Ring! Ring! This is the phone call that you have been waiting for almost a week. You answer the phone so hesitantly “Hello?” the voice on the other line responds “Hello ma’am, we have gotten the results for Jimmy’s blood test. Can you come into the office so we can talk over the results?” in that moment you feel like your whole world is crashing down. You know that if the results were negative that they would have told you over the phone, so that means your worst fear is no longer a fear. It’s a reality.
You walk into the local children’s hospital that you had your son, Jimmy’s, blood work done at. As much as you want to know exactly what is wrong with your child, you absolutely don’t want to hear what you know the pediatric oncologist is going …show more content…
Viki who is a doctor at Cancer Treatment Centers of America gave insight into the doctors reality.
“One day I was chosen to care for a woman with stage four ovarian cancer. She shared her thoughts and feelings about her impending death from this horrible disease. At one point as I sat next to her bed and held her hand as she cried, I couldn’t hold back my own tears anymore. I cried with her. I felt embarrassed about crying and thought I should be strong for her” (On 5/25/2012).
To be a pediatric oncologist, you have to be strong, determined, and caring. When you have parents that hate you because you are the one that told them that their baby is sick, you have to break down those walls. You have to make sure they know that you aren’t emotionless like how most people see you. You know that their child’s heath is your best interest, but they might not realize this at that moment. You have to be the one to prove to them that you are not cold and heartless. Let them know that you do have feelings and let them know that you wouldn’t trade your job for the world so that they feel comfortable to have their child’s life in your …show more content…
These doctors are changing the world, one childhood cancer survivor at a time. The oncologists are the most important piece of the puzzle. They will know how to fix and get rid of the cancer that is taking over your child’s body, so please trust them and know that they are fully committed to you and your child and they have the best interest of the whole family. You might have so much hate for them when they come in that empty room to tell you that your child has cancer, and it won’t help when they walk out of the room just as ‘easy’ as they walked in, but that will not last
You walk into the local children’s hospital that you had your son, Jimmy’s, blood work done at. As much as you want to know exactly what is wrong with your child, you absolutely don’t want to hear what you know the pediatric oncologist is going …show more content…
Viki who is a doctor at Cancer Treatment Centers of America gave insight into the doctors reality.
“One day I was chosen to care for a woman with stage four ovarian cancer. She shared her thoughts and feelings about her impending death from this horrible disease. At one point as I sat next to her bed and held her hand as she cried, I couldn’t hold back my own tears anymore. I cried with her. I felt embarrassed about crying and thought I should be strong for her” (On 5/25/2012).
To be a pediatric oncologist, you have to be strong, determined, and caring. When you have parents that hate you because you are the one that told them that their baby is sick, you have to break down those walls. You have to make sure they know that you aren’t emotionless like how most people see you. You know that their child’s heath is your best interest, but they might not realize this at that moment. You have to be the one to prove to them that you are not cold and heartless. Let them know that you do have feelings and let them know that you wouldn’t trade your job for the world so that they feel comfortable to have their child’s life in your …show more content…
These doctors are changing the world, one childhood cancer survivor at a time. The oncologists are the most important piece of the puzzle. They will know how to fix and get rid of the cancer that is taking over your child’s body, so please trust them and know that they are fully committed to you and your child and they have the best interest of the whole family. You might have so much hate for them when they come in that empty room to tell you that your child has cancer, and it won’t help when they walk out of the room just as ‘easy’ as they walked in, but that will not last