April 22, 2005 Avalon's birthday in the hospital Continued yet again... |
Several weeks before Avalon's birthday, we invited people who visit this website to join us for a Card Party for Avalon. The day before her birthday (mere hours before she was admitted to the hospital), the friend who collected the cards - delivered them. Avalon was able to spend her birthday opening her cards, letters and pictures that people had sent her. We hung every letter, every photo, every card, and every work of art in her hospital room. The picture at the left, and down below is of the back of Avalon's "front door". |
Avalon received nearly 3 dozen birthday "cards". Some were actual cards, but some were letters, pictures and artwork. All together, they made our room FANTASTIC! The nurses and doctors couldn't stop commenting on the room, they said it was the best room they'd ever seen... |
Spongebob, Patrick, Squidward, Dora and Boots pictures by Avalon's big sisters: Aurora (10) and Ambrosia (3). |
Avalon loves opening cards! She "reads" them, hugs them, and carries them around. You can see she's a huge sticker fan too. |
Avalon loves her e-cards too. She received a whopping 7 dozen birthday e-cards!! Lots of them had pictures of cats and dogs, kids, and people she loves. She looked at every single one, and liked to point out favorites to visiting staff members. I'm telling you...our room became quite a conversation item! |
The card wall. This was taken on her actual birthday. By the end of our stay, we had added another row to the top and bottom, and filled in under the poster. |
This was Avalon's bathroom door and the small wall next to it. In this room, the bathroom door was directly across from the couch wall you will see below. The window was on the wall that was between them. Each of our rooms have had very different layouts. |
The art gallery on the left is the wall above the couch. How lucky are we to have such talented friends? The cards on the right are from the card party. |
Some of our e-family sent letters, artwork and pictures. We love them! Its so wonderful to meet the people who are helping us heal Avalon. We invite anyone reading this to contact us - we'd love to meet you!! |