So for those of you who have kids, you know that the moment of birth is a life altering moment for you. As a doctor you get to participate in a moment in people’s lives that is truly incredible. Delivering a baby is truly the highlight of your day, although the waiting can make it seem like a marathon by the time it happens.
People have waited and waited and with incredible anticipation, and the day finally comes. There is of course some agony mixed in with the waiting, but when the moment of delivery happens it’s somehow made sweeter by that pain.
Even more amazing than delivery of some random stranger, is the even larger moment when you participate in the delivery of your own, and that is what I got to do today. It’s a moment to remember, and luckily someone was on hand to snag a photo of me in action…
actually it’s a what not a who. That is one of our $120,000 Laerdal simulation mannequins (i.e. a robot, which seemed appropriate to give birth to a GlowForge). It breaths, talks, pupils respond to light, it responds to anesthetic (that one currently was hooked up to the anesthesia machine), airways can tighten, it has pulses, and body sounds, etc…
Since OB-GYN was actually using the sim OR today, I was expecting the birthing robot to be in there but it was in the fake ICU, so that wasn’t going to work as well (the inside of that one is super complex as the baby actually rotates on its way out, but can be made to have all sorts of issues during delivery…)
Wow, slightly mixed emotion on this. On the one hand I look fwd to seeing what you can do with it but on the other hand, no more exciting assignments. Congratulations!
Oh Boy Oh Boy!
It’s like a teaser commercial for my favorite TV show. Don’t miss tonight’s episode of Henry’s Hospital: a new tool to make more body parts. New challenges, cavities, and medical humor! And now, a new take on Laser Surgery! After the news.
I’m super eager to see what you do.
Congratulations!
s, like a supercomputer.