My Mommy Is a Surgeon
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Kathryn M. Dalton
My mommy hugs me and kisses me goodbye after someone calls for her help at the hospital.
My mommy calls me to say goodnight when her patients are very sick and she can't be home to tuck me in.
My mommy's hands stroke my cheek while I am sleeping, the same hands that fix her patient's booboos.
My mommy wipes away my tears when I'm sad. My mommy cries when she tells me one of her patients went to heaven.
My mommy picks out my clothes every day and leaves them on my bed. I wish I could wear the same blue outfit everyday like my mommy.
My mommy reads me bedtime stories from my favorite book. Late at night, I sneak downstairs and see my mommy reading her doctor books.
My mommy sews the holes in the knees of my pants. I wonder if that is how she sews up her patients.
My mommy really loves me even though she can't be with me all of the time. I know she really loves her patients too because she spends a lot of time with them.
I love my surgeon mommy and I hope her patients do too.
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© 2014 The American Osteopathic Association
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- Special Report
- It's All About the Footnotes: 2014 Vaccine Schedules
- Editorial
- AOA Names Mayo Clinic Academic Leader as New Editor in Chief
- Letters
- Leg Length Discrepancy and Osteoarthritic Knee Pain in the Elderly
- Response
- Original Contribution
- Sleep Problems, Posttraumatic Stress, and Mood Disorders Among Active-Duty Service Members
- OMT Associated With Reduced Analgesic Prescribing and Fewer Missed Work Days in Patients With Low Back Pain: An Observational Study
- Evidence-Based Clinical Review
- Preventing Early Cardiovascular Death in Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia
- Medical Education
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- The “Diplomate in Osteopathy”: From “School of Bones” to “School of Medicine”
- Case Report
- Orthotic Correction of Postural Unleveling in a Patient With Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in the Management of Biliary Dyskinesia
- Clinical Images
- Orbital Myositis
- In Your Words
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