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The Worst Part of Parenting
The Triage!
Having to triage your children on a daily basis is one of those parenting things that you really don’t think of before having children. The amount of triage largely depends on the child, their penchant for drama, and/or their familiarity with WebMD…
Last week, since I couldn’t write about my last clinic/ER experience with one of my sons, I did some visiting and storytelling at a few of the local breweries (just from the barstool)! I can’t keep my mouth shut, I am full of TMI, and I love to entertain. I hope I’m at least entertaining! My last brewery stop on Tuesday night was met with a new bartender (one I hadn’t experienced yet, she’s not new there). She was young, and I asked her if she was planning on having children. Yeah, probably not the coolest question — but, I like to know these things so that I frame the stories properly! So, I start in with, “One thing they don’t tell you about parenting is that you need to be a triage nurse…” And she came back with, “I’m in nursing school!” How perfect is that?!?!? I said, “I wish to God I would have gone to school for nursing! I wish I had known I would need to with these kids!”
The worst thing is that you never know whether you really need to go in and get something checked out! Unless it’s obvious.
