Make-A-Wish Trip - Day 6

Saturday, October 31, 2009

I woke up on Halloween morning with Alex at the hospital. I ordered breakfast over the phone, and we waited, and waited, and waited. After one hour, I called down to the cafeteria to see what the problem was. They said that since we were in quarantine, they couldn't bring the food to our room (unlike the day before?!?!), and the food was delivered 1/2 hour earlier to the nurses station. Really? Great.

I walked the 20 or so steps from Alex's hospital room to the nurses station. There was Alex's breakfast, just sitting there. Powdered eggs congealing, pancakes turning to rubber, bacon wilting. The nurses (especially the one who was sitting directly in front of the food) said, "huh, sorry about that!" Hmmm, for a kid that could possibly have a bacterial infection, giving him luke-warm food that has been sitting out on the counter in a hospital didn't seem like such a great idea, but then again, I'm not a professional. Good grief!

Eric arrived shortly after Alex finished his new hot breakfast, and we started the waiting game. We had to wait to make sure that his counts were improving, so that our 6 hour pass would be granted.

Finally, around noon, a doctor had us come outside the hospital room to talk. My stomach dropped, thinking Alex's counts weren't good enough for the pass. Thankfully, I was wrong. The doctor just didn't want to put on all the infectious disease control garments to give us the news. We were getting the pass. The doctor choked up, and got tears in his eyes as he gave us the news. He said he sees a lot of Wish kids come through the hospital, and it isn't very often that he can give the pass. We were so relieved.

We came back inside the room and told Alex we were going to get out for a while, but that we had to come back that night. He was so excited, I'm not sure how much he actually heard. We were all so anxious to go trick-or-treating, but we had to wait - until nearly 3pm for them to let us leave, and head for the Magic Kingdom.

Here is a blog entry about our day: Trick Or Treat!

Alex & Eric on the Buzz Lightyear Ride

Alex getting on his costume

Look! Candy!

Tessa-Lynn playing in Micky's Toontown

Alex & Eric soaring over the Magic Kingdom on Astro Orbiter during the fireworks

After the fun was over, Alex was quite sad to have to leave everyone, and head back to the hospital with Eric. We told him we would see him the next day, and that we hoped he would be coming home. We were right!

Next: Day 7 - Back to Give Kids The World, and Good-bye to Grandma Diana and Grandpa Bob