content: ...instantly I froze.  In all my years as a medical professional I’d never heard something so absolutely stupid.  No, this was not ignorance, this was willful and encouraged stupidity.  I froze because I had to choose my next words thoughtfully. Do I tell this man that in fact, no, he shouldn’t feed his new born child ooze from his medically induced body?  I thought about my wife and kids in college. How they depended on me to provide for them, anything that wasn’t taxed from under me. I’m a doctor, I’m proud of what I can provide for my family, I don’t want to lose that. But... I’m a doctor... how can I let this happen?  I had to choose my next words carefully, I didn’t want to lose my career, everything I’d been building for 30 years in this profession... was this one man’s mental condition and his new baby worth... worth my livelihood...? “Wait, you can do that?”