Also, I hope nobody is falling for this shit. This is PD laying the groundwork for whatever his next schtick is. Or maybe this is his next schtick. I think he should be joining Cheebs, cast to the four winds.
It's a shame the shadow of Cheebs still haunts this place. I did indeed visit the hospital, and I did indeed talk to Cheebs about it.
Nikki, I cried while there, and sometimes I slipped off to the rest room to do so. But what cheered me up was the aura of hope that I felt throughout the hospital. I saw and talked to many kids, some of whom were simply there for simple mending, others for far more serious stuff. Yet I found that these kids were in great spirits despite their state. What was even more shocking to me was that initially many of the parents were the ones who seemed the most frightened, yet their children willed them on - almost as if the parent/child roles had been switched. After a few days the aura I felt seemed to take hold of many of the parents as well. It was truly an experience I'll never forget.
For many of the first months of my life I was in the Ronald McDonald House due to meconium aspiration syndrome, although I remember none of it today obviously.
