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It gave my daughter something to focus on during treatment

Posted By Member42

"It gave my daughter something to focus on during treatment"

About: Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (Edinburgh) / Lochranza Ward Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (Edinburgh) / Play Services

(as a parent/guardian),

Emily from Lochranza Ward is an absolute angel ❤️ We first met Emily in 2018 when my daughter was diagnosed with Leukaemia.  

My earliest memory of Emily was when we’d got the devastating news and she was amazing at looking after my 2 other children who we had with us, keeping them distracted with painting and playing while we tried to get our heads around what we’d just been told about their sister.

Since then she’s continued to be a huge part of our little girls hospital stays, always there with plenty of crafts and toys to keep her busy and entertained. She's great with all the children organising messy play, baking, fun activities etc.

One day last year when we were in for a long stay and having a particularly tough time Emily brought a bracelet making set to our room and that started off something special. It gave my daughter something to focus on during treatment and she made bracelets for all of the staff on the ward (nurses were literally queuing up!) she went on to make some for the other children and parents.

We had requests from all over the UK and soon she’d made hundreds of bracelets … It wouldn’t have happened if Emily hadn’t brought her those beads along that day ❤️

We are so thankful for the amazing work that Emily and all the play specialists do  x

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Response from Nicola Davison, Clinical Nurse Manager, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, NHS Lothian 4 weeks ago
Nicola Davison
Clinical Nurse Manager, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People,
NHS Lothian

Submitted on 29/04/2024 at 17:32
Published on Care Opinion at 17:32

Dear Member42,

Thank you so much for taking the time to post such lovely comments about a member of our Lochranza ward play team.

I cannot imagine how much of a difficult time you and your daughter must have had over the last 6 years, so to hear the impact that Emily has made for your daughter and her siblings is amazing! And the positive difference your daughter is now making for hundreds of other children's lives through her bracelets is so inspiring.

Thank you for sharing that with us.

Nicola

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