Children = evil.

It seems that I do the bulk of my posting after days at EHHOP. Today I was working there as a Junior Clinician, and I was able to see one Mexican patient who came in for a routine physical exam. She was a nice lady-- 23 years old with two children, ages 3 and 5. Her mother is 38 years old, which means that by the age of 33 she was already a grandmother, which I think is pretty crazy. Anyway, she needed a PPD and a tetanus shot, so the Senior gave her all that-- all the while her two children were absolutely reaking havoc on the examination room: throwing latex gloves in the air, opening every drawer and playing with the otoscopes, etc. They just could not sit still for a minute, which made it incredibly difficult to try to translate a history and do a physical exam. In just the hour or so that we were with the patient, I got absolutely exhausted by having to constantly tell the kids not to run around the room. I can't even imagine trying to treat children on a daily basis. It would be a nightmare.

Since immunology/allergy is a field that deals mainly with infants and children, it's starting to fall a few rungs in my list. To be honest, the only thing I could really see myself doing right now is EM, and possibly Med/ID. Possibly. I'm not thrilled with the idea that ID's main job is consults from other physicians, though. All I do know though is that children are evil, and I can't imagine taking care of them.