I'm now certified....

A good friend of mine has an amazing ability to keep me grounded. When I'm ready to jump off the proverbial ledge... she talks me off of it. When I'm losing my mind, she produces a glass of Merlot. It helps that she lives next door. That way, the wine is never far away. :-) Well, given the circumstances of Shawna's recent diagnoses, I needed to cash-in on this great trait. In the midst of all of my babbling, she interrupted with "Lori, I know that you think that you're a cardiologist. But, you're not. Trust the REAL cardiologists. They know what they're doing." Fast forward to Monday of this past week. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I spent most of Monday and Tuesday on the phone. It was crazy. In the midst of the ten thousand phone calls with the Red Cross, I was also managing a similar crisis with the pediatric anesthesiologist from the clinic. The gist of the drama was regarding Shawna's MRI, which they decided to cancel. But, the highlight of the entire call happened in the first 28 seconds when the consulting anesthesiologist kicked off our conversation with Her: "Now, I understand that you are physician as well...?? in cardiology??" Me: "Umm.. excuse me? what?" Her: "You're a physician with us (ie/ the clinic) as well??" Me: "Oh- um, me? no. I'm not a physician." Her : "Oh. I um, thought that.." Me interrupting her: "No, I'm not a medically licensed physician (chuckling to myself), but thanks for the compliment!" My first call? My neighbor! My next call? My boss. Since I now have a shiny, new MD degree and practice at a world renowned medical facility, I wanted to ask for a promotion. :-) (Oh- I guess that I should mention this tiny little fact... I am technically Dr. Baylor. But my degree, a PhD in physiology, doesn't license me to practice medicine...but it does allow me to keep up with all the medical mumbo-jumbo most of the time.) Lori M. Baylor