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Your Father Looks Like Who?

I was seeing a four-year-old child with a fever and the room was a bit chaotic. Mom had brought her three other children with her ranging in ages from one to eight, and every one of them was vying for my attention.

After I finished my exam, I gave the patient a Despicable Me sticker.

I was explaining to mom which antibiotic I was going to give her son when he said, “My dad looks like Gru.”

I stopped midsentence and turned to the child and said, “WHAT?”

I was trying to imagine a real-life version of Gru when his mom uttered, “I told you to stop telling people that.”

Extra Body Part

On this day I was seeing a five-year-old boy for a well visit who I had just met.

His mom said, “Dr. Benfield, I have a challenge for you. Curtis has an extra body part. Let’s see if you can find it.”

I was very excited and started my exam. Curtis was laughing as I would say, “three ears?” and then sigh and report that I only see two.

I counted out his fingers and pretended to find six on one hand which made him laugh even harder.

I probably went a bit too far (as I usually do) when I checked his privates and exclaimed, “I have found it! He has three testicles!”

Curtis screamed, “AHHHH!” and then looked up and asked, “What are testicles?”

I am sure you are wondering what WAS the extra body part, but that is between me and Curtis and we are not telling!

Under Construction

More stories to come. Bit overwhelmed with releasing the book (and my hands are tiny).