On the first week of my Paediatric placement, I didn’t realize how confronting it would be to see children with such significant disabilities. Having had very little previous exposure to children with disabilities, I felt quite overwhelmed on my first few days and had no idea how to deal with it. Since starting our course, I had always thought I would be interested in a career in paeds, but was always unsure how I would handle treating children with significant, lifelong disabilities on a daily basis.
On my first few days, I didn’t really get the chance to interact with any children, and felt like I was purely observing. I found this really hard, as all I had to think about while watching these children was how ‘unfortunate’ their situation seemed. However over the next couple of days, I got to see more kids and interact with them. It was then that I started to realize these kids had the same gorgeous personalities that I love in all kids. And even though some of them cant verbalise what they want, you can see they still have the same ambitions as would any other child.
I hope the more I get to interact with and feel that I am helping these kids, the more I will enjoy my time with them. I hope it will allow me to bond with them and admire their special abilities rather than just focusing on their disabilities. And hopefully I will find that Paeds is somewhere where I could one day work, and make a difference to their lives.
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