What did we do?

My sister Jenny and I invited Marley, a trained therapy dog, to help us. We went to the hospital where my mom works, and met with eight kids after they had a cancer procedure. We asked each kid to rate their pain on a face scale ranging from 0 (a happy face, and low pain) to 5 (a sad face, and high pain). Then half the kids relaxed for four minutes, and half the kids played with Marley for four minutes. We recorded their face scale pain rating again, and noted any changes. more...