12 year old doctors!

when my lupus was first properly diagnosed i was a student.
a stay in hospital meant that you might know some of the med students, and boy did medsoc have a reputation in Cardiff (always a slight worry if you thought of them as consultants of the future!). flirt with the junior doctors and the consultants were reassuringly grown up (a bit like your parents).
as an outpatient i was aware that consultants are nearer in age to me, but this stay (first in 13 years) has alarmed me by how young the junior doctors are.
last night i was waiting for a new canula, a dr was requested at about 7pm and i was woken at 1.30am by a 12 year old boy who was trying to convince me he was a dr and he was here to put in a canula. he looked the part, stethescope and all, but surely he was no older than the teenagers i work with?!
well i gave in but i think i've blown his cover - his first attempt was awful, i have 2 inches of lovely bruise on my arm to show for it. fortunately the second attempt worked.
i've told a couple of the nurses who have laughed and agreed with me that they do look too young! unfortunately the reality is more that we are getting older - aaaarrrrgggghhh

update - the photo is the handiwork of said 12 year old doctor, taken 4 days later! the 14 year old doctor told me that the vein is now dead...