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Hello, hello, everyone.
I'm Dr. April from EKMD's prestigious Mini Medical School.
Welcome back, MiniMed students listening at home, in cars, classrooms, any and everywhere.
And finally, welcome back, Mini Dr. Waffle.
Thanks.
Great to be back.
And mini Dr. Cespedes.
Thanks, Dr. April.
Okay, marvelous mini medical team.
You know what that sound means?
It's time for a quick recap.
Why don't you kick us off, Dr. Cespedes?
For starters, we met Kiara and Julissa.
Kiara was eating lunch in the cafeteria when she suddenly noticed she had a rash.
Kiki!
Oh my gosh, Kiki!
What happened to the back of your hand?
Both of them!
Oh no!
And it's itchy too!
We should show Ms.
Spot to Leslie.
Ms.
Spot, I think something's wrong with Kiara.
Miss Potts, I don't think I feel so good.
Oh my, I see.
Strange lumps on the backs of both your hands and your arms.
Kiara, let's walk to the nurse's office together.
Yep, and she has a cough too, remember?
And rhinorrhea.
Yeah, we learned that's the official medical word for runny nose.
Yeah, and Julissa noticed her friend wasn't feeling very good, so she went and got a grown-up right away.
And we learned a framework for keeping all of the facts organized.
That's right, Dr. Waffle.
What else, Dr. Cispedes?
And we met our first suspect, Mr. Measles.
Don't call it a comeback.
I've been here for years.
Before the vaccine, I had the people in fear.
Then all of a sudden, lots of people became immune.
So I had to change my tune by hiding.
Yes, I kept quiet while all the while I was planning a riot till enough of those vaccinations stopped.
Then I came back in style like that old school hip hop.
Thanks for the recap, mini doctors.
Great work.
Okay, you know what that sound means.
It's time to play Fact Frame Face Off.
Okay, gather round, gather round.
Here's how this works.
I will call out the frame and then the first person to buzz in with the correct fact from Kiara's story gets the point.
Any questions?
Nope.
All right.
Put on those listening ears and that thinking brain.
Here we go.
Dr. Waffle, here's your buzzer.
And Dr. Cespedes, here's yours.
These are cool.
Oh, cool!
Glad you like them.
Okay, let's get started.
What is Kiara's main problem?
Kiara's main problem is a rash.
Nice work, Dr. Waffle.
How about you at home?
Did you all get that one correct?
All right, good job.
Okay, next question.
Where is her rash located?
Dr. Waffle.
The rash is on her hands and arms.
Woo, Dr. Waffle is on fire.
All right, Dr. Cespedes, this is still anyone's game.
So everybody listen up carefully.
Next question.
When, when did she first notice the rash?
Dr. Cespedes.
She noticed it in the cafeteria while she was completing her art project.
Excellent work, Dr. Cespedes.
That's exactly right.
Next question.
Okay, how?
How does this rash feel to Kiara?
How does she describe it?
Dr. Cespedes, super fast with the buzzer there.
Okay, before you answer, this could mean a tie.
All right, what's your answer?
It feels very itchy.
Wowzers, and just like that, we have a tie.
Next question.
How bad or how badly is Kiara's rash bothering her?
And bonus points if you can use this scale.
Zero means it doesn't bother her at all.
10 means it bothers her a lot.
Dr. Cespedes.
I say a nine.
I mean eight.
Nice tiebreaker there, Dr. Cespedes.
And guess what?
I would have accepted any answer above a five, because if Kiara felt sick enough to go to the school nurse, then her problem is probably not a zero or even a one or two.
In this case an eight or nine or even a six or seven is probably accurate for describing how uncomfortable she is.
Good work.
Hey, many med students listening in, how are you doing with these questions?
All right, awesome.
Nice tiebreaker there, Dr. Cespedes.
And hey, this is still anyone's game, so listen carefully.
Is there anything else?
Are there any other problems you heard going on with Kiara's health?
Dr. Waffle.
A couple more seconds, Dr. Waffle.
Wait, wait.
Oh, so sorry, Dr. Waffle.
Hey, congratulations, Dr. Cespedes.
You've won Fact Frames face-off.
Now for the bonus round.
So our bonus round is actually a challenge.
Yes, we love challenges here at EECMD Mini Medical School.
Okay, Dr. Cespedes, you complete this challenge and provide the correct answer.
You get an incredible... a really awesome, uh, a nice, uh, a nice high five from everybody.
Okay.
Now listen up, Dr. Cespedes.
You must repeat Kiara's entire fact frame story standing on one foot while operating a fidget spinner and balancing this train, This banana and a baby Yoda all on your head.
Ready, Dr. Cespedes?
Okay, I'm ready.
Woohoo, you got this!
Yeah, let's go.
You can do it.
Okay, kiara is an eight-year-old girl who was eating lunch in the cafeteria with her friend when she noticed a lumpy rash on her hands.
That's the what, or the problem.
The rash is on both of her hands.
That's the where, which she noticed all of a sudden when
The rash feels itchy, that's how it feels, and it's bothering her a lot.
That's how bad.
Bad enough that her friend Julissa gets the school nurse, Mrs. Spots.
Oh, and for anything else, she has a cough and rhinorrhea.
Amazing, Dr. Cespedes.
Congratulations.
And you managed to keep everything balanced.
Yeah, that was just wow.
Oh.
Oh, no.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm...
I'm fine.
Thanks.
No many doctors were hurt during the taping of this scene.
Uh, clean up on aisle eight, please.
Phew.
And now a word from one of our sponsors.
Hey, what you doing?
Digging for gold.
Well, have you found any yet?
No, just gotta dig a little bit further.
Up my nose, sponsored by the fine folks who'd like you to please use a tissue to dig your boogers and then wash your hands.
Thank you.
All right team, including you mini med students listening in, let's... Was that a knock at the door?
I don't think so.
Let me see who that could be.
Hello?
I heard somebody brought pizza.
Where's the pizza party at?
Hey!
Wait, who are you?
And I don't think you want that pizza.
Uh, Mr. Measles, can you keep the slurping down, please?
Okay, who are you?
And exactly how did you find us?
Hey, hey!
Let me break it down like this.
I got one for ya.
This mushroom walks into Eek MD Mini Medical School, okay?
The doctor tells him, you gotta go!
And he says, why?
I'm a fun guy!
Get it?
I'm a fun guy.
Fun guys in the house.
Where's the pizza?
I get it.
There's a fungus among us.
Oh, good one.
Thanks.
I'm Dr. April, by the way, and these are our two mini doctors.
Hi, I'm Dr. Cespedes.
I'm Dr. Waffle.
And all those listeners at home, in cars and in their classrooms.
Those are our mini medical students.
Okay, what's up?
What's up, everybody?
I'm so glad you're here, fun guy.
Listen, we have a real medical mystery on our hands.
An eight-year-old girl, Kiara, has this itchy, lumpy rash that we need to get to the bottom of.
Would you happen to know anything about that?
Yeah, you wouldn't know anything about that.
There.
Would you?
I don't know what you're talking about!
I just came for the pizza.
Hey, hey!
What's everybody staring at me for?
It's getting a little too intense in here.
Where's the bathroom?
That way.
Okay, mini doctors.
And you, mini med students at home.
What did you think of that?
I don't know, but I think he could be... A suspect.
Yes, like another suspect.
Hey, we have those fact frames, right?
Why don't we use them to question our suspects?
I get it.
If the suspect's behavior matches what's in the fact frames, then you crack the case.
Yes, yes.
I just love the way that you're both thinking.
Let's use what we know about Kiara, what you put in those fact frames, and ask those questions to our suspects and then see if their answers match.
Kind of like fingerprints in other whodunit mysteries.
If the fingerprints match those found at the scene of the crime, then you found your culprit.
Okay.
That's it.
Okay, let's do it.
Another knock at the door?
And they interrupted the dramatic music.
Thanks.
I'll get it.
I'll get it.
Hang tight.
Hello um, excuse me.
I heard that there's a party with like pizza.
I'm so glad i just so happen to be wearing this really cute outfit today.
Wait, who are you?
Oh, it looks like we're out of time.
Thanks for joining us, many medical students.
Make sure you tune in next week to find out who's at the door.
