I got to have a surprise therapy cat visit at the big hospital this week! My human had jury duty, which meant she had to call in every night to see if she needed to report. It turned out she didn’t need to report on the day we usually go to the big hospital, so as soon as she got off the phone she scheduled me in.
There was another therapy team today, a dog team. But we wound up visiting our areas separately, since Ronan (the dog) wasn’t particularly cat friendly. That’s how we work things with dog teams when they are distracted by cats or don’t like cats. I’ve teamed up with dogs that were cat friendly and those were fun! I’m actually better with friendly dogs than I am with cats (except the peach kitty, of course).
Most of the Pediatrics patients were in Isolation, so I only had two kids to see. The first one was a Spanish speaking boy, with a dad who knew fewer English words than my human knows Spanish! The boy’s mom was there too, but she was sleeping. Once I got settled on the boy’s bed, he didn’t stop petting me for the whole visit. Usually the kids have some sort of movie or cartoon on the TV. By some funny coincidence, the cartoon on the boy’s TV was SuperKitties on the Disney channel.
The second kid I visited wasn’t as much fun. It was a giggly little girl who was more interested in her phone than she was in me. Her family was there, including her young brother, and while he paid attention to me briefly, he was more interested playing video games too.
Next I went to Labor and Delivery, where the nurses all get so excited to see me! And they loved my Santa outfit. There were a couple of patients to see there. One was a Spanish speaking woman who happily petted me but only wanted to see me for a few minutes. The other lady was super happy to see me, and we visited while her partner took some photos. My human enjoyed chatting with her.
Then we went to Behavioral Medicine. The two women we saw were nice, but they were having a challenging time at the hospital. So we didn’t visit there for as long as usual. We took our time going back to reception to sign out, which is what we do when we finish early. There are always people in the hallways and waiting rooms who are happy to see a kitty.
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