Today was more another normal day in the cary pediatric office. I started the day off at 8:30 with Dr. Seidel. We saw several young children with sick visits. The diagnosis ranged from patient to patient, but it was generally either an ear infection, virus, or bacterial infection. All pretty simple to fix with time and the right medication. One interesting viral sickness that I learned about is called “hands, foot, and mouth disease”. This is a really interesting virus that occurs mostly in toddlers and is very contagious. It quite literally causes a viral rash on the hand feet and mouth of the toddler. It only needs some pain medicine and time to pass, but the rash looks like it is very red and irritated. It was interesting to watch Dr. Seidel have to explain the infection to a worried parent, and that their child just needed time. I also saw some repeat patients from my previous week. They still were not better, but sadly they were sick with a virus and that can only be treated with time and pain medication. There was some time for me to work with the nurses in the afternoon as well. I got to watch them do labs on patients blood. Another lab that I witnessed several strep tests. I also learned the process that it takes to document and log all the vaccinations they have within their office. A few days ago I mentioned a patient with appendicitis. It turns out that the appendix ruptured during surgery, and the patient had to spend extra time in the hospital. Dr. Villareal explained how the appendix burst with a diagram (pictured above). It was a normal day, and I saw about 17 different patients. Can’t wait to continue my time this week with everyone at Cary Pediatrics.
