Well, it's a good thing that our visit from Dr. Emily happened last week and not this week! She would have sent many of us in Studio Blue home sick!
Instead, we were able to all come together on the rug to learn about what a doctor does to care for people. Dr. Emily explained that part of her job is to help people to stay healthy. When someone is not healthy and not feeling great, her job is to figure out what is wrong. Then she tries to help that person to feel better. She used a big word to tell us about what it's called when she needs to figure out what is making somebody feel sick. Can you remember what that word is?
When her patients are sick, Dr. Emily's job is to diagnose them - To be sort of like a detective to figure out what is making the person feel sick. She uses her eyes to look and her ears to listen. She also uses some doctor tools.
What does a doctor use to take care of people?
A Doctor's Bag...
When we see many of you beginning to play doctor or hospital, you often start by putting together a tool kit, like this.
Dr. Emily also has her own kind of tool kit.
She calls it her doctor bag. The bag is special to her because it was given to her by her grandfather, who was also a doctor. Do you remember Dr. Emily told us that a long, long time ago, doctors like her grandfather, went to your house when you were sick!
...With Many Tools
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A Stethoscope
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An Ophthalmoscope
A Tuning Fork
A Reflex Hammer
A Blood Pressure Cuff
Gloves, Bandaids and a Story
Doctor Emily told us that she needed our help to take care of a bunny in a book she brought. First, she passed out gloves and bandaids to whomever wanted to have them. The gloves were very tricky to put on our hands but many of you tried.
Thank you very much to Dr. Emily and her special helper, “Nurse” Wyatt! It was great having you visit us in Studio Blue!
