Luv and Subha's Visit

Family involvement is an integral part of our program here at AFS, a central component. This week we had the wonderful opportunity of having Luv and Subha, Radha’s parents, visit the Cardinals’ classroom.  They stopped by to share their special skill with us, how it is that they fill buckets every day.

Both Luv and Subha are doctors that "help fix somebody when they get a boo-boo.” They “check your heart” and “are super heroes” as stated by some of the Cardinals. Luv and Subha fist began their presentation by inviting the Cardinals to be “doctors” for the day. They presented each child with a surgeon’s hat and a surgical mask. Some friends got a surgical cap and others got the “fluffy” kind which is called a surgeon’s bouffant.

Luv specializes in Otorhinolaryngology which focuses on head and neck surgery. He works with both children and adults. Luv explained to the Cardinals that what he does first to his patients is to “look in your mouth” and “look in your ears.” He introduced the children to some of the tools that he uses and invited them to take turns at role playing either the doctor or the patient.    

First, they used an otoscope to look into the “patient’s” mouth....

Using their iPad, Luv and Subha showed us what our vocal chords look like, which is what “helps us talk”....

Next, using a model, Luv and Subha showed us what it looks like inside our ear. They informed us that the “three tiniest bones in our body are in our ear”. Radha helped out by holding the eardrum model for us to see. The eardrum is the component in our ear that helps us hear. Then, adding a specula, the Cardinals examined their patient’s ear....

Luv told us that some people are unable to hear and need a little extra help to be able to hear well. He showed us a tool that can help a person with this situation. He invited us to cover our ears and see if we could hear once this small device was held up against our forehead. Amazing! One can really hear clearly.

Another tool Luv and Subha brought out was a tuning fork. The Cardinals quickly recognize this tool as our music teacher, Aedín, had introduced them to it. One Cardinal noticed that the one Aedín uses doesn’t sound as loud as the one that Luv and Subha showed them. We realized that this same tool can be used for different things. Aedín uses it to find a musical note and Luv and Subha uses it to check hearing loss.  

What a magnificent experience! Thank you Luv, Subha and Radha for this remarkable opportunity, it was truly awesome!