprisingly wholesome
Ohmygod yes! If it was 10 seconds longer i'd be crying.
"Surprisingly wholesome" is a fantastically accurate summary of most Dr Glauc's vids. 🤗
"Welcome to Pediatrics."
Don’t fall for the gaslighting!
@@GerardInandan I am 15 seconds more sensitive than you lol
When I was little, I used to refuse to leave the pediatricians office without hugging my doctor. Even if I was just getting seen by nurses for a flu shot, I'd walk to the back to say hello. He was a great doctor. Years later, when I was shadowing a surgeon in a surgery center, I saw him but didn't want to disrupt a busy man. I told my mom and she texted him to tell him I guess. When he found out I was at the surgery center, he drove back to the building on his lunch break and sat in the back with me and talked about my med school aspirations between two surgeries. Pediatrics isn't easy, but I've never met a doctor as kind and caring as my old pediatrician.
Edit: Just got a job working at his office for the summer so I can get clinical hours for medical school!!! I’m so excited!!!
Edit 2: I just received an early admissions offer for MED SCHOOL!!!! I’m a sophomore now, so it guarantees my matriculation into med school after I graduate! I can’t stop crying, I can’t believe I’m going to be a doctor!
Now that was a wholesome ass story thank you for sharing. Good luck with me school
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He sounds like a wonderful man!
Wholesome
That was sweet too : )
My mom always loves to tell the story about how when I was little I came into the doctor really sick with pneumonia. Like any sick little kid, I didn't want someone poking me and I certainly didn't want to open my mouth so the doctor could see my throat. Instead of just calling in a nurse to restrain me and get the exam done, my pediatrician offered to do an exam on my stuffed animal first. She listened to his heart, did a reflex test, gave him a shot with a bandaid, and even diagnosed him with cataracts (he was very "well loved" and his plastic eyes were crackled). At the end she asked if I was ready for it to be my turn and lo and behold, I was suddenly very cooperative.
It was thanks to her that despite being in and out of the doctor's office often as a child (I had a good number of health issues), and despite my occasional fussiness, I never developed a fear of phobia of doctors.
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Our dentist and hygienist did something similar with our two-year old son. I was examined first by the hygienist and our dentist wandered in during my exam and cleaning. We started talking about children's tv and the contents of the office treasure chest filled with toys. My son got to pick out FIVE toys while I was getting my exam. They were all discussing the quality of the toys and the options for toothpaste flavors, like chocolate and bubble gum! By the time my exam was finished, my son, the hygienist and the dentist were all old friends. Since we were there and since my son had seen ahead of time what a dental exam entailed, he felt comfortable getting into the chair and letting the hygienist brush his teeth with the special flavored tooth paste. Then, since the dentist "happened" to be there, my son was proud to show the dentist his new teeth and to let the dentist "count" his teeth. My son has never developed a phobia of dentists either.
1st impressions are the most important!
That's awesome
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Did you ever get the cataracts treated? For real though, this was a sweet idea on the doctor's part.
I’m a pediatrician and I approve of this heartwarming and accurate video!❤️
Your a Saint and thank you for your service!
Well done. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for being amazing!!
I'd take all the other stuff over having to hug a kid 🤣
Yeah guess I'm not gonna work in that field lol
Thank you for ensuring I never have to touch a child - your friendly Men's Health PA
Wait wtf that made me cry. As a burned out doc during the pandemic, patient gratitude (especially from kids) is something that helps me get through.
Sending you good vibes, hang in here 💪 Thank you so much for making a difference in the world 💐💖
I love being a pediatrician, but damn, yup burn out. I'm taking a medical leave soon and I'm hoping this helps.
@@amandahinkle2471 hang in there! Fellow burned out pediatrician who still loves what I do with my patients
@@amandahinkle2471 you've got this! Good for you for prioritizing your mental and emotional health. Everyone needs breaks!
@@kristinsohl7209 thank you for your contribution to humanity. You are appreciated!
Jokes aside, I think paediatricians are really cool. They do all the stuff that GPs do normally, but with tiny humans with bodies that change very quickly. And they often have to deal with ignorant/hesitant parents, which requires a lot of patience. I admire them for that.
Not to mention the fact that kids often can't describe or don't always show what's wrong with them. If it's something congenital they don't even know the difference.
Like vets...? 😄
@@DVMK9 Not really since people are more willing to vaccinate their pets than their kids.
Ignorant? There's a reason why they're hesitant. I wish my parents were more hesitant against my vax happy pediatrician.
@@noicer1 yes
I am both a paediatrician and a paediatric cardiologist (here in Australasia u can be both). It is a rewarding job, nothing is more worth than a genuine smile on a child’s face, they can’t fake one ❤️
amen!!! Fellow pediatrician
Hey please help me clarify cuz I'm confused - I thought those two would be the same thing but with pediatric cardiology being a sub-specialty 🥴
@@nanaabdulkadir3114 it is confusing, after 3 years of basic training in general paediatrics you can go directly into subspeciality cardiology training and become a paediatric cardiologist but if you finished 6 years of General paediatric training (including 3 yrs of advanced training), I think equivalent to “hospital paediatrician training in North America” and then do cardiology training, you become both a general paediatrician qualified to work as a general paediatrician in hospitals and a paediatric cardiologist which I’ve done and many here in Australia choose to do. Hope this is clear enough 😊
you must be busy recently
Yes they can
A little late to the party but I will never forget when i was interning for a couple of weeks in neuropediatrics, we had a 6-year old with GBS - she had lost the ability to walk in just a couple of days, was always in pain and crying. There was a a resident who looked quite overworked most of the time, didn't smile a lot and one day, we were sitting in the residents' room doing paperwork when the other resident came from outside opening the door and said "Dr. x, someone is here to see you" and in walked the little girl smiling and holding her mother's hand then she limped on her own to the desk he was sitting at and his face immidiately lit up when he saw her then she hugged him. The scene kept playing in my head for weeks after and I still remember it and smile from ear to ear.
During my first year of pediatric residency, we revived a child using CPR. It was my first successful CPR. He was a case of dhatura posioning. I have his picture with me near my study table which I clicked on a follow up. Keeps me motivated.
I'm not crying you're crying 😭
Ahhh... Jimsonweed. Nature's dangerous cute little heart killer
Thanks doc shab .. ❤
I love this one! My ped has long wait times, and while it may be mildly annoying (takes a lot to annoy me), I remember that she’s taking her time to educate, reassure, and do the absolute best by her patients. And we love her.
My pediatrician was always someone i trusted so much. When I was little, I always loved seeing him despite being normally shy. When I turned 16 and finally told him I was feeling anxious and depressed, I was scared he wouldn't take me seriously because when I had panic attacks to the point I was in the hospital afraid I was dying, I always thought I annoyed the staff (and I get maybe I did) he just hugged me and said "I've known you since you were a baby, so don't be afraid or anxious around me, I'm always here to help." Sweetest man ever
Honey: When you are so panicked that you are in the hospital, then you deserve to be welcome there. You are not a burden or an annoyance. My mom works in a pediatric ER and when kids come in who are having some sort of non-body problem (in kid talk: scared or sad or mad) they are welcome and all the nurses wish is that there was a concrete treatment they could give.
Your experiences are valid, you are important, mental health is health.
Feeling like you were going to die is a perfectly good reason to access health care. 🌻
God that "what other stuff" is just. My heart. The sheer feeling that making kids feel better and getting their gratitude makes everything else completely trivial. The fact we have people this good. It makes me hope. It makes me smile.
I've been in Pediatrics for 18 years now. I can relate to just about everything in that video (I'm not in an academic center, so no research grant deadlines). Those little hugs can make up for a lot of the other chaos that goes on during the day.
My kids are now 22,23,24 but they had some amazing doctors. I was a young mom, I'm 44 now.
The good doctors treated me like a mom who was trying to do her best.
My son was born with hydronephrosis too.
“Oh, look! Here’s a 6yr old that wants to give you a hug!”
Be sure to thank her for letting you borrow her headbands and doll.
My son's pediatrician was made head of pediatric surgery at the hospital. We were devistated at the idea that we would have to find a new doctor for him but, no. He made sure to do his normal clinic and gives the same amount of time to all his patients as he used to. He just has to move around his schedule a bit during certain weeks. Bless that man ;-;
Surgical Tech here. I'd just like to say that your videos are comedically therapeutic to me. I constantly feel as if I chose the wrong field of work, but seeing your satirical takes on the medical world help alleviate that feeling. You help me remember the ridiculous and silly side to an otherwise serious line of work.
I guess what I'm saying is thank you. Thank you for what you do. You're helping people in more ways than you realize.
Surgical Technology is the best job ever!!!
In school we relearn everything from kindergarten, like how to count. How to get dressed and help dress others. What to call all our toys, how to share our toys and how to ask for more. We also learn how to clean up after ourselves.
Then, in practice, we get to hand everything to someone else and (quietly) tell them here, you do it. We ask for things and the circulator has to get it for us. Then at the end of the case I always think wow, I won that round, let’s play again!
Was the six-year-old compensated for single-handedly winning over pediatric residents and all our hearts?
Probably paid in stickers.
@@mechkitten I asked my 4-year-old niece if she gets a lollipop for getting shots, and she said, “even better… STICKERS!!”
@@Annie_Annie__ yea stickers are awesome can not be traded for anything even sugar 😊
Dr G gave her a 1 million dollar bill for an ER consult for a broken finger. :)
She won, why does she need to get paid for winning? She got paid for them hearts, sell em on the black market.
My little boy is medically complex- there aren't enough words to express my gratitude to the peds specialists who have saved his life multiple times. Love you guys ❤ you're all heroes.
Love it!!!! Hugs kept me sane in 15 years as a lunch lady, and the kids who gave them never even realized their power. Shout out to my old pediatrician (Who remembered me until the day he died) and all those who work with children and can have a bad day completely erased by a hug from a little one. You rock, Dr. G!
When I worked as a preschool teacher in college, a wise older teacher told me " kids are sponges. They'll suck everything out of you. But when you give them a squeeze, you get it all.back."
My son was born premature and being a first time parent in a foreign land (USA )was not easy. Wiith no family around the constant care and attention we received from his doctor was such a nice experience for us. All NICU nurses and his pediatrician were blessing for my child.
As a pediatrician for 15+ years, I can say that this is spot on.
In my final year of pediatric residency...my dissertation was due, a lot of theory was due and duties were 36 hrs at a stretch then 6 hr break and back on duty again 36... and was like working 24*7, barely getting time to eat or sleep properly...!
Even under so much pressure,i was happy while going into wards and doing opd...u automatically get so much positive energy once with kids..and forget everything for a while..!
Thanks for making such a nice video...! 👍🏻👍🏻
Man...you practically live there huh?
The residency system was invented by a coke fiend in the 1800s.
@@Raiden0831 yes it's like that in most of the government college residency!
Why when we know so much about what lack of sleep does to a person - heck you can’t drive a vehicle for more than two hours at a stretch - do we think it’s remotely sensible for either the Dr or the patient to have medical decisions made on zero sleep.
I wish my daughter's pediatrician could be my doctor. She is perfect, and so incredibly smart. And yeah, she made me feel perfectly comfortable about vaccines when I was a new mother and scared to make any major decisions. I love her.
I’m not a pediatrician, just a med student. But a kid sang for me and my colleague the other day at the hospital and I almost cried.
Parent of a medically complex baby here. Peds doctors have so many challenges but most of them are fantastic!! We sincerely love a few of ours!
Dude that made me cry. I was not expecting the wholesome ending. You have a lot of respect for pediatricians and I love it.
That is the single most accurate description I have seen of pediatric residency on TH-cam!!
"I can't be at three places at once" is something we say almost every 2 hours😂
This will prolly get lost in your comments since your a pretty popular channel (and rightly so), but I’m a pediatrician that has been working in the UC and ED all of COVID. It’s been tough balancing evidence based medicine with parental decisions. I honestly want to do what’s medically best for every patient I see, but it becomes complicated by parental concerns/wishes/preconceived expectations. It also can be difficult to truly weed out/assess the validity of the Hpi depending on the parents.
If I’m honest I think my residency was easier than my best friends who did anesthesia and surgery.
However as of now they alll agree with me that me/ER/family medicine are having a harder time right now then they are.
Point of the story, why the hell didn’t I go into ophthalmology like you… smart man lol
Can confirm working ER has sucked ass for the past 2 years.
Thank you for everything you do for all of the kids. ❤❤
Virtual hug doc 🤗
This video came up in conversation between a group of Paediatricians and all of us who saw it have gotten a little teary - hits home at a time when most of us are pretty burnt out!
Ahaha.
Yeah, it's all worth it at the end of the day. I don't think there is anything more rewarding than a kid's thank you.
Our university has a base in an orphanage and we (the pediatrics department) host a new year event for those kids every year. It all usually happens just before our January exams, so we are tired and anxious, but the energy and smiles the kids give off makes all of your worries disappear.
That is so amazing! Which university is this?
@@caseyhokanson1844 it's in Russia, KSMU
Incredible. I am so happy to hear you are able to serve in such an amazing way!
Wait, orphanages are still a thing???? Where???
Peds resident here. And I approve this message 💕😂 I love the tiny humans. They make me happy. I’m so freaking honored that a Parent would trust me with their child’s life and health
While I never had much interest in medicine I can say that pediatricians are some of the most kind hearted doctors out there. When I was in the hospital for a week due to what was thought to be appendicitis my pediatrician came and visited me because she heard I was feeling awful. That lady was so amazing and really the only person who could give me a shot and not have me get upset.
As a Man with mild ASD, my Pediatric Doc I saw as a kid never looked in my eyes as a kid, and almost never found going to his office stressful. Haven’t seen him in a very long time, but I hope he’s doing well. He’s probably in his mid to late 60’s, but I sincerely hope he’s good.
This man shoots shots at every specialty and stereotype. I love it 😂 thank you so much for these
I'm preparing to take my kids to the pediatrician in the morning for their second Covid vaccination and because of this I'm now going to need to really fight the urge to hug the doctor and the nurses extra.
What a sweet hug at the end. ❤️
I don't know if you'll ever read this, but I always wanted to be a Paediatrician and recently was feeling demotivated. This made me look forward to it even more
Thanks
This sounds scarily similar to "Should we have a second/third kid" discussions.
Pediatricians have to be some of the kindest people on the planet. Thank you to every single one of you.
My Dad was a pediatrician for 40 years. He passed away about a year ago. Whenever I come back to visit the town he practiced in, folks still tell me how much they loved seeing him when they were growing up. Not many of them got to see the "need to be in three places at once" dynamic, but at least a few must've known.
And so this video actually made me tear up a little. Thank you.
As someone who works in Pediatrics, this is 110% accurate 😊
@Daisy Mae lol the west coast! I love your name; the kiddos have trouble pronouncing mine so they shortened it to B, which became Bea lol 💚
Okay, what does swallow the baby mean?
I'm not a doctor, nor a nurse or anything related to medince. I'm a 15 year old who wants to be a physicist but after watching all of these videos I've learned all the in and outs, functions, serotypes, and in jokes of different fields and medicine in general. I can't say exactly why I love knowing all of these things that I never particularly needed to know but I'll be damned if I ever stop watching them. Keep up the great work.
Don't use bad words. Wish you all the best. From the parent of teenagers.
@@jewellejames5043 leave the kid alone, karen
@@jewellejames5043 Hi Jewelle! I've won several creative poetry and poetry reading competitions across my state and have competed nationwide many times. It's fair to say that I know English pretty well, and I can choose to use it however the fuck I want :)
@@C.B2 That was a cringe worthy response kid. Screams insecurity.
@@abdullahahmad4239 Literally just factual statements of my winnings to mess with a stranger who was being wierd. That's all. I'm not overly confident in my English, but I'm certainly not particularly insecure about it either.
I just discovered your channel yesterday. Im in med school currently in clinical rotation. Honestly I didn't know I needed this. it's exhausting. You are making me get through the day. When it's presenter this funny it kind of lightens the serious mood that we are always in
I’ve worked in pediatrics and it’s tough. Bless all of y’all.
Ya got me in the feels man...
That hug at the end of the day...thats what keeps us coming back. Worked with adults and kids with developmentaly disabilities and delays. At the end of the shift covered in urine and bruised from handling a 40 minute behavior of a guy bigger than you, sitting in a Mandt hold on the for 20 of it in his urine after he through you up against the wall going after another resident that sneezed in a scary way...then having to change and continue teaching your class of 40 year olds how to brush their teeth the same you have every day for 5 years. Then do 45 minutes of charting and 15 on the behavior trying to explain what caused it and how i or the other staff could have avoided the scary sneeze from a guy in another room. To have one one of the residents come up and give you one of the most REAL hugs you will ever get in your life.... and make sure you are coming back tomorrow.... thats why we did. Those hugs...sure wasn't the money or the 'hum' grateful bosses for covering 2 extra shifts rhat week or bureaucracy of state and federal mandates and rules the contridicted each other and/or made absolutely no frigging sense with situation we were working with... it wasn't the supervisors appreciation for how sore and hurt you where or how you missed lunch and came in early so you didn't get breakfast so it was working on about 20 hours since you ate. ... nope it was those hugs right there....
Thank you for doing your important work. There seem to be a lot of people who abuse folks with developmental disabilities, so it is great to hear about people who help them.
... as a brand new pediatric pharmacist, i got a taste of that and. its. a lot xD I tried to do a discharge counseling for a family of a 6 y/o with 4 new meds, discussing vaccines, while the kid was throwing a tantrum and the other bed in the room was crying cuz they just had a ...big diaper dump. Trying to counsel and answer questions while your nose and ears are being assaulted is a skill 😅 but the kid tried to hug me but coughed in my face instead... thank goodness for masks xD
As a nurse who works in a school/facility for medically fragile kids I can totally relate. Some days it feels like I'll never get above water and then one of the kids will say something to me or give me a hug and I feel like I can do anything. Best feeling in the world. It's stressful and can be painful (we have had plenty of loss) but I wouldn't want to do anything else.
Man, those hugs are worth it. I work in preschool so it's not quite the same but I know that all of the pain and headaches you get from that stuff is worth it for the good moments!
I am a paediatric registrar in Australia and can confirm the crazy workload (and that none of it matters because kids are the best) is very accurate.
Fun fact, Dr. Glauc; I have horrific mental health issues, & this video remains saved in a special list with other comfort props - & it's never let me down. ❤
I was a very sick kid. Most kids my age were terrified of shots and hospital visits. I wasn’t, I had been there so many times and the doctors were so kind. It’s probably thanks to those pediatricians that I’m now gonna become a pediatric nurse :)
Came back to this video now that im a first year peds resident. Almost makes me cry. Im really happy to be here.
This was so heartwarming! Whereas I'm leaning toward EM my wife is wanting to go into Pediatrics... makes perfect sense! Wish her and everyone else who is pre-med the best of luck in their journey.
My dad is a pediatrician and I feel so related to this!!! He is just lovely! I love him and his patients love him as well! Thnx for the storys!!! You are the best
I don’t know about hospital pediatrics but I LOVE my children’s pediatrician. He keeps a binder of vaccine evidence in every room with a one page article that is well written in layman’s terms followed by more information about studies. His NP is amazing and he just got a PA as well meaning now 3 people who can treat kids in a small private office, plus his fantastic staff. The amazing thing he does that no other doctors have done (in my experience) is when we have needed specialists he makes sure we are seen. When my son was 3 months old he had issues requiring a pediatric pulmonologist, they said the soonest we could be seen was in 2 weeks, he personally called the doctor and we received a call back that they would see us the next day. Another time I had a question about getting my kids tested for a genetic disease that causes kidney stones that I have, he wasn’t familiar with it and immediately pulled out his cell phone and texted a pediatric urologist to ask if we should see her for a work up. Recently my daughter was 12 and her arm wouldn’t stop hurting, it seemed like a nurse maid’s elbow (dislocated elbow common when small kids get yanked by the hand) they had us wait and when they came back had an address for a pediatric orthopedist and said they would fit us in when we showed up. Thank goodness it was a sprain according to x rays, I truly thought it was dislocated by the amount of pain she was in (I think it is possible it did dislocate but it popped back in when she grabbed it to cushion it, she has loose joints and extra flexibility/some double jointedness, we are working on strengthening with PT so her muscles can better protect her joints)
I am 30 now, and I will always remember my pediatrician as one of the best people I have ever known.
What stuff. This truly illustrates what life is like when you enjoy your chosen profession. I was a combat medic in the U.S. Army for a couple of decades. There's plenty of extraneous taskings and duties that you have to navigate. But when you love your job all that noise becomes "what stuff".
This is my 4 babies pediatrician. She's awesome!!
I literally read medical journal synopsis on the vaccine and decided in a 15 min window of speaking with her decided it was the only choice for my kiddos.
She really is apart of our families trusted advisors.
Amazing ❤ so appreciative of our pediatrician!! And that ending.....I'm not crying you're crying!😭
This is so sweet thou...
I'm all grown but I'm still contact my pediatrician every now and then cuz he was such a nice person in my childhood.
I always wanted to be a pediatrician, ever since I was 3... Now I'm an elementary school teacher. I'd do anything for those kids. ♡
It takes a special breed of person to go into pediatrics. Imagine not just the hugs, but all the bad news you have to deliver to families about their kids not getting better. It takes a big heart and a resilient soul.
That was confusing at first, but the ending was cute
Oh sorry it was confusing. It was a “total immersion” interview which is a thing I just made up
After 30 ++ years of being a pediatrician I've never perfected the art of swadling. It never comes out out tight (or right), much less perfect. Thank goodness for so many fellows working with my support who are able to achieve this!!!!
Only thing missing here is when they age out of your care... But they still remember you. Seen some teen patients who specifically went back to thank their oncologists a few years later ..... It's amazing....
No im not crying.. :"))
Actually when I was a child I had a dream to be a pediatrician, now I'm studying master science of pediatric nursing. I really love this field.
Just goes to show the healing power of a hug. love the jester and unicorn headbands. 🥰
As a pediatric surgeon i have to tell you: the hugs and smiles from kids really do make you forget all that other stuff:)
I’m a pediatrician and this was the most accurate representation of my job I’ve ever seen.
Pediatrías is amazing. All is forgotten when at the end of the day mom or child are genuinely grateful and they like you .
Its funny, my dad who was a pediatrician in canada for almost 3 decades, used to always wear a suit and would never wear any costumes or anything fun/ridiculous like that, like always super professional. But I haven't met a phsyician who was as admired and respected by his patients and colleagues. I love your videos man. got my own peds interviews in a couple weeks!
Awwwwwwww. When my second baby went in for her first office visit, we had a new pediatrician. He looked her in the face and said, “You look like you just want to sing.” It enchanted both of us.
Beautiful. Suspenseful. Accurate real life depiction. An emotional rollercoaster with a surprise ending! 10/10. Would see again! 👍
Pediatricians are a GIFT. My pediatrician saw me until I was 18 and kept up a drawing I'd done when I was 6 or 7 hanging in his office until he retired (and gave me flack every time I came in because I'd spelled "greatest" wrong). I picked my son's first pediatrician because she reminded me of Doc and she never steered us wrong. We moved out of state over a year ago and I think I miss her more than my own doctor...
I’ve watched this skit multiple times and it ALWAYS makes me cry. 👏🏻 very well done. Gives me hope.
Primary care internist here. I’m crying after watching this. Appreciative patients truly make all the stress and overwhelming workload worth it
My kids CRNP is the best. Has every detail of my kids memorized, recognizes them on sight, and has come over to say hi a couple times when seeing us out and about. Plenty of doctors think they're God's gift to man, but with pediatricians it's often true.
So, he immediately forgot about all the other stuffs. A perfect pediatric doctor 🥰
Pediatrics is impressive! They are the unsung heroes of the medical world
Indeed all paediatricians need is A healthy smile.from.a once sick child who has recovered and they forget just how terrible the rest of the week has been , like a Woman holding her baby for the first time forgets how painful labour was, Paediatricians forget just how hard it is to care for Miniature humans, with their inability to communicate their illness, difficult IV lines and even neglectful parents, paediatricians forget once they see the Healthy Smile of a formerly sick Child.... God bless them..
The first time around I thought he said, "Here, SWALLOW this baby"
You’re not the only one 😂
Me too! And when he said this will be easy I was so concerned
And what did he actually say? Lol
@@milorocks0073 Swaddle
Nom NOm Nom Om Nom
I saw many pediatricians as a kid, they seemed to be the only people who did not like me- I was an extremely lovable kid, everyone usually fawned over me. But I was also very sickly and had mysterious illnesses that they didn't believe, those illness have now been treated, but too little too late to prevent disability.
I only had one who was amazing, rather than ruin my life, he saved it a couple times. Not joking. Everyone at the clinic, the pediatricians, their assistants, the nurses, and the admittance crew were very sick of me coming in every day insisting a stitched wound on my finger was infected. Well he passed by out of curiosity, to see what the fuss was about after my 6th time. He IMMEDIATELY instructed my dad to drive me to the ER because it was faster than an ambulance, then called ahead to have the surgeon ready with a bag of IV antibiotics. Turns out the cut on my finger was going septic, and fast. Everyone else had been about to shoo me back out the door.
Every time I got to see him, when everyone else in the clinic was too busy or didn't want to bother with this trouble maker, I made the most progress on my health. He was even more than willing to prescribe me birth control for my, what i now know is, endometriosis. He obviously thought I was lying about my reason for asking, but was still very supportive - if it were appropriate he would have given me a thumbs up. No one else in that clinic would have given it to me (i was 15).
Awwwwwwww. I have two much younger brothers and I swear when they give me a hug and tell me they love me I completely forget they were being little monsters two seconds ago.
Omg I love it. My kids doctor is always so frantic when she comes in, always apologizes for how long it's taking her, and I always put on my massage therapist voice and let her know it's okay, and that she's fantastic.
I’m a pediatrician and this is my life. I’m still happy to do my job, even when I have to be in there places at once.
I met a nurse that was helping some refugees from Africa (don't know what part). One very sick kid with a yet undiagntillness gave her a hug. The next day... Her head was swollen and her ears had bent forward. It was Ebola. She was taken to a BSL-4 lab to be cared for. Because this happened in Europe, she didn't have any bill for the 3 months of healthcare.
Every time I drive to work I’m thinking 'duck all of this, I’m going to quit, I don’t wanna do this all day' and want to scream just thinking about some parents. Then a six/seven year old's eyes light up when they see me and they tell me they've missed me and I remember how nice my job is :)
This brings tears to my eyes! Thank you all pediatricians , the job you do saved me many times.
I was waiting for the punchline but this is just the cutest video you ever made 😍
Awwwww
That got an audible "awwww" from this household
I miss our pediatrician back where we lived last. This new one near home is very nice and compassionate as well. Growing up, my whole family saw the same family medicine physician. He was awesome. We got lucky
Omg I thought you said “swallow this baby” at the beginning 😭😭 caught me so off guard until I realized it was swaddle
The love and gratitude that hugs show also makes being a mom of 8 so worth it!
We need Cardiology Residency next 😂
Oh yes...smell the 12 leads and echos across the wing
Calipers galore!
*fellowship
My kids' pediatrician was the best. He moved on to being a director of something in the hospital. It was sad to see him leave but he deserves it immensely. So happy for him and I need to send this to him
Hi! These videos are so awesome. Thank you. Could you please do how to ace your radiology interview? 😃
Thank you, Dr. You know who you are. You told us we were normal for calling every 4 hours! Thank you for your kindness.