25 Things Doctors' Kids Can Probably Relate To.

Yes that's a girl. Lol I didn't have much hair.

My mother is, yes, a Filipino doctor. Though she is one of those "born for this" physicians, she still is my own mother. Now in order to spend time more with me during her training and work when I was young, she usually took me to work with her when she could.

She used to sneak me into the physicians quarters where I would talk with the other residents, as if I was their age. She took me to medical missions where she treated many patients for no amount of money (except for when they insist on the occasional chicken and farm produce). She also introduced me to hundreds of nurses, aides, and ambulance drivers who were some of the best people I knew as a kid. That, among several other strange things were what I had to go through as physician's daughter.

Being the kid of a doctor is pretty interesting, and kind of very different. Here are some things I believe most DK's can relate to. Let me know if I missed out on anything!

1. You have at least one childhood photo with a stethoscope around your neck. 

"She's probably going to be like you, Doc!" 

2. You had your own "doctor bag," complete with plastic stethoscopes and thermometers. 

In my case I had a real neurohammer, and I thought that was cool. Words could not describe the feeling of hitting my brother's knees with that thing.

3. You thought all scissors looked like bandage scissors until you found out they were actually made for BANDAGES. 

Those things are pretty safe for scissors actually. 

4. You never really bowed down with respect or fear when you saw other doctors while growing up. Probably a high five or kiss on the cheek. 

"Hello little Angela! Can you sing me a song?" 

5. Other kids thought you were cool when they found out your parent is a doctor, and you didn't understand why. 

"Wow your mom's a doctor; you are so rich and so cool!" "No I'm not." 

6. You knew what medicine to take for fever, allergies, and sore throat. 

I could spell Amoxicillin at age 7, ha.

7. Reading the mercury thermometer was easy-peasy and 37 was the "lucky" number. 

Just make sure you don't drop the thing. 

8. You've wanted to play with an ophthalmoscope and could never understand why not. 

I actually broke my mom's set that dated back to her medical school days. I never understood why she was so mad over such a lame little flashlight, well, until now. 

9. You've ridden an ambulance, and you weren't sick. 

Well, no one was sick on the blaring ambulance. Lol those crazy old ambulance drivers were a lot of fun.

10. Blood doesn't scare you.

11.You've witnessed surgeries and live births even before you knew algebra. 

Bless the dear patients' hearts for allowing such fresh young minds to absorb those gruesome bloody procedures.

12. Most of your notebooks and school supplies were from pharmaceutical companies. And by notebooks, that includes prescription pads. 

Let's face it, you love medical representatives. No, you like the stuff they give out. Nobody else has them, and they're usually really colorful.

13. You've called into a busy emergency room looking for your Mommy/Daddy because you couldn't find something. 

"No, Tita Nurse this can't wait! I can't find my slippers, I need my mommy now!"

14. Expectations by everybody around you are so high, you sometimes wish you had less intelligent parents. 

"Wow, you're going to be just like your Mom! You know, she studied really well and she was really serious about being a doctor." ........Can you all please just let me do my own thing here? 

15. When you go down with the flu, your parents don't panic. They just make you drink a lot of water, give you Tempra and Dimetapp, and say that you'll be fine. 

I've always resented this. Never been sick and spoiled!

16. Follow up to #15, you can never pretend to be sick! 

Never even tried.

17. You get rushed to the ER after breaking your bones, and your parent doesn't run panicking to you cause she already talked to your orthopedic surgeon. 

Lol yes. That actually happened.

18. Your doctors are some of your parent's close friends, and you never called them Doctor. 

Hellooooo Tita! I think I have pneumonia!

19. The smell of antiseptic and alcohol gives you that nostalgic feeling. 

Mmmmm.

20. You've used one of your parent's long white blazers as your lab gown in laboratory class. 

Just being practical. 

21. This one's for those with pediatrician parents: You visit her clinic and wonder how some of your toys got to her table. 

I didn't mind though, she usually took our squeaky toys.

22.In the middle of Christmas dinners or even some birthdays, they get called away and you don't cry about it. Well, most of the time. 

These things are sadly really true, not just in the movies.

23. They can drive through traffic like a madman. 

How can you drive safely when a life in danger is waiting for you? I mean, seriously.

24. Random people approach your parent all the time, and resisting the urge to help is close to nonexistent. 

Doctors that succeed, are the doctors with the biggest hearts. They inspire me so.

25. People always asked if you wanted to be a doctor when you grow up. 

...And most likely you are a doctor now, or studying to be one. Just like me.