Brianna From the Hospital

Brianna From the Hospital: Dictated by Brianna Polach, Photos selected by Brianna Polach, Cover design by Brianna Polach. Mrs. Lyons Kindergarten SS. Peter and Paul, Alton, Ill.
This book is dedicated to Grandma Jan because she makes me feel good! --Brianna

One day when God wasn't looking, one of the bad angels made me sick. I had to go to the hospital. I was so sick I had to lay down in the car. I wasn't scared. I've been to the hospital many times. I have a blood condition.

I had to put on a different shirt. It's not the one I came in. In the ER they said I needed blood, vitamins, fluids and stuff like that. I had to spend some nights at the doctor's hospital. Everyone had to wear special clothes and masks so they wouldn't get sick.

They put an IV in my hand and it hurt a whole bunch. I got blood in my arm. I didn't cry. It wasn't that big a deal. One of the medicines tasted so awful. It was yellow and I spit it out.

They make you stay in bed. You can color there and watch movies with a VCR. I couldn't move my hand so, I had to color with only one. I had to eat my food in bed.

The nurses gave me two dogs to go home. The doctors gave me a stethoscope. It's a thing where you listen to your heart. I was happy to go home. I had to ride in wheelchair and wear a weird mask to get home away from the doctors.

Dr. Wilson, Nurse Laura and Brianna at 18 months
I call my special doctor "Peanut" because when I was a baby that's what he called me. His real name is Dr. Wilson. I have to go see him at the hospital for check ups. I'm better now.

The author, Brianna Polach, lives in Alton, Illinois with her mom, dad, two brothers and sister. She likes to dance and sing and she likes to do art stuff.