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Furloughed. • Our outpatient ENT clinic has had to reduce our patient load *significantly* and is now only seeing maybe 10 patients a day (give or take) in person. A lot of Telehealth visits. With the decreased patient load comes decreased kids coming through the doors. “Elective” and “semi urgent” surgeries cancelled or postponed. Decreased access to healthcare for patients. Lost revenue and funding. Lack of PPE. With that comes difficult decisions, and I am now furloughed indefinitely until the virus is contained, until we can increase our patient load and until we have more PPE for the safety of our staff and for our patients. • Being deemed “nonessential” is about as difficult for me as it was for the docs who had to make that decision for our clinic. There have been so many conversations recently about how healthcare doesn’t stop in the midst of a pandemic. On Instagram, Forums, Facebook pages, between the docs at my clinic, etc. People still need access to healthcare. Kids still need someone to meet them and their feelings where they are and guidance in coping with the stress and trauma that can come with medical experiences. • To all my child life friends still working- I’m sending you all my love. You are valid. Your work is important. • To the nurses, doctors, tech, and more thank you for doing everything you can to help us combat this virus and everything it impacts. • To the students whose practicums, internships and volunteer hours have been halted, I’m here. We will all get through this. • Stay home if you can. Stay safe if you can’t.

New Resource! Kids + COVID-19: Starting the Conversation Link in Bio. . . . #covid19 #kidscovid19solutions #childlifespecialist

We are so excited to announce the TWO winners of the Ultimate Child Life Month Giveaway! Given the current events we are experiencing AND how much we want to spread the child life love, we chose TWO winners! Congrats to @aleidaguerra and @marissav916! Please message @bubblesandbravery to arrange receiving your prizes! Thank you to everyone who liked, tagged, shared, commented and storied! And most of all, thank you to the child life specialists, practicums students, volunteers, assistants, event coordinators, interns and supporters who work SO hard to make every day a little bit easier for our patients and families You are the real deal!

Child Life Month is all about recognizing the important work that child life specialists do and acknowledging how awesome child life specialists are! That’s why we are so excited to announce the Ultimate Child Life Giveaway to celebrate Child Life Month and celebrate child life specialists! The accounts below have joined together to gift one winner some awesome child life prizes and goodies! These accounts are great resources to follow for anyone at any point in their child life journey. Check them out! To enter: Follow ALL the accounts below (we will be checking!) Like this post! Sharing is caring— share this post to your story and spread the child life love! **Contest ends in TWO WEEKS!** ACCOUNTS: @bubblesandbravery @movinginforever @give.play.love @standishfoundation @wonderfulworldofchildlife @buzzyhelps @shadesofplay_ccls @childlifeoffduty @childlifemommy @adventuresinchildlife @live.love.childlife @thechildlifementor @theothersideofthecurtain @kirstenmblack @FACLP @theipadlady @childlifejackie @bubblesandbandaids @3pchildlife @childlife_be_likethat @jessieannsmith @childlifecorner @lluchildlife @childlifeblog @childlifealexx . . #childlifemonth #childlifespecialist #giveaway #ccls #childlifestudent

Officially been working as a Child Life Specialist for ONE YEAR! . . 2016 - BA in Human Services 2017 - enrolled in grad school at @bank.street 2018 - Internship at Blank Children’s Hospital 2019 - January: Started at Iowa ENT Center. March: CCLS! May: MS in Child Life . . #childlifespecialist #childlife #ccls #mastersdegree #bankstreetcollegeofeducation #outpatientclinic #oneyear #workaversary #21weekspregnant

An exciting update over here! A little mini due this coming June!! Been MIA recently with lots of upcoming changes. Hoping to get back to posting soon. In the mean time we are super excited to start planning for our baby. ❤️❤️

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