A mother brought her 6 month old baby to the hospital because she was worried the baby’s head was too big. Her doctor decided to order a CT scan for the child. On the scan they noticed a couple of subtle things that could have been problematic, but were not anything that needed emergent intervention. However, they immediately sent her to the ER for an MRI at 10:00 at night.
The baby was not vomiting, was not sick at all. He was fine. Mike didn’t think it was medically right to order an an expensive, inappropriate test late at night for a baby that was perfectly happy. He discharged the patient, recommending an MRI in the next few days.
Why was all this going on? Because of fear.
Moral of the story: Fear clouds our common sense, costs a lot of money and can ultimately harm us through poor decisions.

































