A few years ago, I was flying home from a conference where I
was teaching musculoskeletal ultrasound, and I was fortunate enough to sit next
to a very kind woman who had moved to Pittsburgh from India a few years
earlier. She had been an engineer in India,
but since coming to the United States, her primary focus was raising her 12
year old son, who was a child prodigy already taking college classes.
She related to me a story of how one time her son was upset
that her mom made her dinner every night rather than going to restaurants. I thought her response was very sweet, and
changed the way I think about things:
“I explained to him that when you go to a restaurant, no
matter how good it is, they were making that meal for a generic person. When I make dinner for you every night, I am
making dinner for YOU. Every decision I
make, whether it’s how firm to make the rice, or much coriander to use in the seasoning,
I am making that decision because I want you to be happy. Most importantly, there is one ingredient that
I can give you than no restaurant can give you, and that’s love.”
I was obviously touched.
I think back to that kind woman often when I am taking care of
patients. One of the things I most love
about working in a small physician owned practice like Lake Washington Sports
& Spine is the love that our team can put into the care of each
patient. Being small, this empowers us
to customize the patient experience.
Whenever we make a decision, we are making it for YOU.
Welcome to our family!
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