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You never know
Molka Ben Bey
I still remember the first day during which I got back to work, after a long -unasked- vacations.
Nothing seemed like before.
Everything looked unfamiliar to me.
The path I followed to get to my work, my colleagues…
I couldn’t even recognize the hospital that had me for service during 15 years of conscientious work as a pediatrician, a loving and extremely caring pediatrician.
15 years that were full of joy, thanks to those smiles given by little angels I met every single day.
Those angels were the only reason that made me feel I’m someone’s Superman or “Super-doc” as one of them once called me .
I won’t be exaggerating while saying that my work was the second thing that made me the happiest man on earth, just right after my family, and more precisely my
wife and son; they were everything left to me in this world.
Back to that can’t-be-forgotten day.
They all gazed at me in a weird way. All of them, even my little lovely patients didn’t stare at me the way they used to ; the “you are my hero” look.
Their creepy silence while staring at me invaded my soul .
They all knew the truth behind my disappearance for two months.
I couldn’t hold on for so long so I got to work .
My first patient was diagnosed with a serious chronic disease .
She was only 2 years old, but life chose her to be a forever fighter.
She was asleep when I first got in the ward . I deeply looked at her, and unintentionally touched her hand palm, that was when she grabbed my index with her
entire tiny hand, and then said: ”Daddy, is this you?” with her eyes still closed.
I couldn’t hold on anymore .
I crashed down and started crying my heart out.
I wept like a little baby left alone in the courtyard during his first school day.
The last time I heard the word “daddy” was a month ago, just right before I lose my little beloved treasure forever. He was hit by a truck while getting back home from Piano class.
Life can be too hard sometimes.
Imagine that one of the things that made you the happiest ever, turn out to be a daily reminder of the biggest loss of your life .
I mean I never stopped loving my job as a pediatrician, but also I die million times a day with every little patient I receive .
The point behind all this is that I wanted to say that even doctors are humans after all .
Before complaining from the lack of kindness, or from their severe personality, know well that life might have been a little bit too tough to them .
Imagine the feeling of gynecologist whose only dream is to have a baby, or a radiologist who lost his wife because of a brain tumor …
Try to make excuses to people who do not as cheerful as you expected them to be.. Because each one of them has an unhealed wound that can be revived by a simple word, a color or even an odor..
Stop judging people based on what you see .
You never know what they are going through .
Molka Ben Bey
Website Design Brisbane
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