His brilliant idea allows children to be less afraid in the hospital
Some children with health problems are forced to spend a lot of time in the hospital. And it's never easy and reassuring for a child to be in an environment like this with smells he doesn't know, exams to take and sometimes even an infusion in his arm. And even if parents are there to reassure their children, there are other little things that can make a difference, like the Medi Teddy. Invented by Ella Casano, a 12-year-old girl, it is there to camouflage infusions and give smiles to children in hospitals.
Ella has thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a disease that attacks platelets and increases the risk of injury. So every 8 weeks, she had to go to the hospital to receive a blood infusion. Without treatment the young girl does not have enough platelets in her blood and her coagulation is very poor and if she gets hurt she bleeds a lot.
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She explains on the Medi Teddy website that on her first infusion she was frightened when she saw the equipment, the liquid and the tube up to her arm. Seeing other children feel the same fear, she wanted to create something to ease this experience. And she had the idea of a cute little teddy bear to hide the infusion bag.
With the help of her mother, she therefore drew a prototype which she managed to make real thanks to the magic of a participative kitty to which hundreds of people contributed. Eventually she was able to distribute her invention to children who needed it and allowed many to have an easier stay in the hospital.
source: https://www.instagram.com/medi_teddy/
Share this article with your loved ones, this little girl is awesome and deserves to become a superstar with her Medi Teddy!
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