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Hi I'm Josiah, welcome to Penn State Children's Hospital. Let's go on a tour!
Right now we're in the lobby, see how bright and welcoming it is? That's on
purpose of course, the entire hospital has a theme of learning and healing
through nature. One of the first things you'll see is this learning wall. Nice,
right? Well take a closer look, even when you don't feel good things like this
have a way of cheering you up. Follow me there's more to see and this is the
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And this is the outpatient clinic where I get my chemo treatments for cancer and this is one of
my nurses, Heather. Josiah has a special tube in his chest
called a port. We can use his port to take small amounts of blood and give him
special medicine to keep the bad cancer cells away. [JOSIAH] And also on the first floor
there's a safety center. The safety center offers good tips that help keep
kids out of the hospital. Around the corner from the lobby there's a café
with lots of healthy food options. We call it the Tree House Café and right
now I'm the outdoor courtyard just off the café, which is a really good place to
be when the weather is nice.
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Hi I'm Alicia and I'm John and this is our daughter, Leah. Hi! Let's go to the second floor.
[ELEVATOR VOICE] "Floor Two"
[LAUGHTER]
The second floor is home to five operating rooms where most pediatric
surgeries are done. Two large procedure rooms and a pediatric cardiac
catheterization lab. This is where Leah had her surgery for a bacterial
infection. Hi Grandpa! Hi Leah! My dad, Leah's grandpa, is a heart surgeon
here. Dad why don't you tell us a little bit more. [DR. MYERS] Well each year over 3,000
patients come up this elevator, kids that go into the preoperative area, where
they're met by their anesthesiologist, their nurse and their surgeon and from
there after everything has been evaluated they go into the operating room.
Hi I'm Kennedy and I'm one of those kids who needed surgery, a few actually,
to help relieve pressure on my brain. I'm on the third floor now where there are lots of
inpatient rooms, 125 beds on this campus to be exact. Each room on this floor is
private, which families really like. But even though the rooms are nice nobody
wants to spend all their time in their room. Let me show you another special place.
This is the Child Life playroom. I love child life, especially the staff,
like Ashley. Hi I'm Ashley Kane. I'm the manager of Child Life. Each day our team
supports and guides kids just like Kennedy through hospital tests and
procedures, surgeries, clinic visits and overnight stays in the hospital. We
provide information and education to patients and their families in a way
that's easy to understand by using books and other creative resources. We also
focus on play. What better way to keep your mind off what's going on in the
hospital then by spending some time working on a craft, participating in
hospital bingo, or having a special visitor stop by to say hi. Our goal is to
help our patients and their families feel comfortable and empowered during
their time here
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Hi I'm Sam, so now you've seen a few parts the Children's Hospital but kids
are treated in many other areas too
Sometimes kids are brought here by a Life Lion helicopter or by a
pediatric ambulance, specifically designed to transport kids. Kids may also
need to be treated in the emergency department. Where I am now, the hospital made
sure this area was family friendly too
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Sometimes after babies are born, they need to be cared for in the neonatal
intensive care unit. This is where I spent the first 73 days after I was born.
13 weeks early! Did you know Penn State Children's
Hospital has the region's highest level neonatal and pediatric intensive care
units? But kids don't even have to come all the way to Hershey to receive care.
There are dozens of clinic locations all over Pennsylvania so kids and get the
care they need close to home and Penn State Children's Hospital is making a
difference in the lives of children everywhere, by doing all kinds of
research, including childhood cancer research, to find improved treatments and
cures. I'm glad Penn State Children's Hospital
was here for me and my family when we needed it and thanks to support from
people like you I received the best possible care. Your donation to
Children's Miracle Network provides money for equipment like the pediatric
ambulance or the NICU incubator I used. Programs like Child Life and research to
help kids like me, for years to come.
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Thanks for visiting!
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