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Nursery Rhymes and Light Fingers to Ease Hospitalization in Pediatrics

“I walk in my field. I make beautiful grooves. I plant carrot seeds, then I close the furrows.” Swiping, stroking, patting, Akila’s fingers mimic a nursery rhyme on her 8-year-old son Sami’s back, wearing his brown curls and wearing his favorite soccer jersey. Sitting cross-legged on the hospital bed, the baby rolls with laughter under the humming massage. “Wait, I’m not donelaughs the young woman. I need sun and of course rain to grow my lettuce. Carrots start to grow… And suddenly a naughty rabbit comes and starts to eat everything.” The hand, lightly, hangs itself, the mother and the child smile at each other.

Last year, Sami was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a disease that destroys the insulin-producing cells in his pancreas and requires daily treatment and close medical monitoring. During a short stay in pediatrics at Louis-Mourier Hospital (Colombe, Hauts-de-Seine)…

Source: Le Figaro

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