Hi everyone.
Please let me know if you know of any books that are available for children with regards to going for surgery and also for receiving a prostetic foot and leg. I'd like to know if there's something that explains it to children in their own language.
Thanks
Amanda
Cape Town
resources
Here's what I we use:
Book: The best book I found was “Going to the Hospital” by Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers). It has a lot of great photographs that talk about going to a hospital and what might happen while you’re there. It’s one of our favorite books to read.
Book: “Harry and Willy and Carrothead” by Judith Caseley. It’s a cute book about a boy born without a hand who wears a prosthesis.
TV show: Have the child (and parent) watch Arthur (a PBS children’s cartoon) episode “Operation D.W.” from 2006. I remember watching this episode for the first time just before my daughter had her hip surgery. It’s on PBS every so often. It’s about Arthur’s little sister getting tubes in her ears. This obviously isn’t as major a surgery as pffd patients get, but how DW prepares for surgery is pretty accurate for anyone getting surgery. They show her being anxious about the surgery, going to a pre-op visit, and even fasting before surgery. It’s appropriate for all ages.
Beth