Today I will share with you a little thing that happened this morning. It was one of those Mondays… my day was full of meetings. However, I had to take my son Alejandro to the doctor before running back to the office, taking a teleconference while driving, joining another one the moment I arrived at the office and continue the rest of the day. All good, only thankful to have such opportunities everyday!
But before all that happened, we payed a visit to Dr Palmo. A seasoned pediatrician who takes care of Alejandro from birth. We were on time and as we arrived were taken to the doctor’s office. The nurse took his measures, height check, weight check, eyes check, audiometry check, all the 20 questions as per guidelines of the visit at year 5
Does he follow complex instructions? No, he does not care if you ask him to do stuff, even if it is easy
Can he fart loud? Yes
Can he count to 20? Yes, even with his eyes closed
blah blah blah, and then blood work… first tears
and then Dr Palmo
He greeted Alejandro by his name, did a high five but… Dr Palmo put his bold head instead of his hand. My son was laughing really hard, he was in a good mood. Dr Palmo then proceeded to do a physical with all the elements of a full physical, making the exploration of the abdomen like he was tickling, asking him to breath making a big noise at expiration so that he could have a deep inspiratory effort and on and on. I was there holding my son in awe of medicine as a mix of art and science. Furthermore, when Dr Palmo finished the exploration he hugged him and gave him a kiss. And all of that was absolutely true, there was not a smidgeon of posture! We then discussed lab work, next vaccination schedule, development milestones. The whole book!
In this day and age, where we tend to Instagram and facebook our lives as if they were Super Bowl commercials, it was a privilege to see first hand a real old school visit to the doctor. I feel really lucky to have him as Alejandro’s doctor. On top of that he has all the credentials required and is a physician in a very respected medical institution. Thank you Dr Palmo!
The day started fantastic, this was not a little thing !