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• I play games with my therapist
• I don't even have to look at the signs anymore
• You get used to it
• Ways to pass the time waiting

I play games with my therapist

I come to help me stretch my legs so I can walk better.  I don’t mind coming in. Well, I don’t like coming in early, early in the morning.   I play games with my therapist.

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I don't even have to look at the signs anymore

I’m recovering from surgery and all kinds of cool junk. I’ve been down here enough. Basically I don’t even have to look at the signs anymore. I know this is that way and that is that way. And when I came down here I was terrified of the food because I’ve been in other hospitals before, and hospital food doesn’t have the best batting average in the world.

-Robert, 21 years old

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You get used to it

I just go to my therapy and work as hard as I can. I mean, I really don’t mind it. I know that I have to work hard and do all my exercises and that type of stuff you get used to it after a while.

- Madison, 10 years old

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Ways to pass the time waiting

During the long drives to the doctor’s I make sure to bring books and my Ipod. If I find things to do while I wait, the time seems to go faster. Sometimes I talk to some of the kids in the waiting room. If I am going to be at the hospital overnight, I bring music or a stuffed animal to help me relax. In therapies, I try to find fun activities to do to distract me.

-Stephanie, 14 years old

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