The (Mis)Adventures of Dr. D

Petite Pedia Plots 45 Text from the nurse station at 2am:  "Dr, would like to confirm your order. You ordered 500 mg ampicillin every 6 hours. Is your order ampicillin based?" Hmmm, I wonder where else she wants me to base it on ? Meropenem ?!?! Nakakainit ng ulo.

Petite Pedia Plots 44 Bakit ganon??? Sabi ng isang patient ko, he is "tik" (six) years old, while the other one said he was "teven" (seven). Eh, kambal kaya sila!!!

Petite Pedia Plots 43 You know you're working too hard when instead of "vacation", you read it as "vaccination".

Petite Pedia Plots 42 Nakakaiyak naman to. Nag aalarm na ang cellphone ko para gisingin ako ng 5am. Eh, di pa nga ako natutulog dahil ang toxic.

Petite Pedia Plots 41 During clinic, my secretary noticed something common among my female patients. "Doc, bakit halos lahat ng pasyente nating babae malulusog at malalaki ang pata?". Gusto kong sagutin na, "Aba! Pinagbibintangan mo ba silang lahat na nagmana sa akin?"

Petite Pedia Plots 40 A 15-year old M om brought in her newborn daughter due to rashes on her face. I asked her when it (the rashes) first appeared. Misunderstanding me, the Mom replied, "Dra, umire lang ako tapos ayun, lumabas na sya". 

Daughter Duties 10 My Dad has moderate hearing loss on the left and mild on the right.   There was actually a medical reason why he would disregard my Mom when she goes on a tirade.  All this time, we thought it was all just conditioned response.