Halloween - Hospital Style!

Happy Halloween. This year I'm doing something different for Halloween. I've been in the hospital for the majority of the past month, having spent a week at home before being readmitted. When I found out that I was likely going to miss Halloween outside of the hospital, it kind of bummed me out. 

Thankfully the hospital thinks of that important part of growing up and tries to make it as normal a day as possible so that kids don't have to completely miss out on marking the holiday.

So how does a large hospital like Sick Kids celebrate Halloween?

Spooktacularly of course!

Thanks to a lot of organizations and companies, Sick Kids transformed from being a place to treat my illnesses to being a Halloween Festival, complete with costumes for the kids, super-heroes and Paw Patrol Dogs, make-up artists and non-food based goodies. It meant so much to be able to go around the hospital from station to station and feel that you haven't completely missed out on what is an important part of growing up for a lot of the kids that come here for treatments. It was great to see all the other kids in their costumes and so excited to participate in something so special. 

A special shout-out to Yvonne Hamelin & friends, who have made hand-made trick-or-treat bags for all of us to let us know that we're not alone. A reminder that we all need at times.

Thanks everyone for making the day so special for us all!