Pediatric Home Health Care In Lancaster City, PA – Her Favorite Teddy Bear
Carissa’s favorite teddy bear
Carissa is a little 8 year old girl who was used to being sick. She had never had a very strong immune system and had health issues since birth. When Carissa came down with pneumonia, she was hospitalized. It was pretty scary for her parents the first few days, as Carissa battled the pneumonia but didn’t yet show signs of improvement. She slept most of the time. Starting on the fifth day Carissa was more alert and showing improvement slowly but surely. As her family breathed a sigh of relief, Carissa whispered something to her mom. She wanted to go home to be with her favorite teddy bear. The next day, her mom brought what she thought was her favorite teddy bear.
“No, mom. That’s not my favorite bear.” Carissa’s mom was surprised and confused. Carissa only had the one. Carissa explained to her mom that every night, when daddy read her bedtime story, she would get out her play dishes and daddy would pretend to be a teddy bear. She really missed that time with her dad and since she was in the hospital, they couldn’t do that anymore. It just wasn’t the same.
Pediatric Home Health Care was the solution for Carissa’s family. It allowed Carissa to go home to have tea parties at night with her favorite teddy bear and the family was able to support Carissa and be there for her through her recovery while a qualified nurse looked after her health care needs at home.
What Pediatric Home Health Care provides
If your child has any kind of mental or physical condition requiring medical attention, consider using pediatric home health care. It allows your child to continue participating as a member of the family and allows them the comfort of home instead of being in the hospital for extended periods of time.
Some of the medical services they provide include:
- Rehabilitation therapy
- Attending to special health care needs
- Care of metabolic disorders or neurologic disorders
- Care of children with medical complexity
- Management of medical equipment
- Aerosol nebulizer compressors
- Oxygen concentrators
- Pulse oximeters
- Ventilators
Families are able to participate in the care of their family member and still have the freedom to go and do other activities that are part of their daily life like school, work and social activities outside the home. Home health care means less trips back and forth to hospitals and doctors more time together as a family.
If you are considering pediatric home health care services in the Lancaster City PA area, contact the caring staff at Extended Family Care of Lancaster. Call today and we will answer all of your questions about pediatric home health care services in the home. Call (717)205-2174
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