兒科病房的萬聖節慶典（組圖）

離開萬聖節隻有兩天了，往年這個時候，每個科室都會有萬聖節的室內裝潢。萬聖節那天，兒科病房的小病人們會到每個科室來討糖（trick-or-treat）。節後會評獎，看哪個科室布置得最好，最受歡迎。

今年經濟不景氣，每個科室的萬聖節的室內裝潢都取消了。我有點納悶，難道今年的小病人們就不過萬聖節了？今天吃午飯的時候，聽到醫院廣播裏有兒科病房萬聖節慶典的消息，下午一點開始。吃好午飯，我帶上我的相機來到六樓的兒科病房。

原來，今年在各科的援助下，兒科病房成了醫院萬聖節慶祝的中心。因為今年的萬聖節是在星期日，兒科病房的萬聖節慶典就提前到星期五了。現場布置得還蠻有意思的，熱鬧勝於恐怖，氣氛很歡慶。不過在入口處，有一個跪著的會唱歌的機器人，鬼裏鬼氣的，讓我有點吃驚，造型逼真，有點真假難辨。護士和兒科專家們都穿上了天使般的衣服，為孩子們分送禮物。能走動的小病人們都穿著往常的衣服，臉上都有face painting，很開心。她們很好客，還要給我送禮物呢！


入口處的假人，會動，還會唱萬聖節的歌呢！




氣氛很歡慶。




萬聖節快樂！


特喜歡那個放Cookies的盤子。


護士和兒科專家們。


開心的小病人們臉上都有face painting。


回去的路上，再看一眼那個恐怖的假人。




窗外是LA Downtown的高樓。經過秋風秋雨的洗禮，特別清新！

我今天on-call，不便久留。在下班前，收到了組織這次活動的兒保專家發來的e-mail：

Thank you so much to all the departments who participated in our reverse trick-or-treat and our Creepy Carnival.  The children were so excited about their trick-or-treat bags that we had to keep reminding some to leave them on their doors so they could receive more treats from our generous hospital employees.  Also, thank you for participating in our carnival and making things fun for our patients.  The children enjoyed playing the games and doing the activities with our hospital staff – one of our little girls in her costume of being a “normal girl” (as opposed to a patient in our hospital gown) said she enjoyed decorating the cookies for the grown-ups, was excited to go on our “Spooky Walk” and the ghost hunt.  One of the parents of a former patient said that we always do a wonderful job providing a safe place for the children and was so grateful; the mother said she especially enjoyed the games this year (this is their third year coming for our Halloween event).

So once again, thank you to all the departments for all the candy, cookies, chips, coloring pages, stickers, pencils, toys, goodie bags and other treats you provided to the children in our hospital.  I know the extra bags you made will also help the children who will be unable to trick-or-treat this Halloween weekend due to their hospitalization.

Have a happy & safe Halloween!

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

It turns what we have into enough, and more.

It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,

confusion to clarity.

It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home,

a stranger into a friend.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today,

and creates a vision for tomorrow.

-Melodie Beattie