Nomad ND

In 2009, when I just started practicing as a naturopathic physician, I got a phone call from one of my closest friend- Betty. She urgently wanted to send me a new patient.

Not even an hour later, a woman of Spanish descent comes in to see me, accompanied by her brother. She was in an early stage of pregnancy, in pains, and in the active miscarriage stage.

I was a young and very inexperienced doctor.

I didn’t know what to do so, so I had to look up potential treatment in my herbal books and combined some liquid herbs to stop miscarriage. I directed her to the nearest emergency room. She said that this is her fifth miscarriage in a row, and that she doesn’t want to go to emergency room anymore.

I was frightened. Nevertheless, I gave her proper medical recommendations and asked her to contact me at any time. The next day, her brother came to my office and brought a bunch of flowers for me. He was very thankful, that I was able to save his sister’s baby. Apparently, pains had stopped. Later on, I found out that she carried the baby to term. My Spanish patient named a baby- Betty. Which is the name of our mutual friend and my best friend.

That’s a story of you 🙂