Child-life specialists ease stress for young patients

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Child-life specialist Debbie Draper, with puppet, sings to patient Kea Denny, 3, at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. Child-life specialist Debbie Draper, with puppet, sings to Kea Denny at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.

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