A little knowledge goes a long way, or so it seems.
When speaking to a 7 year old boy post-surgery, it helps if you know a little (or a lot in my case) about Star Wars.
His parents accused us of speaking in tongues, but it put a smile on my face for the rest of the day!
I even managed to get him to tell me about his surgery, which was a rather delicate concept for a 7 year old boy, and he waved me goodbye as I left his bedside.
It's given me a rather warm feeling inside....now let's see how long that lasts for.
4 comments:
Are you sure you are training as a doctor, sounds a bit touchy-feely to be honest... Stroppy consulatant types won't tolerate that you know!!!
Nicenurse x
The more the geek your are the more endearing you are to us readers :D
I like it when you connect on a different issue with a patient like that.
There was a little boy on our surgical ward round once in the kiddy's ward, and we started talking about Yu-Gi-Oh together. Probably to the dismay of my consultant. But oh well.
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