Purpose, Respect, Dignity, Gratitude

Turning my medical case study on its head! And my hat stayed on!

Your body is a civilization. Think about that for just a moment. This is what I asked Metro Early College High School Bodies Career Development kids today. Purpose, Respect, Dignity, Gratitude are the rebar that keeps that body alive. Here’s How.

The Expectations

When I arrived to the presentation, the students had my medical case study in front of them. They did not know me or what I looked like. They were expecting someone frail and sickly. they got me instead.

We started the case study with some low hanging questions. I pressed them to ask deeper more meaty questions. That did it. The most interesting questions were what is it like being dead? What was the health of the people who didn’t survive this operation? How do you get people to respect you when they refuse?

Answer 1: I don’t know, I don’t remember anything. Answer 2: That is a HIPPA violation. Answer 3: You walk away. That’s all any of us can do.

Vulnerability

Bodies Students listening to my stomach

There were tears. From all of us. What do you tell a young woman when she tells you her family does not respect her decision to go into medicine? I told her you change the world anyway. Even if you only change 1 life, people are meant to connect. That one person could go on to change a million lives.

Push the boundary. Want more for yourself than someone tells you that you deserve. We had a cry and we kept going on with our lives.