At a time when it was unusual for fathers to be in the delivery room, he was there I drew my first breath. It was a privilege to be there with Dad when he drew his last. He was my rock, my safe harbour. My siblings & I will be ok, thanks to Mum and Dad. But we will miss him.

On call last night at the children's hospital. 5 sparkler burns in 2-5yo children in 5 separate incidents between 6 and 9pm. 5 burnt hands we're now hoping don't scar. So unnecessary.

You're missing letters after your name bro.. FACS CHIA

Well done Matt

... on my... son's nephew's next door neighbour's ex-flatmate's child? There's quite a bit of scope there. Good to see appreciation of the possibility of variable family structures way back then

That's fair

Really happy to be part of this. Great team to work with. Great to hear what families wanted as well

Except that, for some people 'stable' means unchanged. They may have just looked at the trends & seen no alteration. It doesn't necessarily mean they've applied any more thought to interpretation. Dead patients have 'stable' obs (other than downward trending temp)

I remember. I didn't mind either. The flat tire when I got back to my car afterwards was a bit of a bummer though

Congrats Dr Dr - hope it wasn't too hot in that black woollen gown (though I suspect you didn't mind too much, given the occasion).

Congrats Nitin

Go team. TK and @amanda_ullman. EDTA for central venous lines

Majority of complications are re-presentation to hospital with parental or child concerns. No intervention required. To me that's more a failure of pre-discharge explanation. Happy to see them again, to catch the few with a late intra-abdo collection/abscess

NOM for early acute appendicitis 90% effective (if you don't have a faecolith) = discharge with appx in your abdomen still. 80% of that 90% still have their appx at 12 months = 72% overall. So around 1 in 4 fail within a year. It's plan B for me, not plan A

Recently applied to UQ for promotion to Assoc Prof. Phone call today. University has decided to make me up to full Professor instead. Too many to name have inspired and encouraged me over the years. You know who you are. Thank you all. My turn now to be like you, to others

So 100% turnout then Neil?

So no on-call this week Neil?

Richly deserved David