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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.
[DOOR OPENS]
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 cafe
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 need 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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[SAM] 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 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!
And thanks for giving!
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