The pediatric surgeonDr. Robert Parry, always takes a moment to make sure a scar isn’t the only memory of a child’s surgery…
Upon waking up, he surprises them with a drawing of his favorite character.
Pediatric surgeon Robert Parry is quite the professional artist
Maybe the Dr Robert Parry I do not know yet professional artistbut his work on hand-drawn bandages is causing a sensation in the social media. He doesn’t do this for attention; The pediatric surgeon just wants to brighten the day of his young patients.
“One of the challenges is using Telfa. Telfa is not the ideal art medium,” said Parry, who is also director of trauma services at Akron Children’s Hospital. Telfa is an adhesive wound dressing.
Parry has been surgeon for more than 30 years and has worked in the Akron Childrens Hospital for 10 years, but he also likes to be creative.
“I’ve always liked to draw and stuff, so it’s always been fun for me,” Parry said.
Parry has found a way to bring his creativity in the operating room making custom wraps for your patients.
“I just ask them before their case: Do you have a favorite hobby? Is there an animal that you like? A videogame? A sport you practice? Something like that. Something you just enjoy.”
And then he starts drawing.
But why does Dr. Robert Parry take pains to draw like this?
Parry’s hope is that the custom designs ease the minds of children.
“It makes it fun. It distracts them. They don’t have to think about what’s going on with the surgery. They get excited about this and don’t think about the incision,” Parry said.
Twenty-seven years and more than 10,000 patients later, Parry he has drawn many characters.
“There’s Patrick (from the SpongeBob show), garbage trucks, helicopters. Here’s a Halloween ghoul someone wanted,” he said.
Some requests are more difficult to draw than others, like those of a Disney princess.
“They’re brutal to do and get the facial expressions right with Telfa. She is crazy,” Parry said.
And sometimes the drawing is so cool that parents want one too.
“Dad loved it, and basically at the post-op visit, I had to cut one off because I wanted to take it home,” Parry said.
Although he does not consider himself an artist, he enjoys the smiles of his patients and their parents when they see their unique bandages.
“It’s fun. Families like it. They get involved in what is happening and choose the He drew what do they want”. Perry said. “He just makes things, you know, kind of happy.”
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