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Cooper shares his experience of having an X-ray, so other children can learn this simple medical procedure.

Created & Written by Karen Olson Illustrated by Joanne Kollman Graphic Design by Nangeroni Designs Edited by Ellie Martin

~ Special Acknowledgements ~ Peggy Adams • Child Life Coordinator Claire Bettlestone • Diagnostic Radiologist Connie Brandenburg • CT Coordinator Donald Craig, MD • Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Christine Lolich, RN, BS • Manager of Adult & Children’s Emergency Departments

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y dog Bunker and I love to go to the park on sunny days.

He likes to chase butterflies and I like to go on the swings.

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ne day, my mom took us to the park.

Wheee...swinging high was so much fun!

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oops! I went too high!

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fell off the swing and hurt my hand. Bunker came running to see if I was OK. My mom said I had better go to the doctor to get my hand checked!

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e drove to the doctor’s office right away.

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y mom and I had to wait our turn to see the doctor.

Ow‌my hand REALLY hurt.

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hile we waited, a nice lady asked my mom lots of questions. I told her my name was Cooper and that I hoped the doctor would make my hand feel better.

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fter a little while, they called my name and it was my turn to see the doctor. He was very gentle when he was checking my hand.

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he doctor told us that I would need to get an X-ray of my hand.

He said that an X-ray is a picture of the inside of your body.

An X-ray lets the doctor see if any bones are broken.

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o we left the doctor’s office and went to the X-ray room.

X-ray Machine

Special Plate

Chair

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Table met the X-ray “technologist.� She showed me the X-ray room. It had a table that looked like a bed.

It also had a big X-ray machine.

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he helped me onto a chair at the end of the table and then showed me what was going to happen.

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he technologist put a special kind of apron on me. She said it was going to be heavy, but it wasn’t TOO heavy for ME!

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he showed me how the X-ray machine goes up and down, and back and forth to get the best pictures of my hand.

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…and down.

It goes up…

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Back…

…and forth!

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he put my hand on a special plate and told me to hold my hand very still.

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here was a special light

shining down on my hand.

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It was like a big

flashlight.

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hen the technologist went behind a wall to take the X-ray pictures.

I could see her through a glass window. She smiled at me.

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Click… …click… …CLICK! The pictures were done.

I hadn’t felt a thing!

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he technologist helped me down from the chair.

She thanked me for holding so still‌I told her it was EASY!

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e went back to the doctor’s office and he showed us the X-ray pictures on a light box. The light box was bright and helped us to see the bones inside my hand.

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he doctor said he didn’t see any broken bones.

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he doctor told me that my hand would be just fine. It would be a little sore for awhile, but it would get better.

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e said goodbye to the doctor and went home.

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hen we got home, I told Bunker all about the doctor and my X-ray pictures.

Can you remember what happened to Cooper in the X-ray room?

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