Ask pediatrician Dr. Kim Fehlis about her collection of themed hats and she’ll tell you the story of a 5-year-old patient who was terrified of doctors.

“I don’t want to go to the doctor,” he kept repeating in a trembling voice as he came into the exam room.

Have no fear! It was National Pirates Day.

“After the nurse had settled the patient, I came in,” Fehlis said. “He looked at my sword, we looked at my stethoscope, I did his whole exam, and he was fine, the whole time. As I went to leave, I had my hand on the doorknob, and he asks, ‘Is the doctor coming now?’”

That’s the goal of the garish getups.

“He wasn’t afraid of me the entire time,” Fehlis said. “He didn’t even know I was his doctor, and I was doing doctor things.”

Fehlis has worked with Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Ma

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