Kidney Get Well Soon Hospital

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# Be happy, be healthy and get well soon

# The doctor will tell you what is good for you

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# And if you're feeling poorly Just remember this tune

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# Cos the doctor and nurse Well, they know what to do

They do!

# They'll always take good care of you, so

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# Be happy, be healthy and get well soon

# The doctor will tell you what is good for you

# Be happy, healthy

And...

# Get well soon! #

Hello! I'm Dr Ranj.

Welcome to our very special hospital just for children.

Come on, I'll show you around.

Lots of clever people, like doctors and nurses, work here.

And they're specially trained to care for children just like you.

You may come here because you're not feeling well...

or you need to have a test...

or an operation.

-Hello.

-Hello, Dr Ranj.

But don't worry, whatever you're here for, there'll be someone like

me to check that you're healthy, or to help you get well soon.

This is my floor. I'd better get to work.

Hello. I'm in the radiology department.

This is where we use special machines to see inside your body.

I've got a patient coming to see me today. I wonder who it will be.

Who's come to visit me?

Who will it be? Can you guess which friend it is?

Let's see.

I know who that is.

It's Kiwa.

Whee!

# I've got the wheels and I can ride

# I can whisk down any slide

# I've got wheels

# I've got wheels

# I've got wheels

# I've got wheels

# The doctor knows I need Adventure, fun and speed

# I've got wheels Round and round and round

# I've got wheels Whizzing round

# I've got wheels Round and round and round

# I've got wheels Whizzing round. #

I've got wheels! Woo!

-Hello, Kiwa, come in.

-Hi, Dr Ranj.

Do you know why you've come to see me today, Kiwa?

Erm, because I did stingy wees, Dr Ranj.

That's nothing to be embarrassed about, you did a stingy wee

because you had an infection.

-Infection?

-If you have an infection,

it sometimes means that a part of your body isn't working properly.

-Oh.

-So today we're going to check by looking inside your body.

-SHE GASPS

-Really?

How are you going to look INSIDE my body, Dr Ranj?

I'm going to do something we call an ultrasound scan.

-Hmm. Will it hurt?

-No, Kiwa, not at all.

An ultrasound scan uses sound waves.

Oh, OK.

Hi, Dr Ranj.

You don't need to wave, Kiwa,

the sound waves bounce off parts of your body inside.

Oh, will I feel them bouncing inside me?

No, Kiwa, you won't feel anything.

Oh. Well, what happens then?

From the sound waves, the machine creates a picture

on a computer screen of the inside of your body.

Wow. Will I be able to see inside my body, too, Dr Ranj?

You'll be able to see the pictures on the computer screen.

Oh, great. What bits of me are you going to look at?

We're going to look at your kidneys, to check they're healthy,

-and your bladder, too.

-My bladder? Is that like a big ladder?

Cos I don't think I've got one of those.

-No, Kiwa, your bladder is like a balloon inside your body.

-A balloon?

Yes, a balloon that holds your wee. Look.

Hm. It doesn't look very big.

How can it hold all my wee?

Your bladder can stretch.

Oh. Just like a balloon!

Yes, a bit like if I fill up this balloon with air...

..and then if I blow more,

the balloon will stretch just like your bladder.

Hmm!

As it starts to fill up, your bladder tells your body that it

needs emptying and that's when your body tells you you need a wee.

Oh. And what was the other thing you said we were going to look at,

-Dr Ranj?

-Your kidneys.

Kidneys? You mean these?

I'm a kid and there's my knees.

No, Kiwa, look.

-SHE GASPS

-They look like beans!

That's how kidney beans get their name,

because they're a similar shape.

I eat kidney beans. But I wouldn't eat my kidneys, Dr Ranj.

No, Kiwa, your kidneys are very important. They work very hard.

Oh, well, what do they do?

Your kidneys are like little cleaners for your body.

They take the waste out of your blood.

Oh, like when we get rid of the rubbish at home.

Along with any water that your body doesn't need, the waste gets

taken out of your blood by your kidneys and is turned into wee.

And then your wee is sent from your kidneys to your...

-Bladder!

-That's right. SHE LAUGHS

Sometimes, if you have a problem with your kidneys and bladder,

your wee can get infected

and that can make it stingy, so that's why we're taking a look.

-Oh. OK.

-SHE LAUGHS

So are you ready for me to do the ultrasound scan now, Kiwa?

Yes, I can't wait to see inside my body.

OK then. You'll see everything on this monitor.

-Oh!

-The pictures are sent to the monitor using this ultrasound probe.

It looks like we're going to play a video game!

I'll need to move this probe across your tummy to create the pictures.

-Oh.

-Comfortable, Kiwa?

-Yes.

-Good. Before I get started, I'll need to use some special jelly.

Oh, jelly? Thanks, Dr Ranj, but I'm not very hungry.

You don't eat it, Kiwa, this is special hospital jelly that goes on

your skin to help the ultrasound probe moves smoothly.

Oh...

There.

SHE GIGGLES How's that?

Gooey!

Let's have a look at your bladder first, then.

What's that?

That's your bladder.

-SHE GASPS

-Is it?!

-That's it.

It's a very blurry bladder.

The pictures might look blurry to you, Kiwa,

-but I can see that your bladder looks normal.

-Oh, good.

Can we see my kidneys now, please?

That's what we're going to do next, Kiwa.

I'll move the ultrasound probe around a bit to get the best picture

of each kidney.

-OK.

-And that's one of your kidneys, Kiwa, right there.

Oh. It looks more like a blurry blob than a bean.

A healthy kidney too, from what I can see.

Now, let's check your other kidney, too.

-SHE GASPS

-Is that it?

Yes, Kiwa, that's your other kidney and that looks healthy.

Great, kidneys are cool!

# Don't be shy, let's find out why Your kidneys will amaze you

# They keep all the bad stuff out They're like a clever strainer

# Respect for your kidneys Where would we all be

# If they didn't do their job and if we couldn't wee?

# Respect for your kidneys Where would be all be?

# They clean up what's inside you and help you do a wee

My kidneys are like beans!

-I'm full of beans.

-SHE GIGGLES

# And if you need a kidney test The doc will spread the jelly

# So he can use the ultrasound to look inside your belly.

# Respect for your kidneys Where would we all be

# If they didn't do their job and if we couldn't wee?

# Respect for your kidneys Where would we be?

# They clean up what's inside and help you do a wee. #

There you go, Kiwa, nice and clean.

From the pictures we saw on your ultrasound scan, it

looks like your kidneys and bladder are healthy and working properly.

Well, that's really good, Dr Ranj. But why did I do stingy wees, then?

Sometimes bad germs inside our bodies cause infections for no

reason at all.

So...will I do stingy wees again?

Hopefully not, Kiwa, but if you do, we'll give you some more medicine to

make you better. But for now, I'm going to give you a sticker.

Oh! A sticker and not a stinger, Dr Ranj.

SHE CHUCKLES Definitely not a stinger.

-Thanks, Dr Ranj.

-Bye, Kiwa.

It's time for me and everyone here at the children's hospital to say

goodbye now. Thanks for coming to see us. See you next time.

But until then, be happy, be healthy and get well soon!

If you're not feeling well, it's always best to go

and see your own doctor - and get well soon.