There's technically no difference between "I almost sent home that baby with bacterial meningitis" and "I made a tricky diagnosis of a life-threatening case of bacterial meningitis." The facts of the case are the same. One statement expresses justifiable pride in a job well done. The other emphasizes how close you can come to utter disaster without ever knowing it.
Apropos of nothing, I think I'll buy a lottery ticket today.
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This is, by the way, one reason I could never practice medicine.
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Those babies can be tricky...
good call - follow your instincts.
My kid doesn't want to study medicine. Sometimes I agree.
Oh, and by the way, I'm glad it went OK.
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