For my first therapy cat visit of 2024, I went to the big hospital. Josie, the program’s other therapy cat was there too, with both her humans. So we mostly made the rounds together.
After stopping briefly in the Cancer Center (the one patient getting infusions didn’t want a visit), we went to Pediatrics. There were only a few patients to see there — most of them were tiny, tiny babies. But one room I happened on with a baby had a dad in there who really needed some kitty energy. He told us how much he missed his cats. Between his wife’s C section incision getting infected and the baby having an irritated eye, he’d been spending most of his time at the hospital. I get the feeling that the baby is going to grow up to be a cat person.
The two kids I did spend time with there were probably around 13. One girl was sitting in a chair and eating lunch with her mom, and I really enjoyed visiting them. They were very nice. So was the boy I saw a little while later. He got to see both me and Josie. As soon as she was done, I spent some time with him and his parents. He was such a sweet kid. His mom showed my human a photo of their pet — a horse!
After Pediatrics, we got separated from Josie and her humans for a while, and I wound up visiting with some people in the waiting room. One older lady with the same name as my human had some things for a baby in Pediatrics, and while she was chatting with the woman in charge up there, some nurses in scrubs saw me and wanted to visit too.
Eventually we all went up to Behavioral Medicine, but they didn’t have any patients up for visits. They did have staff who wanted to see me and Josie, though, so we hung out with them for a little bit before going down to Rehab. I visited with a very nice man until Josie and her humans showed up, and by then our time at the hospital was over.
It was a nice way to begin my new year of therapy cat work.
Here are some of my other therapy cat visits at the big hospital:
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