The Little Things

I have learned that it's the little things in life that can just make your day and put a smile on your face. Let me explain... I am currently on rotation in a clinic where we do wellness screenings. We check their cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure and body composition. All these results, with lots of numbers, print out for the patient. All these numbers can be overwhelming, especially if the patient doesn't know what the numbers mean. We go through each lab value and explain what it means and tell them what their goals should be. We do this for each patient that comes into our clinic. Today, I had a patient that came in for their screening and I explained all the information to them. This patient looked at me and said that he had never had anyone take the time to explain all these numbers to him. He said that he actually understood what the numbers meant after I was finished. He told me that he appreciated the time that I had taken to explain these results to him. He made my day!