The recreation therapy program at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital aims to let kids do what kids do best—play. And feel better.
photographY by Barbara Ries
The drawings and paintings on this page were all produced by children at the hospital.
Teddy bear in tow, 11-year-old Jane Janzer goes beading. She had undergone brain surgery for epilepsy the previous day.
Conner Bailey, awaiting a kidney transplant, tests out the Tinker Toys.
Dyana Audon, 9, plays Operation.
Video games are a welcome diversion for Garrett Spaulding, 9, who suffers from epidermolysis bullosa, a rare skin disorder that causes painful sores and blistering.
