- Hi, I'm Denver and I work at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
and I help the kids at the hospital feel better.
Today, I wanted to talk to you
about an important topic, pain.
I've been learning about pain, like why I hurt,
what I should do when something hurts,
and how I can talk to someone I trust about my pain.
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My grown-up says that everybody feels pain sometimes,
and it's important because pain is how your body tells you
that something is wrong.
To start, can you tell me what you think pain is?
For me, I think pain is when my tummy hurts
after I eat too many dog treats
or when someone accidentally steps on my paw.
What do you think pain is?
And can you tell me a time when you felt pain?
- Pain is when you hurt.
Sometimes, when I ride my bike, I fall and scrape my knee.
My mom cleans it and puts a bandaid over it
to make me feel better.
- Pain is when something hurts,
like when you hit your arm or something else.
One day, I fell off the monkey bars and broke my arm.
I had to go to the hospital because it hurt really bad.
- It's hard to explain.
It hurts in your body and makes you feel sad.
I got sick one time and my throat hurt so bad,
I couldn't even drink my juice.
- When I'm hurting, the thing that makes me feel better
is a nice big belly rub.
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
Everybody is a little bit different.
What makes you feel better?
- When I'm hurting, I try not to think about it
by playing with my toys or listening to my favorite songs.
- Art is my favorite subject in school.
So when I hurt, I like to paint.
I also really like to read my favorite books.
- I like to cuddle with my mommy under a warm blanket.
- My grown-up told me that it's really important
to tell them and other grown-ups that I trust
if I'm feeling any pain.
I have to tell them where it hurts
and how it feels so they can help.
Sometimes it's hard.
So my grown-up helps me talk about it.
We use a body map.
It's a picture of a puppy's body.
I can point to the picture to show my grown-up
where I feel pain.
When you are hurting, how do you talk about your pain?
- We had a bike day at school
when I fell and scraped my knee,
my mom wasn't there,
so I told my teacher I was in pain.
- When I was in the hospital,
my nurse showed me pictures of different faces.
I pointed to the one that showed how I was feeling.
- When I was sick,
I explained to my mom that the inside of my neck hurt,
and she told me that was my throat.
I said it hurt when I swallowed or tried to talk.
- My grown-up says that sometimes
we can make the pain go away,
but sometimes it doesn't work and we need more help.
We can go to the doctor or the hospital
to see if they can help.
It's really important to tell the nurses
and doctors about the pain,
like when it hurts, what makes it feel better or worse,
or how long it hurts for.
- When I fell off my bike at school,
I felt better after my teacher cleaned my knee
and put a bandaid on it.
I showed my mom the bandaid when I got home.
I told her it didn't hurt anymore,
and she said we didn't have to go to the doctor.
- When I fell off the monkey bars,
my arm was hurting really bad.
I had to go to the hospital
so the doctors can help me fix my broken bone.
I got a really cool cast
so I could hold my arm still while it gets better.
- When I had a sore throat,
the medicine made it feel better for a little bit,
but the pain came back.
My mom took me to the doctor
to get a different kind of medicine.
That made the pain stay away.
- Thanks for helping me learn more about pain.
I sure learned a lot from you guys.
I now know that pain happens
because my body's telling me that something is wrong.
It's really important to talk to a grown-up that you trust
and come up with a plan to try to make it better.
I always know that my doctor is there to help, too.
Check out my other videos
where we learn about medication safety
and other ways to help with pain.
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