Kicking things off; have y'all seen the latest entry to our Blog?
The Musings of a Med Student post? No?
Well, go check it out and then come back here: https://seshsankar12.wixsite.com/medlifeguide/blog/musings-of-a-med-student-the-return
Right, having read that through, here's the KevinMD content for you:
[Post about a wife, who's husband is a Pediatric Neurologist]
"These are not isolated instances. This is our life. A mom at home trying desperately to save her family. A dad at the hospital trying desperately to save yours.
I continue to stare at the phone. Ashamed at my frustration. Knowing a family needs my husband much more than I. I sit in the parking lot and cry for you. I bow my head as our minivan becomes a sacred altar and I pray for you. And I pray for him. Every night. That he will be inspired how to help you. And your baby. I don’t know who you are. And I never will. But we share something in common. My husband. And your doctor..
He leaves the house before the kids are at school. He misses soccer games, Boy Scouts’ Court of Honors, piano recitals and football practices. We chose this life. And we chose it together. I forgive his absence. And he forgives my frustration.
My husband has two lives. Ours and yours. I’m grateful that he’s mine. And grateful that he’s yours. There’s no one else I’d rather share him with. I think he’s pretty great. And sometimes I really miss him when he’s with you. But I know you need him more."
She talks about how he's always missing family commitments because of how demanding his hospital commitment to his patients (and their families) are. Here, she asks him about missing carpool. He's just broken bad news to the patient's family, and they'd like him to help them tell their child there's nothing more the hospital can do for him.
That's how she struggles with the fact that the hospital needs him just as much as she does, and she ultimately comes to terms with it. Because she knows they're both doing good.
Your thoughts on the work-life balance in Medicine?