Capstone Log 4

Today: 2 hours
Running Total: 4 hours

Great day in kiddie land. When I got there, Dr. Kelly and I talked a bit about influenza and the different types. He then had a physical with a 16 year old male so I wasn't allowed to go, but instead I went with Dr. Pickering because she had a patient with headaches in the back of her head, which isn't too common. Reminds me when I used to get terrible migraines and had to take an x-ray because they couldn't figure out what was wrong. I never really did know what was wrong. No mass growing in the little girl though! Just some bad fever headaches. She was happy that the ER did the MRI already and that the girl was able to sit through the whole process. Dr. Pickering also talked with me a little bit about influenza, which is actually a very interesting topic and a lot more serious than people perceive it to be.
I went with Dr. Kelly to see his next patient which was a 15 month old little boy named Quin and let me just say that he was absolutely adorable. He was sick last week but is getting better now and he's healthy and he's so cute and I want to steal him.
We then saw a little boy who fell on his arm a couple days ago, and it's been hurting so they took an x-ray and he unfortunately fractured his wrist :/ I felt so bad for him because when Dr. Kelly touched it and bent his arm a certain way then he started crying and screaming because it hurt so much. And I know how he feels too because I broke my arm in 6th grade.
To close the day Dr. Kelly talked about the different things doctors look for in exams - in both toddlers and adolescents, and certain milestones they expect at certain ages. He lent me a book called "What To Expect The First Year" and told me to read some of it. I'll try to really get in depth with knowing those milestones and know what doctors actually look for when physicals are performed.

I was going down the elevator and a lady saw me holding that book and gave me a dirty look. I hope she didn't think I was pregnant or anything.