The (Mis)Adventures of Dr. D

Teacher Tales 4 Topic: Infection Control Situation: As a health professional, you are about to enter the room of a patient with infection. What do you need to do first?  Ideal Answer: Wash hands before donning the protective equipment. Actual Answer of a Student: "Open the door." Me: "No. Before that." Student: Hmmm, knock?"  photo from www.queensanimaldefence.com

Teacher Tales 3 I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry at this text.  But I miss both my classes last sem. And no! You cannot sit in.

Petite Pedia Plots 110 A 6 yr old patient came in with her Dad. We were discussing ways to make her eat healthier since she was already overweight. Dad says that her poop was of really large caliber probably due to the amount of food she eats. And daughter exclaims, "Dad, yours is soooo much bigger than mine." As I was checking her ears, I told her she has a lot of ear wax. Daughter again says, "Dad has more earwax than me. He uses earphones all the time and it's eeew."   Kawawa naman si Daddy. Bukong-buko.  Photo from www.viralsprint.com

Teacher Tales 2 As a teacher, I encourage my students by being liberal with praises.  As I was asking them to do individual return demonstrations, I would praise them with "great job", "very good job" and "good job" depending on how well they were able to do it. After a particularly difficult return demo filled with numerous corrections and persistent flaws, the student then asked me what his praise was.  All i could say was "hindi ka good job eh, hindi pa nga job, baka hanggang 'j' pa lang for now. Practice at home please." Photo from www.pinsdaddy.com

Petite Pedia Plots 109 Dad comes in looking really worried with his little boy trailing behind. Little Boy is sobbing really hard. Dad explains that he got really upset with his son because the boy wanted him to buy something in SM.   And when he didn't buy it, his son threw a tantrum.   What was that something?  A Barbie doll. 

Daughter Duties 31 Conversation inside our car: Mom: Anak, ang bilis mo masyado mag-drive! Me: Mom, nasa 40kph lang tayo ngayon.  Mom: Mabilis na nga yan! Me:  Hmmmm... Dad, trying to explain Mom: Nasanay na kasi si Mommy sa bagal kong mag-drive.  Photo from www.weekendcollective.com

Petite Pedia Plots 108 While at a stop sign, I looked down and opened a pack of biscuits. The policeman saw me and probably thought I was texting. So, when I looked up, I saw him approach my car and tell me, "Mam, bawal mag text!" On my right hand was a piece of cracker and majority of it was already in my mouth. Obviously I wasn't texting and so since napahiya na siya, sabi na lang niya, "Mam, kaya tayo tumataba niyan eh." and let me go. Buti na lang di ko naisipang sagasaan si Kuya. Hmmmp.