Our original plan, while in Connecticut, was to visit Great Uncle Rick Monday afternoon, then have dinner with Mama's close friend Dolores and her husband Ray. Unfortunately, Ray took ill and was in the hospital at the time of our visit. We were sad for Ray and his family and of course that we might not be able to visit with them while we were in town. We really wanted Dolores to have the chance to meet Xander. So, we were able to nail down a window of time where we could stop by the hospital and visit with Dolores after visiting with Great Uncle Rick.
Here she was, going through so much and spending all her time at the hospital, but Dolores still managed to find a way to give Xander a present. She got him a play set so he can dress up like a doctor in a white jacket with all kinds of pockets for doctor tools. The best part about the gift itself was that it is embroidered with the logo of the hospital where Ray was - Griffin Hospital. That is the very hospital where Mama, Mama's Mama and Mama's Mama's Mama were born!
Dolores couldn't let us worry about her, she isn't wired that way. We tried to help her out by bringing her some snacks, but she took us to the cafeteria to make sure we ate lunch - she knew we'd been traveling that day and should be hungry. Dolores is great at taking care of people, it shows.
We really enjoyed our visit, despite the circumstances, and wish we could have spent more time with Dolores and seen Ray. We're just grateful that now Ray is getting better everyday!
Xander was really melting down on this visit, and by the end of it we had to cut the visit off just to get Xander home to the hotel for a nap. Dolores was so understanding about it, of course, it's like she's had kids and Grandkids or something...
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