8th Hour: More Shadowing

(Continuing May 6th)
The next patient was a little boy who was very nervous. He did not want to enter the exam room and was near tears. We had to tell him that we wouldn't use the "big scary stuff" as he called. When he finally agreex to enter the exam room we had to move aside the big machinery used regularly for patients. Instead Dr. Penn gave the boy a pair of odd-looking glasses. He actually thought they were really "cool". It fascinated me how Dr. Penn had to change attitude from when he worked with older people.  He smiled a lot more and he was a bit more energetic. In the end of the appointment the boy said he wasn't scared of the doctor's office anymore. Well, at least not the eye clinic. He ended up getting a prescription for glasses. He was then sent on his way to the optician.