Ok people; I have this thing about following instructions in good faith, especially if the person/group/organization knows more about something than you do, its someone else's money, or if lives are at stake. Take a gander at the little photo exhibit and read on.
I noticed an event while I was at the hospital where another child was admitted into the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) transition floor at UCSF. The parents of this young child appeared to be pretty young themselves and their little young one had a serious need for open heart surgury. When the morning of the scheduled surgury came around, the nursing staff posted NPO notices ("Nothing per Oral"-no food or formula) on and about crib-side. But one of the parents later admitted to giving chips to the patient just hours prior to going into surgury.
Well, the surgical team of doctors and nurses got wind of this and decided they had to scrub the mission, out of possible risk of the child choking while under anesthesia. In my mind this is unexcusable; no amount of quibbiling will fix it or make any corrections. Later in the week the surgury was rescheduled and the instructions were explicit as the tolerance to stupidity was then low at that point. Well deserved, in my book.
Bottom line:Grow up; follow instructions, and take the responsibility when you fail to heed the word of expertise.
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