Monday, March 23, 2020
Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2009. Mattie was in the child life playroom at the hospital and he was performing magic tricks. What you can't see was that Mattie was surrounded by his social worker, art therapist, chaplain and his school's assistant head. Magic was a great tool for Mattie, because not everyone could perform and do it. He could and that made him feel special. It also was a great ice breaker, as many of Mattie's health care team would watch, ask him questions, and this would help him break out of the shell of armor he developed while in treatment.
Quote of the day: The latest Coronavirus counts in the US according to Johns Hopkins:
Tested positive..... 41,708
Deaths due to the virus......573
As we face the beginning of week two in social isolation, we escaped to Roosevelt Island to walk Sunny. I figured this would be the perfect day to visit the Island, as it was raining and in the 40s. I was correct! We practically had the whole Island to ourselves.
The signs of spring all around us.
The beauty of Sunny is he doesn't seem to notice that anything is wrong, or that our world has been turned upside down. Which is great for us, as caring for him, gives us some sense of normalcy.
Can you see the three bucks? Look closely they are there and they were as fascinated by us as we were of them.
Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2009. Mattie was in the child life playroom at the hospital and he was performing magic tricks. What you can't see was that Mattie was surrounded by his social worker, art therapist, chaplain and his school's assistant head. Magic was a great tool for Mattie, because not everyone could perform and do it. He could and that made him feel special. It also was a great ice breaker, as many of Mattie's health care team would watch, ask him questions, and this would help him break out of the shell of armor he developed while in treatment.
Quote of the day: The latest Coronavirus counts in the US according to Johns Hopkins:
Tested positive..... 41,708
Deaths due to the virus......573
As we face the beginning of week two in social isolation, we escaped to Roosevelt Island to walk Sunny. I figured this would be the perfect day to visit the Island, as it was raining and in the 40s. I was correct! We practically had the whole Island to ourselves.
The signs of spring all around us.
The beauty of Sunny is he doesn't seem to notice that anything is wrong, or that our world has been turned upside down. Which is great for us, as caring for him, gives us some sense of normalcy.
Can you see the three bucks? Look closely they are there and they were as fascinated by us as we were of them.
No comments:
Post a Comment