Halloween at the Hospital

Penny the witch, Carly the witch, Andrew the pumpkin and Dr. Chan, originally uploaded by DPC Tutt.

For Halloween we all got dressed up and went to the hospital for my treatment. It was a lot of fun. All the different units had candy out and some people dressed up. Penny and Carly dressed up like witches, Andrew was a pumpkin and I dressed up like my radiation oncologist, Dr. Chan. All the nurses and technicians had a good laugh at the costumes. Dr Chan liked mine although he said I didn't put enough gray in my hair (He has almost white hair and says thats how his kids spot him in a crowd).

Carly got help with my treatment. She got to press the buttons to get my bed into the right position and supervised the treatment from outside the room on closed circuit tv.

On Halloween night Carly and Andrew and I went to about 8 or 10 houses in our neighborhood and then Penny took them to Sandi and Jim's, Uncle Rod's and Tracy's. Overall it was a lot of fun and Carly enjoyed the candy, especially when she got to eat it.

We also got a look at what happens when Carly is on a huge sugar high. Its like someone turned up the volume and ripped off the knob. Luckily it only lasts about 20 minutes or half an hour and then she returns to normal. As a result we've had to strictly limit the amount of candy she can have and the time of day she can have it (not after supper - the best time appears to be about 3 minutes before grandma come to pick her up!).

Hope everyone had a happy halloween!