a wise person once said a happy heart is
a good medicine there once was a little
boy named Levi born on April 22nd at 28
and a half weeks 12 weeks premature and
born was Shone’s disease a congenital
type of heart disease he was the
smallest cutest little baby the family
had ever seen not even two pounds in
weight his older sister always loved
visiting him in the niku the neonatal
intensive care unit pretending to be a
little doctor and assisting the nurses
at only two weeks old he had his first
surgery to fix the Corrick tation of his
aorta there were many laughs and smiles
and tons of pictures taken after the
surgery the little girl was only four
and a half years old when he was born
about to explode with excitement for a
new sibling she was fascinated with all
the machines they use to keep him alive
and use the stethoscope to check his
heartbeat daily she knew her brother was
adorable but the thing she loved most
about him was to smile as the months
went on she made more and more memories
and saw new machines such as the CPAP
breathing device this machine provides
continuous positive airway pressure so
when you breathe in your airway does not
collapse the little girl was very happy
her family was going daily to spend time
with her new baby brother on December
5th
Levi passed away unexpectedly after an
open-heart surgery all the excitement
that had built up was deflated and they
didn’t understand why he was gone
they never fully comprehended what
happened throughout their time at the
hospital and after their son and brother
had passed away the family received
immense support from the medic
and support staff at the Children’s
Hospital doctors are supposed to have
emotional boundaries with their patients
because if they get too attached and can
be emotionally overwhelming the day
before Levi’s funeral there was a prayer
service for all the parents and family
and friends who wanted to pay their
respects to little levi unbeknownst to
anyone Levi’s heart surgeon attended his
prayer service when the family told this
had occurred to all the doctors and
nurses they were surprised since that
had never happened before
now every year on Levi’s birthday the
family releases balloons into the air in
honor of their little gentleman never
forgetting him and all the support they
had received in those hard times I
believe and Medical Careers that human
interaction is crucial since that person
will never be fully treated without this
important element even if you are just
making conversation or showing you care
it is imperative because that baby that
benefits both patients and family
medical studies have shown that babies
in niku have a higher survival rate when
having someone hold them and having a
good connection so don’t you think if a
patient has a better connection with
their doctor they will also have a
higher survival rate in this day and age
I find everyone is on electronics
including me one day I looked on the
street and I saw seven out of ten people
on their phones in one block I find
people aren’t as genuine and interactive
anymore which I think will adversely
affect communities in the future here is
an example of good human interaction
babies list of demands are
straightforward they need food sleep and
frequent diaper changes but most crucial
on their list is cuddling Ruth Feldman
did a study on premature infants
that shows a new angle on why our
species is so powerfully craving for
cuddles these babies that get constant
cuddling tend to sleep better manage
stress more easily and have better
autonomic functions such as heart rate
in most Nick use today kangaroo care is
being used but in the 1990s most
hospitals thought that exposing preemies
to germs outweighed the benefits of
holding them in 1996 Ruth Feldman
assembled two sample groups of 73 babies
each at two different hospitals one got
standard care and one got kangaroo care
then they examine the babies when they
were 3 6 12 and 24 months old and again
when they were 5 and 10 years old
these babies that had received kangaroo
care excelled in numerous activities
such as having better respiration and
heart rate a better span of attention
and more predictable sleep patterns even
ten years later the benefits of kangaroo
care were shown 10 year olds exhibited
better stress management than their
counterparts in most NIC use today
kangaroo care is being practiced but for
places that don’t already practice it
the study speaks for itself not only do
medical professions require this good
human interaction so do many others one
of which our teachers teachers encourage
children of the younger generation to be
who they are and to try their best they
mold the new minds and give students the
necessary motivation to overcome
problems even when they seem impossible
all the teachers I have had have a
personal connection with the students
and were there to talk to you whether it
was personal or school related I find
that this connection motivates me to do
better and makes me feel safe and wanted
in class knowing that my teacher
caris for me is a feeling that all
students should experience everyone
faces a dark moment in their life and my
darkest moment I believed has inspired
me to become a doctor the picture of the
boy in the first slideshow is my little
brother and as I mentioned earlier it
was very unusual
when Levi’s heart surgeon came to his
prayer service but that act of kindness
showed the human compassion all patients
and their families need now I’m not
saying all doctors should come to their
patients funerals but this is a
prominent example of how doctors can be
emotional anchors for patients and be
along with Levi’s story my mom has
rheumatoid arthritis my grandfather in
Colombia has Alzheimer’s and recently on
April 27th our parish priest and family
friend of ours passed away after a long
struggle with brain cancer all these
constant life struggles furthermore push
me to want to be a common doctor to try
and prevent the sadness that death
delivers and to be that emotional anchor
when possible I cannot stress how
important these relationships are
whether you know the person or not
knowing that a medical professional
cares for you and you’re not just
another patient in room two hundred
person on that checklist for the for
today is essential to feeling better
becoming healthy and possibly free of
disease I believe that this interaction
improves the patient’s mental health and
well-being subsequently aiding to their
physical recovery doctors need to have
this ability of relating to others
speaking to strangers being very
personable and having excellent bedside
manners a few years ago my mom was
wrongly diagnosed for having a pneumonia
the doctor that came to treat her didn’t
even step in the room and diagnosed her
from the hospital room door later when
she was transferred to a different word
of the hospital and seen by a different
doctor
he stated that she had a gallbladder
problem these are two completely
different medical issues and it is
completely absurd that this doctor
didn’t even interact with my mom to
figure out what she had on the contrary
my family has depended on many
supportive and approachable doctors one
of which is my mom’s rheumatologist
hopefully this wrong diagnosis was an
isolated incident
but these problems will become more
frequent and more dangerous for patients
if we don’t put a stop to this lack of
interaction your health has the power to
make your life what it is and so do your
losses when you’re happy you feel like
you’re on top of the world and nothing
can stop you
finding out that a family member is sick
can be depressing or it can make you
cherish the time you have with them it
can also completely break the person or
empower them to overcome whatever
sickness they may have I find that
sickness brings people together because
we need each other
especially in hard times people become
more understanding and more giving and
are there for you health is a very broad
term it can refer to mental health like
anxiety and depression physical health
or even spiritual health I believe it is
one of the most powerful things in the
world it has the power to make you the
most hateful or the most grateful and as
the power to make you miserable or the
happiest person on earth Levi is the
main reason I want to be a doctor and an
example to me of a huge struggle in life
whenever I think of medicine I think of
the incubators and the surgeries
whenever I think that school sports or
life is too much
I think of Levi’s struggles and I push
on so hopefully one day I will be a
doctor giving people good news about
their health or helping them if things
aren’t looking too good
the reason I’m here to talk to you today
is to encourage other young people to
follow their dream couriers to interact
with others and to strive to support
others when you think about it all life
comes down to is helping others and
relationships with them so take your
painful memories as fuel and motivation
and forge them into positive powerful
new dreams not only to help yourself but
also to help others sometimes you just
have to sit and think what am i doing
and is it actually helping anyone at the
end of the day we need each other we
depend on each other to survive and we
don’t want to be alone this generation
of teens is too caught up in social
media popularity and fame and then it’s
time to find a sense of belonging but
they forget that a better way to belong
to a community is to be a person someone
can count on I’m not saying professions
and music or acting or bad many
musicians and actors help people through
the meaning of their music or through
charity I’m saying we need more
compassion and a lot more authenticity
in this world especially when we are
right now prey to terror stepped
terrorist attacks wars epidemics of
diseases and world hunger a way we can
start this flow of compassion is by
choosing careers you actually like that
benefit others I am for my part thinking
that we need more doctors and nurses to
keep the flow of health in rich
countries but even more in third-world
countries because they need more health
than they be are being given so instead
of looking for popularity and fame
choose a career you actually enjoy and
don’t just choose a job you hate because
it pays well find a job that fulfills
you and makes you you there are so many
different and unique job choices
nowadays it’s incredible I find my
interest lies in medicine so what are
your interests and how will you help the
world
perhaps as a great sculptor or musician
brightening up the world with creativity
and teaching us a new way of expression
you can take creative careers like this
and expand and transform them even more
for example you can be artistic by
designing machines and buildings that
are eco-friendly to expand City think of
the ways you can help others even if
it’s only one person and if you feel
like you aren’t helping anyone figure
out a way it can look at the ways you
can be of service to others look at the
human vulnerable and emotional side of
situations look at the little acts of
kindness that show the human compassion
all patients and their families need
thank you [Applause]
a good medicine there once was a little
boy named Levi born on April 22nd at 28
and a half weeks 12 weeks premature and
born was Shone’s disease a congenital
type of heart disease he was the
smallest cutest little baby the family
had ever seen not even two pounds in
weight his older sister always loved
visiting him in the niku the neonatal
intensive care unit pretending to be a
little doctor and assisting the nurses
at only two weeks old he had his first
surgery to fix the Corrick tation of his
aorta there were many laughs and smiles
and tons of pictures taken after the
surgery the little girl was only four
and a half years old when he was born
about to explode with excitement for a
new sibling she was fascinated with all
the machines they use to keep him alive
and use the stethoscope to check his
heartbeat daily she knew her brother was
adorable but the thing she loved most
about him was to smile as the months
went on she made more and more memories
and saw new machines such as the CPAP
breathing device this machine provides
continuous positive airway pressure so
when you breathe in your airway does not
collapse the little girl was very happy
her family was going daily to spend time
with her new baby brother on December
5th
Levi passed away unexpectedly after an
open-heart surgery all the excitement
that had built up was deflated and they
didn’t understand why he was gone
they never fully comprehended what
happened throughout their time at the
hospital and after their son and brother
had passed away the family received
immense support from the medic
and support staff at the Children’s
Hospital doctors are supposed to have
emotional boundaries with their patients
because if they get too attached and can
be emotionally overwhelming the day
before Levi’s funeral there was a prayer
service for all the parents and family
and friends who wanted to pay their
respects to little levi unbeknownst to
anyone Levi’s heart surgeon attended his
prayer service when the family told this
had occurred to all the doctors and
nurses they were surprised since that
had never happened before
now every year on Levi’s birthday the
family releases balloons into the air in
honor of their little gentleman never
forgetting him and all the support they
had received in those hard times I
believe and Medical Careers that human
interaction is crucial since that person
will never be fully treated without this
important element even if you are just
making conversation or showing you care
it is imperative because that baby that
benefits both patients and family
medical studies have shown that babies
in niku have a higher survival rate when
having someone hold them and having a
good connection so don’t you think if a
patient has a better connection with
their doctor they will also have a
higher survival rate in this day and age
I find everyone is on electronics
including me one day I looked on the
street and I saw seven out of ten people
on their phones in one block I find
people aren’t as genuine and interactive
anymore which I think will adversely
affect communities in the future here is
an example of good human interaction
babies list of demands are
straightforward they need food sleep and
frequent diaper changes but most crucial
on their list is cuddling Ruth Feldman
did a study on premature infants
that shows a new angle on why our
species is so powerfully craving for
cuddles these babies that get constant
cuddling tend to sleep better manage
stress more easily and have better
autonomic functions such as heart rate
in most Nick use today kangaroo care is
being used but in the 1990s most
hospitals thought that exposing preemies
to germs outweighed the benefits of
holding them in 1996 Ruth Feldman
assembled two sample groups of 73 babies
each at two different hospitals one got
standard care and one got kangaroo care
then they examine the babies when they
were 3 6 12 and 24 months old and again
when they were 5 and 10 years old
these babies that had received kangaroo
care excelled in numerous activities
such as having better respiration and
heart rate a better span of attention
and more predictable sleep patterns even
ten years later the benefits of kangaroo
care were shown 10 year olds exhibited
better stress management than their
counterparts in most NIC use today
kangaroo care is being practiced but for
places that don’t already practice it
the study speaks for itself not only do
medical professions require this good
human interaction so do many others one
of which our teachers teachers encourage
children of the younger generation to be
who they are and to try their best they
mold the new minds and give students the
necessary motivation to overcome
problems even when they seem impossible
all the teachers I have had have a
personal connection with the students
and were there to talk to you whether it
was personal or school related I find
that this connection motivates me to do
better and makes me feel safe and wanted
in class knowing that my teacher
caris for me is a feeling that all
students should experience everyone
faces a dark moment in their life and my
darkest moment I believed has inspired
me to become a doctor the picture of the
boy in the first slideshow is my little
brother and as I mentioned earlier it
was very unusual
when Levi’s heart surgeon came to his
prayer service but that act of kindness
showed the human compassion all patients
and their families need now I’m not
saying all doctors should come to their
patients funerals but this is a
prominent example of how doctors can be
emotional anchors for patients and be
along with Levi’s story my mom has
rheumatoid arthritis my grandfather in
Colombia has Alzheimer’s and recently on
April 27th our parish priest and family
friend of ours passed away after a long
struggle with brain cancer all these
constant life struggles furthermore push
me to want to be a common doctor to try
and prevent the sadness that death
delivers and to be that emotional anchor
when possible I cannot stress how
important these relationships are
whether you know the person or not
knowing that a medical professional
cares for you and you’re not just
another patient in room two hundred
person on that checklist for the for
today is essential to feeling better
becoming healthy and possibly free of
disease I believe that this interaction
improves the patient’s mental health and
well-being subsequently aiding to their
physical recovery doctors need to have
this ability of relating to others
speaking to strangers being very
personable and having excellent bedside
manners a few years ago my mom was
wrongly diagnosed for having a pneumonia
the doctor that came to treat her didn’t
even step in the room and diagnosed her
from the hospital room door later when
she was transferred to a different word
of the hospital and seen by a different
doctor
he stated that she had a gallbladder
problem these are two completely
different medical issues and it is
completely absurd that this doctor
didn’t even interact with my mom to
figure out what she had on the contrary
my family has depended on many
supportive and approachable doctors one
of which is my mom’s rheumatologist
hopefully this wrong diagnosis was an
isolated incident
but these problems will become more
frequent and more dangerous for patients
if we don’t put a stop to this lack of
interaction your health has the power to
make your life what it is and so do your
losses when you’re happy you feel like
you’re on top of the world and nothing
can stop you
finding out that a family member is sick
can be depressing or it can make you
cherish the time you have with them it
can also completely break the person or
empower them to overcome whatever
sickness they may have I find that
sickness brings people together because
we need each other
especially in hard times people become
more understanding and more giving and
are there for you health is a very broad
term it can refer to mental health like
anxiety and depression physical health
or even spiritual health I believe it is
one of the most powerful things in the
world it has the power to make you the
most hateful or the most grateful and as
the power to make you miserable or the
happiest person on earth Levi is the
main reason I want to be a doctor and an
example to me of a huge struggle in life
whenever I think of medicine I think of
the incubators and the surgeries
whenever I think that school sports or
life is too much
I think of Levi’s struggles and I push
on so hopefully one day I will be a
doctor giving people good news about
their health or helping them if things
aren’t looking too good
the reason I’m here to talk to you today
is to encourage other young people to
follow their dream couriers to interact
with others and to strive to support
others when you think about it all life
comes down to is helping others and
relationships with them so take your
painful memories as fuel and motivation
and forge them into positive powerful
new dreams not only to help yourself but
also to help others sometimes you just
have to sit and think what am i doing
and is it actually helping anyone at the
end of the day we need each other we
depend on each other to survive and we
don’t want to be alone this generation
of teens is too caught up in social
media popularity and fame and then it’s
time to find a sense of belonging but
they forget that a better way to belong
to a community is to be a person someone
can count on I’m not saying professions
and music or acting or bad many
musicians and actors help people through
the meaning of their music or through
charity I’m saying we need more
compassion and a lot more authenticity
in this world especially when we are
right now prey to terror stepped
terrorist attacks wars epidemics of
diseases and world hunger a way we can
start this flow of compassion is by
choosing careers you actually like that
benefit others I am for my part thinking
that we need more doctors and nurses to
keep the flow of health in rich
countries but even more in third-world
countries because they need more health
than they be are being given so instead
of looking for popularity and fame
choose a career you actually enjoy and
don’t just choose a job you hate because
it pays well find a job that fulfills
you and makes you you there are so many
different and unique job choices
nowadays it’s incredible I find my
interest lies in medicine so what are
your interests and how will you help the
world
perhaps as a great sculptor or musician
brightening up the world with creativity
and teaching us a new way of expression
you can take creative careers like this
and expand and transform them even more
for example you can be artistic by
designing machines and buildings that
are eco-friendly to expand City think of
the ways you can help others even if
it’s only one person and if you feel
like you aren’t helping anyone figure
out a way it can look at the ways you
can be of service to others look at the
human vulnerable and emotional side of
situations look at the little acts of
kindness that show the human compassion
all patients and their families need
thank you [Applause]
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