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Supporting care through play in hospital
Supporting care through
play in
hospital
Transplant patients mark discharge from inpatient care with marble run
The mum of a young liver transplant patient has teamed up with staff at Leeds Children’s Hospital to create an ‘end of treatment’ marble run to celebrate
this important milestone for young patients. The marble run has been set up by the team on Ward L50, who care for children and young people requiring liver or kidney transplants. Once a child has finished their treatment and is ready to go home, they get to place a coloured marble
- yellow for liver, red for renal (kidney) - in the run. Only a patient who is ready for discharge may place a marble in the run, which symbolises their successful transplant and will collect at the bottom of the track as a lasting message to future young patients - “you are not alone.” Children like five year-old Imogen, who received the gift of a new liver in December last year. Imogen and her Mum Alex
are from the Wirral, Merseyside, and travelled to Leeds Children’s Hospital for this crucial procedure.
