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>> CAMP IS A GREAT WAY FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN
TO BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR TRANSITION BECAUSE IT INVOLVES
A WEEK AWAY FROM THE FAMILY SETTING IN A VERY NICE
SETTING THAT IS MANNED BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL
WITH LOTS OF ACTIVITIES JUST LIKE A NORMAL CAMP WHERE KIDS
JUST GET TO BE WHO THEY ARE AND NO ONE FEELS, SORT OF,
REALLY ISOLATED OR STRANGE OR THE ONLY ONE LIKE THAT.
>> IT'S A GREAT ENVIRONMENT.
YOU'RE TREATED AS ANY NORMAL KID.
YOU CAN GO OUT AND PLAY VOLLEYBALL AND SWIM
IN THE POOL, AND NOBODY LOOKS AT YOU LIKE,
"OH, YOU'RE THE SICK KID," BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SICK THERE,
SO WE'RE ALL THE SAME.
>> THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR MEDICATIONS,
THEY'RE TALKING IN THE CABINS ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO HAVE INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND NOW BE IN COLLEGE
OR BE OUT OF COLLEGE AND COMING BACK AS A COUNSELOR.
ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING
IN A NON-STRESSFUL SITUATION.
>> WELL, I THINK CAMP GIVES YOU THE EXPERIENCE OF A HOME
AWAY FROM HOME, AWAY FROM YOUR PARENTS,
SO YOU DO LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AT CAMP.
>> THEY'RE WELL CARED FOR AND THEIR PARENTS REALIZE
THEY CAN GO TO CAMP AND DO THE THINGS NORMAL KIDS DO
AND EVERYTHING —
THEY COME BACK IN ONE PIECE.