{"id":33109,"date":"2024-03-15T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/?p=33109"},"modified":"2024-11-08T21:36:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:36:18","slug":"three-kids-give-back-in-gratitude-of-child-life-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/three-kids-give-back-in-gratitude-of-child-life-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Three kids give back in gratitude of Child Life Services","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Bradley, Elijah and Makoa, three boys who \u2014 thanks to their experiences with <a href=\"https:\/\/give.multicare.org\/our-foundations\/mary-bridge-childrens-foundation\/\">donor-supported<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marybridge.org\/patients-visitors\/patient-family-support-services\/child-life-services\/\">Child Life Services<\/a> \u2014 are on a mission to make MultiCare Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Hospital a place where therapeutic play rules and stress and anxiety take a back seat.<\/p>\n<p>A hospital can be a scary environment for a child. Child life specialists help by explaining diagnoses and procedures in kid-friendly terms. As young patients know what to expect, fear lessens.<\/p>\n<p>The Child Life team also learns kids\u2019 likes and interests. Distractions and coping strategies tap into these areas, assisting Bradley, Elijiah, Makoa and other children navigate tough medical interventions and difficult overnight stays.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A toy drive is born<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When asked what he remembers about being at Mary Bridge Children\u2019s during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 10-year-old Bradley answers \u2014 like many growing boys \u2014 \u201cDefinitely the food!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the cafeteria held much allure for a 6-year-old Bradley, he also fondly reflects on his visits with facility dog Olaf the III; activities and special visitors \u2014 like the FBI \u2014 facilitated by Child Life; and time spent with Senior Child Life Specialist Kristen Bishop, MS, CCLS.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Bishop and the rest of his care team, Bradley says Mary Bridge Children\u2019s was like a second home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33113\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33113\" class=\" wp-image-33113\" src=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Bradley-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Boy in red plaid pullover smiles in front of a car trunk loaded with boxes of toys\" width=\"291\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Bradley-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Bradley-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Bradley-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Bradley.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bradley and Senior Child Life Specialist Kristen Bishop, MS, CCLS, with bins full of holiday cheer during Bradley\u2019s most recent Mary Bridge Children\u2019s toy drive.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey really held our hands \u2014 all of our hands \u2014 [and helped us] not feel so lost,\u201d adds Bradley\u2019s mom Darla.<\/p>\n<p>Following his cancer journey, Bradley decided to collect toys for Mary Bridge Children\u2019s patients who have to be hospitalized over the holidays. Since 2019, he\u2019s created posters and enlisted his parents\u2019 help spreading the word on social media to family, friends, co-workers and their community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuckily, we weren\u2019t there for the holidays, but some other kids were there, so it\u2019s just messed up how sometimes kids don\u2019t get to go home for the holidays,\u201d Bradley explains. \u201cSo, by giving them extra gifts, they feel extra special. It feels good [knowing] you\u2019ve done something to help other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2023 alone, Team Bradley brought in more than 500 individual gifts, brightening the season for patients and their families.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Honoring a Mary Bridge Children\u2019s anniversary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mom Rebecca knows what it\u2019s like to have a child spend December in a hospital room.<\/p>\n<p>On the heels of Thanksgiving 2021, her son Elijah couldn\u2019t eat anything. Arriving at Mary Bridge Children\u2019s soon after, he was diagnosed with appendicitis and went into surgery. But Elijah\u2019s appendix had already ruptured.<\/p>\n<p>He recovered for weeks, improving around day 18. In that uncertain time, Elijah sought comfort in his providers and Child Life friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember that the nurses, especially Bari, [explained] how the procedures were going to go and what they were going to do,\u201d says Elijah, now 11. \u201cBari was always there for me whenever I needed her, and she always came up with good ideas to keep me occupied.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33115\" style=\"width: 384px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33115\" class=\" wp-image-33115\" src=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/2022-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Boy in red plaid pullover smiles in front of a car trunk loaded with boxes of toys\" width=\"374\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/2022-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/2022-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/2022-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/2022-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/2022-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Every Thanksgiving, Elijah drops off a carload of donated toys to the children\u2019s hospital that cared for him.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At day 20, Elijah was discharged and determined to bring a smile to other Mary Bridge Children\u2019s patients, just as Child Life Specialist Bari Bates had done for him.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next year, he invited family and friends to donate toys for kids staying at Mary Bridge Children\u2019s. Come Thanksgiving, Elijah was ready with boxes of items.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I dropped off the toys, it made me feel good that I could help kids, like how people [helped] me in the hospital,\u201d he shares.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Elijah doubled his contribution, and he and his family plan to continue the tradition again this November.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Five years of generosity and counting\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Like Elijah and Bradley, Child Life inspired 15-year-old Makoa to support Mary Bridge Children\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The week of his eighth birthday, Makoa\u2019s family discovered that his severe lack of energy, breathlessness and frequent throwing up were a result of having non-Hodgkin lymphoma.<\/p>\n<p>His subsequent cancer regimen was challenging. Nonetheless, Makoa tried to get through and finish strong, championed by Mary Bridge Children\u2019s oncology department and Child Life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Kristen] brought in this little, like, fidget-spinning Minion,\u201d he says. \u201cYou press a button, and the thing will start spinning and play music and all that. It just really helped me, like, not think about all the stuff that was really going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33117\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33117\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33117\" src=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Makoa-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Collage of images from 2018-2023 showing Makoa and Kristen Bishop posing with Makoa\u2019s toy donations\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Makoa-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Makoa-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Makoa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Makoa-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Makoa-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Makoa.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Makoa throughout his five years of giving.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Makoa\u2019s mom Angela also valued the role Child Life played.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny of the visits that they came to check on him, it was always such a positive, fun visit,\u201d she says. \u201cThey always had some kind of new, fun thing for him to play with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Almost exactly a year later, Makoa rang the bell signifying the end of his treatment and looked ahead to turning 9. When thinking about a party and presents, he considered how much it would mean to gift a toy or activity to someone else in his shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Makoa rallied his friends and family to give to the kids at Mary Bridge Children\u2019s for his birthday, and had so much fun that he now holds a collection drive every February.<\/p>\n<p><em>Child Life Services supported more than 10,000 patients and families last year, and 100 percent of the program\u2019s supplies and items are made possible by physical and monetary donations.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Bradley, Elijah and Makoa, three boys who \u2014 thanks to their experiences with donor-supported Child Life Services \u2014 are on a mission to make MultiCare Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Hospital a place where therapeutic play rules and stress and anxiety take a back seat. A hospital can be a scary environment for a child. 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