Driven by my experiences as a child-teen medical patient and growing dissatisfied by the lack of realistic, helpful children’s books about hospitals— I wrote one myself. Today on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, you can find “How Petunia Gets Ready for the Hospital: Tips for an Easy Hospital Stay.” Simple words walk young patients through the processes around surgery to appeal to the widest audience possible. Most important for me was highlighting how it is okay— and normal— for patients to be scared. I offer my coping strategies, including deep breathing, for reference to provide concrete tools, too.