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Case: Jenny, a 2-year-old girl with a resolving pneumonia and pleural effusion, breathes comfortably on the toddler unit of the hospital. She recently transferred to the floor after an admission to the pediatric intensive care unit. Her nurse reports to the first year resident that Jenny’s parents keep asking when Jenny can go home. John, a first year resident, recalls how ill Jenny looked just 3 days ago. Surprised at the parent’s request, John walks down to Jenny’s room to talk with them.
We needed to understand seizures, to understand the effects of the medications, but most of all we needed help to understand all the things that were happening to our children and to us.
-Anonymous Parent, Seizures and Epilepsy in Childhood: A Guide for Parents by John Freeman, Eileen Vining, and Diana Pillas
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Binder, J. (2010). Concluding Phase. In: Pediatric Interviewing. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-256-8_4
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