{"id":2104,"date":"2018-10-03T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2018-10-02T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T21:17:01","slug":"dancing-with-the-doctors-an-event-for-child-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/2018\/10\/03\/dancing-with-the-doctors-an-event-for-child-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing with the Doctors – An Event for Child Life\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a theme the\u00a0pediatric patients are used to: bright lights and\u00a0surrounded by doctors\u00a0while their families\u00a0are\u00a0anxiously waiting nearby\u00a0hoping for the best.\u00a0 This time, the patients and doctors\u00a0will\u00a0meet outside of the Medical Center\u00a0and their hospital gowns\u00a0will be\u00a0replaced with ballroom\u00a0gowns.<\/p>\n

\"\"Under the coaching of Vintage Ballroom instructor, Rebekah\u00a0Pasqualetto, three pediatric patients are teaming up with the doctors\u2019 who\u00a0saved\u00a0them\u00a0to put on the biggest performance of their young lives.\u00a0The dancing isn\u2019t easy. Between school, doctor appointments, and daily lives\u00a0the girls dedicated two months to\u00a0learning three styles of dance:\u00a0Rumba, Merengue,\u00a0and Country Swing.\u00a0Each song matches the personality of each\u00a0child. 11-year old Daisy likes to dance with her friends to the latest pop hits. 12-year old Maura has dance training from previous years of ballet. Even\u00a0with surgery restrictions, Maura is adamant about performing a trick\u00a0on the dance floor.\u00a012-year old\u00a0Raeleigh\u00a0loves fashion, she is very considerate of others.\u00a0Raeleigh\u00a0will be joined on the dance floor by her younger sister Addisyn\u00a0who\u00a0suffers\u00a0from watching\u00a0Raeleigh\u00a0undergo treatment.<\/p>\n

The girls will not be partnered up with strangers. They will be dancing with their\u00a0doctors\u00a0and they love it.\u00a0Unfortunately, years of medical experience do not\u00a0transfer\u00a0to dancing. The doctors\u00a0\u2013 Alan\u00a0Langnas, David Mercer, James Ford,\u00a0and\u00a0Sachit\u00a0Patel – also\u00a0need\u00a0to train\u00a0at Vintage Ballroom to prepare for the show.<\/p>\n

The show is quite special. Dancers from across the country will file into the Hilton Double Tree Banquet hall for the Nebraska Dance Festival on October 20, 2018. The day-long event will be filled with hundreds of competitors trying to out-dance one another.\u00a0You can find more details about the event at\u00a0https:\/\/www.nebraskadancefestival.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Diana\u00a0Florescu\u00a0is coordinating the fundraiser with Child Life, Vintage Ballroom, and Nebraska Dance Festival.\u00a0The organizers of Nebraska Dance\u00a0Festival – Amanda & Ilya\u00a0Reyzin\u00a0and Igor Litvinov – are\u00a0supporting Child Life Services from University of Nebraska Medical\u00a0Center!\u00a0Through their donation, they will share the gift of reading and spread some fun to pediatric\u00a0patients at Nebraska Medicine.\u00a0Hospitalization can be a scary and isolating experience for children and teens. Many of the kids are hospitalized for long periods of time – months or even years – due to the severity of their illnesses. Books and games will allow\u202fkids\u202fto\u00a0experience normalcy, socialization,\u00a0and continued\u202fgrowth\u202fand development\u202fwhile hospitalized.<\/p>\n

Please come to encourage these amazing kids and watch our doctors perform!\u00a0You can also support these amazing kids by donating at\u00a0www.nufoundation.org<\/a>\u00a0to Nebraska Medicine Child Life Impact Fund (#01145270).<\/p>\n

Content Provided By Ada\u00a0<\/i>Florescu<\/i><\/p>\n

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This is a theme the\u00a0pediatric patients are used to: bright lights and\u00a0surrounded by doctors\u00a0while their families\u00a0are\u00a0anxiously waiting nearby\u00a0hoping for the best.\u00a0 This time, the patients and doctors\u00a0will\u00a0meet outside of the Medical Center\u00a0and their hospital gowns\u00a0will be\u00a0replaced with ballroom\u00a0gowns. Under the coaching of Vintage Ballroom instructor, Rebekah\u00a0Pasqualetto, three pediatric patients are teaming up with the doctors\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":562,"featured_media":2111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[73,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun-with-id","category-unmcid-gives-back"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/562"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2104"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions\/2116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}