Highs and lows

I was able to do 2 days of clinic this week. It brought so many nice patients, survivors who make me feel like a wimp for complaining.  Yesterday I had a low grade fever in the evening. I have been doing this job for almost 20 years.  And it is the most awesome job. Except when you get a sick. But you just plow through, because patients rearrange their lives for surgeries.  For the first time ever, I cancelled my 2 surgeries this morning because of me.  So this is a new phase.  It is just a matter of figuring out how this works and working around it.  And we will get there.