- While he's gone, can you tell us if he's like a doctor,
like a real doctor.
- I'm sure he's a real doctor.
- He has a uniform.
- And it says his name on it.
- He could just get a blue shirt and get it from a...
A sewer.
- Who's ready for their checkup?
- Whoa.
- Are you ready for your checkup?
- That's like a nurse since you're a doctor?
- Why? What does it say here?
- [Ava & Alexis] Doctor Mike Hail.
- Go hail var sha
- Mikhail.
- We practiced this.
- Family medicine.
- Good job, bro.
(children cheering)
Are you ready to play a game today?
- [Ava & Alexis] Yeah.
- But I thought you said you wanted me
to give you shots today.
- No!
- Why not?
- You're trying to make a joke.
- Was it funny?
- [Ava & Alexis] No.
- Okay. Who's the oldest?
- Me.
- [Mike] About how much older?
- One minute.
- How many seconds?
- 60.
- How many milliseconds?
- Milliseconds?
- What are milliseconds?
- I don't know.
Have you guys done Mad Libs before?
- [Ava & Alexis] No.
- [Mike] Mad Libs is like you give me all these words
and now we're going to put them into a story
and I'm going to read the story.
- Ava.
- Yes.
- Name an animal, any animal!
- Uh-
- Your favorite animal!
- A pig!
- Alexis, you ready?
Pick a child's name-
- How about Nia? Nia.
- A town name.
- Homesburg.
- Name a tall animal, quickly!
- Giraffe.
- Name a classroom activity.
- Paint?
- Are you an artist?
- Nope.
- But you paint?
- Yes, I paint but I'm not an artist.
- An artist is a job.
- She paints good.
- So no one pays you.
- No.
- Which one of you is a better painter?
- [Ava & Alexis] Me.
- Someone has to settle that.
- [Ava & Alexis] Me.
- I'm the oldest so I know more stuff.
- But who paints the most?
- [Ava & Alexis] Me.
- Favorite school subject.
- Science.
- Least favorite school subject.
- Reading.
- You don't like reading?
- No. - I won't tell your mom.
- I don't like reading.
- You don't like reading too?
- And writing and math.
- [Mike] Okay.
- I love math.
- I don't like math.
- What's your favorite insect?
- I do not like spiders or cockroaches.
- Are spiders insects?
I don't think they're insects.
- [Alexis] They're not?
- No.
- [Alexis] What are they?
- Arachnodes. I don't know.
- Okay then a cockroach.
- Why are contractors scary?
- They're just scary.
- Yeah.
- Why are peoples some scared of ant.
- I don't know. You tell me. - I'm not scared of ants.
- [Ava] Well, red ants bite. - [Mike] They do.
So if you had to choose between going to a doctor
and getting a needle and a shot
or a fire ant, what would you choose?
- Shot.
- [Mike] Shot. Yeah, okay good.
So, you like going to the doctor.
- No I don't. - No, you just said it.
You can't just no takesies backsies.
- Takesies backsies is not cool.
- That's not cool?
- Ava, name your favorite fruit.
- Kiwi?
- Kiwi!
- [Ava] I like kiwi.
- I like kiwis.
Name a piece of garbage.
- Broken shaver.
The hair breaks the shaver because it's too strong.
Has too much hair.
- Okay. This is going to work real well in this story.
Name a body part.
- Let's see. Your liver? - What does your liver do?
- Chop down things.
- Chop down things? Like trees?
- Like food.
- [Mike] It creates something known as bile
that helps break down some foods.
Alexis, name a body part that's noisy.
- The heart and your mouth.
- Your mouth?
- Yeah, because you talk.
- But the heart does a cooler sound.
I want you to hear my heart
and then you tell me the sound that it makes.
You know how to use this already, you're a pro.
- Yeah, I'm a pro.
Ouch, Ava!
- Sorry.
- Right here?
- Go here.
- I don't really hear that much noise.
- Did my heart stop?
Do it higher. Here.
- Now I hear. - What does it sound like?
- I hear like cracking up things.
- It's a (indistinct sounds)
What's your doctor name?
- Alexis.
- You're doctor Alexis?
- Yeah.
- That's kind of boring.
- Well, Dr. Mike is boring.
- Oh, is it now?
- [Alexis] I hear nothing.
(children screaming)
- What do you do if someone's heart stops?
Chest compressions!
- Don't you dare!
Is it this way? - It's on the left side.
- Left?
- This my right, this my left.
- Shh!
- You can't do that to your patients. Emotion.
- Happy.
- Profession.
- Plumber.
- Favorite show.
- The Thundermans.
- [Mike] What's that?
- [Alexis] It's a show about superheroes.
- I like Donald duck.
- [Ava & Alexis] That's not a superhero.
- Yeah, he is.
Give me a verb.
- Verb is like person, place, or thing?
- No!
(children yelling)
- Run.
- Run? Give me a sad or negative emotion.
- Mad.
- All right, give me another job.
- A doctor that's named Mike Mike Hail
varshavski?
- That's getting better.
All right, you get to name a profession.
- Photographer?
- Dream job.
- A video professional.
- Aren't you already a Youtuber?
- No, no, no, a good one.
- Are you a bad one?
- Favorite food.
- Macaroni.
- [Mike] By itself?
- Pizza.
- [Mike] Macaroni and pizza?
- No, pizza.
- Name a sweet fruit.
- Watermelon. Melon. Watermelon.
- You're going to give me a positive adjective.
- Is it like a describing word?
- [Mike] Exactly.
- Unique?
- Okay. Are you ready to play the game?
- [Ava & Alexis] Yeah.
- All right, I'm going to read you the story
and you created this story because you gave me those things.
- [Ava & Alexis] Okay.
- [Mike] Once upon a time, there was a piggy named Nia
who lived in Homesburg every day at school
Mia would ask their teacher,
Ms. Giraffe to go to the bathroom.
Remember Ms. Giraffe?
- [Ava & Alexis] Yes.
- [Mike] This wasn't just once a day though,
as Nia would have to go every 30 minutes to the bathroom,
taking them away from a painting, building volcanoes,
and even reading.
Ms. Giraffe thought this was strange.
So, she told me Nia's mom
and suggested that she take Nia to the best doctor in
homestead. Homesburg.
What did I say?
- [Crew Member] Homestead.
- Homestead!
Do you know who the best doctor is in Homesburg?
- [Ava & Alexis] Dr. Mike.
- Nope. Dr. Cockroach!
So, Nia goes to Dr. Cockroach's office.
Nia walks into the examination room
and it smelled like rotten kiwis and broken shavers.
- Kiwi and shaver.
- [Mike] Yeah. And that turns out
because Dr. Cockroach had just eaten lunch.
Dr. Cockroach examined Nia's liver, but that was healthy.
Then Dr. Cockroach used a stethoscope
just like this and listens to Nia's heart.
But that was healthy too.
Finally, Dr. Cockroach performed a blood test.
So, as Dr. Cockroach is performing the blood tests
Nia was waiting for the results and she felt very nervous.
Nia dreamed one day of becoming a plumber.
Would being sick prevent them from doing that?
Would they be lonely and spend their entire life at home
watching The Thundermans?
Well, finally, Dr. Cockroach returned
with the blood test results.
Dr. Cockroach told Nia that she had type 1 diabetes.
- Oh!
- You heard of that?
- [Ava & Alexis] Yeah.
- Yeah. [Mike] So, immediately Nia began to run
because they were so mad.
Does this mean I will never grow up to be a plumber?
asked Nia. Not at all, said Dr. Cockroach.
People with type 1 diabetes
actually live entirely normal and successful lives.
They grow up to be doctors, photographers.
And if you're lucky, even YouTubers.
- Yes.
- [Mike] Is this because of all the cheese pizza
I've been eating, asked Nia.
Not at all! Replied Dr. Cockroach.
Type 1 diabetes is not your fault.
It may cause you to feel thirsty, use the bathroom often
which would explain why you had to leave class so much.
It can give you headaches
and you can make your breath even smell like watermelons.
- What?
- [Mike] Yeah. Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong illness
which means there is no cure, but it can be controlled.
You'll need to check your blood sugar levels
and make sure they don't get too high or too low.
And all that being said
if you monitor those levels and take care of your body
you can live a long, hairy life and become a plumber after!
- A plumber after?
- Do you know what type 1 diabetes is now?
- You're born with diabetes.
- [Mike] Yeah.
- [Ava] And it's not your problem,
but you have to keep your blood pressure not too high.
I mean your blood sugar.
- But you're right, too. The blood pressure too is important
- Yeah. Not too high but not too low.
- And number 2 is when you-
- Get it.
- When you-
- Eat too much sweets and you get it.
- Well, sometimes that can happen.
But type 1 diabetes means you're born with it.
Type 2 means you develop it in your life.
Do you know what's the hormone that you need to function
in order for your blood levels to be normal?
Blood sugar levels?
- Medicine. - Someone said it behind you.
- Insulin.
- Yes!
Okay. So, there's an organ inside your abdomen here.
It's called the pancreas.
- [Alexis] A pancreas?
- [Mike] Yeah. It sounds funny, right?
- Like a penguin.
- Yes. And it makes insulin.
And what that insulin does is it allows the sugar
to go into your cells
so you can be healthy and strong.
And insulin is made
- By penguins?
- [Mike] Pancreas.
- Yeah.
- I think you guys figured it out.
You're basically doctors now.
Do you have any questions about type 1 diabetes?
- Will we ever find the cure for diabetes?
- I think in the future we might.
Right now, we don't have one
but we have a way to treat it,
to keep you healthy and happy.
- Does it hurt? Diabetes, does it hurt?
- It can make your stomach hurt sometimes.
Make your belly hurt.
On its own, if you manage it well, it's okay.
It doesn't hurt.
And if you have to give yourself insulin
it's a little prick, but it doesn't hurt that much.
- Do a lot of kids have diabetes?
- Across the world?
Yes. It's a very common condition.
Thousands, if not,
millions of kids around the world have diabetes.
- More than that.
- Yeah.
- Because there's a lot of people in the world.
- There's a lot of people.
Good job! All right! We learned about type 1 diabetes
and the liver!
- And then.
And this!
- And (indistinct)
and then you get to do the explosion.
Oh, you added the explosion.
That was impressive.
Check out this video where we watch Doc McStuffins,
and check out the video on their channel.
- [Ava & Alexis] Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew.