Dr. Sour Puss

She was 16 and unexpectedly pregnant. She had been randomly assigned to me by our Maternal Support Services nurse and I had never met her or her family before. During those first few visits with me, she was an emotional pancake, completely flat. Silent except for the most basic responses. Have you felt the baby move yet? "Yes." Are you having any more morning sickness? "No." Adopting my best sensitive doctor bedside manner, I would gently but repeatedly try to get inside her head, but she would give up nothing. How are you feeling about the pregnancy? "Fine." Are you anxious about it? "No." Is your family supporting you? "Yeah, I guess." Is there anything else you want to talk about? "No." I would later discover that she, her mother, and her younger brother became patients of our clinic after her alcoholic abusive father had finally driven their car through the front room of their house and they had fled to a nearby domestic v...

So we survived. We were pretty stiff but it was a fun experience, no major screw ups, and we had a great turnout, somewhere between 100-200 I would guess. Muchas gracias to Brad Kosel for putting this all together. We are so lucky to have friends that do these kinds of things. We also learned that people from Walla Walla are really nice. The Table of Contents are fantastic and have a great CD. Go get it on iTunes right now. Thanks to everyone who showed up and humored us at our first gig. We're totally psyched for the next one.