This week began on Tuesday with me taking the
four-year-old boy I had been with all last week back to the playroom. We
searched through the cabinets filled with toys and found Connect 4. It only
took a minute for our game to turn into a competition of who could put the most
pieces in the board. He then joined me only my trip around the floor to comfort
several patients who couldn’t leave their rooms by talking to them or bringing
them toys they wanted. We met a seven-year-old girl and talked about how much we
all like Spiderman. Next, we went outside to the hospital’s playground shown
below. His grandma then came and wanted to spend some time with him, so I went
off to play Wii with a newer patient. We couldn't resist Wii Sports bowling,
and ended up playing with his grandma for about an hour. He started off a bit
slow, but stepped us his game and was able to beat both of us. This
day, however, was one of those days were the realities of being in a hospital
struck me, as I overheard nurses discussing how they were uncertain if one of
the patients would survive. Being in this type of atmosphere truly makes me
appreciate all that I am fortunate enough to have and continues to fuel my urge
to do all I can to help these less fortunate children.
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