Bonus Episode

A Helping Hand

Ella Casano and Medi Teddy

Ella Casano talks about creating Medi Teddy after realizing how frightening I.V. bags can be for children.

Guest headshot of Ella Casano

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Ella Casano

Founder of Non-profit Medi Teddy

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Bonus Episode with Ella Casano, originally published Mar 5, 2021.

How can one child's hospital experience become a way to comfort other kids?

After being diagnosed at age seven with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura, Ella Casano realized how frightening looking at an I.V. bag can be. A couple years later, Ella decided that she didn't want other kids to have to stare at the daunting medicine, so at age 10 she decided to create the non-profit Medi Teddy! This clever organization creates free teddy bear pouches that are designed to cover the IV bag, so instead of kids seeing a big bag of medicine, they instead see a friendly, furry face!

Ella Casano is the founder of Non-profit Medi Teddy.