Mum and Dad told me we were there to visit. We were dropping off $1,580 worth of gift cards.
When I was sure I wasn't getting a needle or a cannula, I was happy to go inside.
When we got to the Wollongong Hospital Children's Ward, I saw so many of my nurse friends! I was so happy. Lots of them remembered me, even though I haven't seen them for so long. They all said how big I had gotten.
We told them I was there to give them our gift cards; yours and mine.
The acting Nursing Unit Manager was very happy to accept our gift cards. She will hand them out to the teenagers and the sick kids, over the next few days. She said the kids will love them!
It was weird to stand outside the door.
We could hear the alarms on the monitors and it made us remember my NICU days (122 days including five weeks in the Wollongong NICU).
Some of my nurses came out. They were surprised at how big I am and liked hearing that I had just finished Kindergarten.
We gave them a few of the gift cards, so they could hand them out to the mums and dads who will have a baby in the NICU, this Christmas.
Thank you for helping us brighten the day of 51 families.
Thanks for helping us make Christmas a little more fun for the families and kids staying in hospital, this year.
Here's how it all happened:
On the first of December, we said we wanted to collect iTunes cards, google play cards and movie vouchers.
We said we wanted to give them to the teenagers in the Wollongong Hospital Children's Ward, on Christmas Day.
We'd never done this before, and we hoped we could get about 10 cards.
We got so much support!
We are so happy with how quickly and how readily people supported our idea. We feel so lucky and so proud that people trust us so much.
We really appreciate the support that is shown for all of our ideas.
We ended up collecting $1,500 worth of iTunes cards, google play cards and movie vouchers, in just 18 days.
We wrote on Christmas cards, sending our hospital buddies love, smiles and healthy thoughts. We wrote that the gift card was a present from a friend of Dexter.
We wrote that we hoped the gift card brought them some fun.
Thank you, every single one of you, who supported this idea.
This Christmas, you will make a lot of sick teenagers smile. You will make their families feel loved. You have helped parents of tiny babies feel supported.
Thank you for helping us make a difference, this Christmas.
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