HEATHER
HEATHER TRESCOTTMY 4@DAY IS USUALLY FILLED WITH KIDS CO4@MING IN 4@FOR ALL KINDS OF
PROCEDURES AND SURGERIES A
LOT OF TIMES THEY COME HERE
AND 4@THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHY
THEY'RE HERE PARENTS MAY BE
AFRAID TO TELL THE CHILD THAT
THEY H4@AVE A SURGERY THAT DAY
AND SO THAT'S 4@KIND OF WHERE
WE COME IN TO HELP EXPLAIN
IT IN CHILD FRIENDLY TERMS AND
HELP DISTRACT 4@THEM THROUGH
THAT WHOLE PROCESS SO THAT
THEY CAN STILL BE A KID WHILE
IN THE HOSPITAL . I'M A
CERTIFIED CHILD LIFE
SPECIALIST AT BEVERLY KNIGHT
OLSEN'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
WE HELP PREPARE THEM FOR ANY
PROCEDURES THEY HAVE WE HELP
PROVIDE ACTIVITIES FOR THEM
JUST TR4@Y TO NORMALIZE THE
ENVIRONMENT AS MUCH AS WE CAN
MEGAN MCGRAWWE HAVE IPAD'S 4@AN
VIDEO GAMES AND BOARD 4@GAMES
AND ARTS AND CRAFTS AND TOYS
ALL KINDS OF THINGS SO THAT
THE KIDS HAVE FUN THINGS TO
WHILE THEY'RE IN AN IN-PATIENT
SETTING AS 4@WELL AS AN OUT-
PATIENT SETTING 4@HEATHER
TRESCOTTWELL WE SUE STUFFED
ANIMALS A LOT THIS LITTLE
BEAR HAS AN IV AND THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DO WITH
THE KIDS STEP-BY-STEP MEGAN
BRIDGESIPADS ARE ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE USE TO HEP
DISTRACT WITHHEATHER
TRESCOTTTHIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF
OUR TEACHING DOLLS THEY'RE
AWESOME BECAUSE THEY COME WITH
ALL 4@KINDS OF ADAPTERS SO
THAT WE CAN TEACH KIDS ABOUT
GETTING 4@AN NG-TUBE SO A TUBE
THAT HAS TO GO 4@DOWN4@ THEIR N
AND DOWN THEIR THROAT TO GIVE
THEM FEEDS OR DIFFERENT 4@TYPES
OF THINGS THERE ARE SIX 4@
CHILD LIFE SPECIALISTS HERE
WE ALL WORK IN DIFFERENT UNITS
4@AND 4@ALL OF OUR UNITS KIND O
SPECIALIZE IN DIFFERENT
PROCEDURES IT DOES HAVE A
PRICE TAG TO IT IF WE PUT
EVERYTHING TOGETHER
COLLECTIVELY PROBABLY .. I'D
SAY ABOUT 10,000 MAYBE Y
HELPING THAT CHILD BE LESS
SCARED IT TAKES SOME OF THAT
STRESS OFF OF THE PARENT
BECAUSE YOU KNOW NO PARENT
WANTS TO SEE THEIR 4@CHILD
FEARFUL OR UPSET AND SO IT
KIND OF HELPS US HELP THE
WHOLE FAMILY MEGAN
MCGRAWWE'VE HAD LOTS OF 4@
PARENTS TELL US HOW THANKFUL
THEY WERE THAT WE WERE
INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILD'S CARE
AND THEY'VE SAID 4@THEY'VE
SEEN A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR
CHILD ONCE THEY COME INTO THE
HOSPITAL HOW TERRIFIED AND
AFRAID THEY ARE AND WE GO
IN AND INTRODUCE SERVICES AND
ARE ABLE TO BRING THEM 4@THINGS
TO DO AND PL4@AY AND HELP MAKE
IT A LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER WHILE
THEY'RE HERET'S VERY 4@
IMPORTANT TO GET SOME OF THESE
TOOLS WE'RE ASKING FOR BECAUSE
IT HELPS MAKE THEIR HOSPITAL
STAY A LITTLE BIT BETTER
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CATERING 4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
CATERING TO @4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
CATERING TO 4@4@YOUNG @4@4@ PATIENTS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS HOSPITAL IS4@ DESIGNED TO 4@DO.
I TOURED THE NEW FACILITY
BACK IN FEBRUARY WITH BEVERLY
KNIGHT OLSON...4@ THE 4@
EQUIPMENT FOR ALL THE
DIFFERENT PROCEDURES IS