"Early in my career in the emergency care setting, a mother brought in a young patient who was experiencing severe stomach pain and some bleeding. While in obvious pain, the patient was trying her hardest to find humor in her visit throughout numerous testing processes. During the few hours she was under my care, we played games, made puppets, and told jokes to each other. This really helped open the patient up to talking about the discomfort she was experiencing and helped lead to an eventual common surgery. I always look back to this experience with this patient because it taught me that doing the little things for a patient that are important are what makes a scary situation much easier for them."
