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[Oznell]

Don't you love it when you encounter people in the medical field (or anywhere, for that matter) who show their humanity in the way they do their vital work?

Probably many have seen this video, but I just discovered it.  Tony Adkins is a California physician's assistant who specializes in pediatric neurosurgery patients.  He dances with them, earning the nickname, "Dancing Doc".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft6EmKUDc-c

When you're in profoundly stressful or life-and-death medical situations, how soothing is it to have these kinds of positive, affirming interactions?  Adkins and people like him are just "beaming love" toward their patients, in the most therapeutic way.

[chloe66]

Thank you for sharing this...it made my day!!

[cherry]

What a great guy

[Dominosmom]

I just sent this to my son who is nurse in a big NYC hospital. This is right up his alley.

[2blonde]

Very cool dude!  Inside Edition often has really fun stuff like that!

[Oznell]

If this is right up your son's alley, @Dominosmom, he must be great at what he does.  Another medical treasure--  love them all!

[meallen616]

@Oznell,

[Cakers3]

What a sweetheart!

[dooBdoo]

            I want to thank you for sharing this, @Oznell.    So refreshing.   Those of us with loved ones who have dedicated their lives to a career in health care so often encounter negative stereotypes and painful, inaccurate characterizations of doctors, nurses, and all those who are educated, experienced, credentialed, and licensed in the medical field.    I see and hear some of the scathing generalizations and cringe...  thinking of my late husband who was a physician and who cared so deeply for his patients as if they were family or personal friends, a dear man who often put others' needs before his own.    And I think of the other people I know personally who work in health care and who don't deserve to be maligned with harsh stereotyping.   I continue to hold out hope that we can gently remind one another that we are all individual human beings, flesh and blood, who have real feelings and all of whom themselves are patients at one time or another.❤️

[Oznell]

That is so interesting, @dooBdoo.  I'm impressed with many of the practitioners I've come across.  So many seem to have a true sense of vocation, and a desire to "lift up" their patients.

Tony Adkins is a prime example of this.  And wow, people in surgery and the operating room-- I imagine many of us have had the experience of going into a procedure terrified (at least I always am!) and the o.r. staff having an almost intuitive understanding of this, and being so calming, so empathetic. 

On two separate occasions I had this experience. The heated blankets, the air of purposeful activity, the gentle attentiveness to the patient's comfort.  Of course they imbibe all this in their training, but some seem to have an added gift of combining their professionalism with genuine caring.   Not everyone meets this standard, (we've all known duds, or assembly line medicine, like in any field)  but it makes the many who do meet or exceed it, all the more appreciated.