Thursday and Friday were two of the slower days I have had thus far on Rainbow 5 since several of the children that had been at the hospital all week and even longer were fortunately discharged. The others either had tests or were quite tired and wanted to rest. This basically left me with the four-year-old brother I had been with all week who wanted nothing more but to gain access to the playroom. This time he brought us bananas and apples and made us some waffles, french fries, toast and donuts in the toy kitchen and we sat down to eat our breakfast shown below. We then experimented with the Legos once again, building houses, pools, cars, and even mobile houses with pools. I finally was able to get him away from playing with the Legos, and we played hide and seek with a toy waffle until moving on to mini basketball and soccer. I visited a few other kids but they didn't want much more than a few toys. One solved a few puzzles with me. Another painted a butterfly cutout I had brought her. The rest of my time was spent washing many toys, organizing the playroom and decorating it with a few drawings.
Adam, its awesome that you are using your time to make the kids in the hospital have the best time that they could possibly have. Having you there without a doubt brightens their day and distracts them from the real reason they are there. It's amazing how these kids ignore the upsetting situation and make the best of it by trying to act like normal kids and just have fun. Having someone there who is willing to play along with them helps them immensely i'm sure!
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