I'm getting the feeling that we don't get to see a lot of follow-up in the clinic. But today I was lucky enough to have some of that gift. One of the children I saw last week (the 3 year old with a bad ear infection, lots of drainage, and mastoid tenderness starting) came in today for follow up. I had been worried about him, because he was on the verge of getting worse, and his mom was going to have to go through a lot to get him the help he needed. Today, the little guy came running up to meet me when I called his name, and was running around the room, playing. His ears looked much better, and overall he looked great.
The mom thanked me a couple of times as we were saying goodbye, and I told her that it made me so happy to see him playing and happy, I wanted to thank her just as much for letting us see that. It certainly isn't my child I see there, but it makes me so happy to see that he recovered, and that we were able to help. I was so happy to see that the family was able to give so much, to--the family had bought the (somewhat expensive) medicine, found a neighbor to do the injections, and returned for 2 follow-up appointments, and missed a lot of work because of it. That level of devotion from the mom did a lot for him.
But in the end, I think the best part was the big wet kiss on the cheek I got when they left. :)
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