Your Child in the Hospital
My Hospital Journal
My name:__________________________
Date I came to the hospital:__________________________
Name of the hospital:__________________________
What I thought it would be like:__________________________
What my parents told me:___________________________
What the hospital tour was like:__________________________
What I packed:___________________________
My room number:____________________________
My bed:____________________________
What I see out my window:__________________________
How I decorate my room:___________________________
How my parents describe it:__________________________
How my doctor describes it:__________________________
What I think of it:_____________________________
My doctor’s name: ___________________________
What I call him/her:__________________________
What I like best about my doctor:____________________________
My doctor writes a note:_____________________________
My nurses’ names:____________________________
What I call them:__________________________
What I like best about my nurses:____________________________
My nurses write a note:__________________________
My roommate’s name:__________________________
Why my roommate is in the hospital:__________________________
Where my roommate lives:__________________________
What I like about sharing a room:__________________________
What I don’t like:__________________________
My teacher’s name:_
My best friends at school:__________________________
How my class will know I am in the hospital:__________________________
How many days of school I am missing:__________________________
How I do my homework:__________________________
People who sent me cards or gifts
What I order for meals:__________________________
Favorite breakfast:__________________________
Favorite lunch:__________________________
Favorite dinner:__________________________
Hospital food I don’t like:__________________________
Food I can’t have:__________________________
Places I’ve been to in the hospital
____ Lobby
____ Gift shop
____ Cafeteria
____ Playroom
____ Elevator
____ Operating room
____ Recovery room
____ Nurses’ station
____ X-ray room
Others:__________________________
What happens at night in the hospital
What it sounds like:__________________________
When the nurses come in:___________________________
What nurses do at night:___________________________
What I like:__________________________
What I don’t like:__________________________
My brother(s):__________________________
My sister(s):__________________________
My pets:__________________________
My friends:__________________________
My bed:__________________________
What else?__________________________
How I play in my room:_
What the hospital playroom is like:_
How I go to the playroom:___________________________
Who helps kids in the playroom:____________________________
What toys are there:__________________________
Other kids I met in the playroom:__________________________
Pills I have to take:__________________________
How the pills taste:__________________________
Liquid medicine I have to take:__________________________
How my liquid medicine tastes:__________________________
How often I have medicine:__________________________
How I feel about my medicines:____________________________
____ CAT scan
____ X-ray
____ Blood draw
Others:___________________________
Tests I like the best:__________________________
Tests I don’t like:____________________________
Prizes I get:__________________________
What my operation is for:___________________________
What my bandages look like:_
My surgeon’s name:__________________________
What I remember:__________________________
How long I stayed in the hospital:____________________________
The day I left the hospital:__________________________
How I went from my room to the front door of the hospital:
What it was like outside:__________________________
Who drove me home:__________________________
How I felt about leaving:__________________________
What I remember most:__________________________
How I’ll feel if I have to go to the hospital again:_______________
Table of Contents
All Guides- Introduction
- 1. Before You Go
- 2. The Emergency Room
- 3. Preparing Your Child
- 4. The Facilities
- 5. The Staff
- 6. Communicating with Doctors
- 7. Common Procedures
- 8. Surgery
- 9. Pain Management
- 10. Family and Friends. What to Say
- 11. Family and Friends. How to Help
- 12. Feelings and Behavior
- 13. Siblings
- 14. Long-Term Illness or Injury
- 15. School
- 16. Medical and Financial Records
- 17. Insurance
- 18. Sources of Financial Help
- 19. Looking Back
- My Hospital Journal
- Packing List
- Resources
- Contributors
- About the Author