The cutest member of my medical team

May I introduce Dr. Rebecca Rizzotti, our household medical resident. She is a very unique doctor and will be in high demand one day. She can detect when I am not feeling well, without me having to say a word. She is very well-informed about nutrition and can tell you exactly which foods are good or bad for us and we travel through the grocery store. Although she likes her stethoscope and other medical kit accessories, she is still scared of blood and needles, and gets very concerned whenever she sees me about to use them, and thinks that if she doesn't watch, it won't hurt me. She knows the names of the four doctors I see most often, and likes to pretend to be each one, in turn. Her current favorite is our new chiropractor, and she likes to pretend to adjust her father and I, as well as her stuffed animals. (This would actually be a very good career option for her, as chiropractic medicine is non-invasive, but very hands-on.)

Although she very much enjoys administering medicine and supplements, and monitoring my blood sugar (by pressing buttons on my CGMS and telling me to drink juice if it is too low and to rest if it is too high), the treatment she prescribes most often (no matter the ailment) is the most important one: a big hug will cure anything! (Or, in the words of her favorite Bible verse, "A joyful heart is good medicine." Prov. 17:22) We are hoping that she will get to use her skills one day to either take care of her parents in their old age, or to be a medical missionary...or both!