Other than the placement of an i.v. in the left hand (known as the robot hand), the trip was quite pleasant for the boy. He received some playing cards with trains on them, a new hot wheels car, a disposable camera to capture the memories from his point of view, a new teddy bear named "Kenny Hugyou", lots of Thomas the Train dvds (which stayed there), and all the Sprite a little boy could take. Lisa and I were quite surprised that Collin didn't want to leave once he was discharged. A wagon trip to the car was a good negotiation tactic though.
p.s. I was going to include a picture of one of those poor, unfortunate, for-just-fifty-cents-a-day, Indonesian kids to give people the idea of what Collin sort of looked like, but then I thought twice about it.
3 comments:
Whoo. Marla and I are so glad that Collin is okay! The beginning of your post frightened us. But it sounds like in the end it was actually kind of a coup for everyones' favorite dancing monkey.
Although I'm sure at the time it was pretty scarey (for you and Lisa anyway).
Anyway, give Collin a big hug for us.
Thanks Scot (and Marla). It was scary at first, but it all worked out and he's now okay.
I didn't mention the only other rough moment because I didn't witness it. Lisa stayed the night at the hospital and I went home. Collin woke up in the middle of the night very scared and confused. Lisa said it was awful.
Awww, poor little guy. I'm glad he's ok. Sounds like he was really brave. And I'm glad to hear that hospitals have made such huge advancements in making kids comfortable in a hospital.
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