Pinwheels, bubbles and remote control cars. These are just a few gift ideas that might benefit a child who's in the hospital.
UAB Child Life Therapist Jane Love says gifts for children in the hospital can actually be helpful if you take the time to find out if there are any special directives or tasks ordered by a child's physician.
For example, after a major surgery, doctors try to get children up and walking around as quickly as possible. Love says a remote control car is an ideal toy to prod a child to get up and get moving.
Also, she said many times surgery patients need to do deep breathing exercises following a procedure to loosen up fluids and alleviate soreness. Love said pinwheels or bubbles are excellent ways to get kids to breathe.
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