A reassuring call from a social worker…

Janine, a social worker from the hospital called this morning. She returned my call about a program designed to introduce young children and teenage patients to the hospital, operating room, and recovery room. Janine has really helped ease some of my fears. Particularly, fear that the hospital staff may be unprepared or untrained to handle an autistic child. She told me about their experienced Child Life Specialists who are there to help all of its pediatric patients, including those with developmental disabilities. Janine assured me the social workers, child life specialists, teacher, physical therapists, and medical teams in ICU and the pediatric ward, would do their best to access and see that MJ's needs are met while in the hospital, at discharge, and at home. What a blessing… and a relief!