So just when you think you're getting a month off of hospital call, the residency surprises you with something called "Mommy Call." It sounds innocent enough. Not only in the name of the call, but its home call---how bad can that be?
bad.
First let me say that when you're on Mommy Call you are also the resident for jeopardy call (see previous post). Secondly, parents will call about anything and everything. At all hours of the night. Demanding things.
My first (really second, cuz the first one I was Jeopardized. again see previous post) Mommy Call consisted of Moms calling about a child jumping on a couch and fell on her face and wondered when she should check to see if her face is "mushy." Another call was from a mom about her child having a rash and wondering what it was. Over the phone.
But my last call of the night (at 5am) was a mom who wanted to discuss illnesses in her 5 children. 5 CHILDREN! So I said start with the oldest and go from there. All in all, the whole call took about 40 minutes to get through it. Just enough time for me to get ready for work. Because even though we take Mommy Call overnight we still gotta work a whole day the next day.
Oh the joys of residency. Even with all this craziness, I love my job and would not change it for anything.
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1 comment:
Hahahaha, thanks for the hearty laugh re: mushy face!
Sounds like Mom #3 might have some anxiety unrelated to the kids' illnesses. When the kids aren't sick enough to go to the ER in the morning, why wait for the doctor's office to open when you can wake a resident just a few hours earlier? That said, I've never been a worried mom, so maybe I'm overreacting.
Sounds like you have a lot of patience that serves you well. :-)
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