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>> I DIDN'T DIRECTLY FEEL LIKE SOMEONE WAS LIKE,
YOU KNOW, THROWING ME OUT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
EVERYONE'S ALWAYS BEEN WARM AND BEEN EMPATHETIC HERE,
BUT I KIND OF IN MY HEAD KNEW THAT I COULDN'T STAY
AT A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOREVER.
>> TRANSITION IS A PROCESS OF GETTING A YOUNG PERSON
WITH A CHRONIC DISEASE READY AND PREPARED TO TAKE
ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE ADULT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
>> I THINK IT'S COOL, BECAUSE YOU'RE BECOMING AN ADULT,
YOU'RE NO LONGER THAT KID WHO DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON, ANYMORE.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AS SIMPLY THE NATURAL EVOLUTION
FROM ONE STAGE TO ANOTHER.
>> WE WANT TO PREPARE THE PARENTS,
WE WANT TO PREPARE THE PATIENT,
AND WE WANT TO ASSURE THAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED WELL
WITH THE PHYSICIANS AND NURSES WHO ARE ASSUMING THE CARE.
>> THEY DON'T WANT TO JUST, "ALRIGHT, YOU'RE 18, OUT."
THEY WANT TO HELP YOU.
>> SO WE COME TOGETHER IN A VERY COHESIVE FASHION
TO MAKE SURE THAT A LOT OF THE HURDLES THAT USED TO EXIST
DON'T EXIST ANYMORE.
SO THAT IT'S A VERY SEAMLESS TRANSITION FOR THE PATIENT,
AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES.