Life has a lighter side here in Kenya raising a 4 year old boy. Last night was an example.
Before I start, one disclaimer: I do not talk about doctors of one speciality being more important than others.
At dinner last night we were talking about God. Somehow Sam asked if God was in your stomach could He see. I asked Him why. He said, "because it is dark in your stomach." Then I said, "Yes, I suppose if God were in your guts He could see." Marti frowned. She doesn't like the word, "guts". She knows Sam will use that word. So I corrected myself and said "intestines." Sam wanted to know what intestines were. So I said, "let's go to my study and look at some pictures of intestines." I figured that would satisfy him.
We started with my gross anatomy book. He was enthralled. He asked about one question every 15 seconds. We then looked at a pathology text. This just picqued his interest more. I finally opened up my orthopedics book. He started pointing out the fractures! He was wearing me down, but hey, we were having fun together. This lasted about an hour.
During all this he was asking all kinds of "surgery" type questions. He wanted to know about "if this was wrong would you do surgery?".
Finally Marti asked him, "Sam do you want to be a SURGEON when you grow up?"
Without hesitation he said, "NO! I want to be a man who FIXES people!"
Sorry, Surgery colleagues! I guess the saying really is true. "Out of the mouth of babes.."
Hehehe, I like it when children make questions and funny answers like that because it can actually boost their curiosity about what they see. Is there a difference between the surgeon and the man who fixes people? =D Anyway, what did they say when they saw images of fractures in your orthopedic book?
Posted by: Sienna Christie | March 20, 2012 at 10:43 AM