Anaheim

Cali day 4

Told the little boys and Angie bye and found our path with our pathfinder right out of Epps. I was sad to leave. 

We drove and drove and drove. Stopped for a hamburger at In n Out. The next couple hours of driving were amazing! The hills and mountains we drove through were green. A peak here or there was dusted with snow. Fences climbed the steepest hills and plunged down with the landscape of the land. Very few houses dotted the hillsides. A few perched on the top of them tho. Soon we hit palm trees and traffic became intense. We weaved our way into Los Angeles. Poor Saylor was puking. 🤮 I was surprised at how the Miningers handled the last two hours. But we all did really really good. Go us. But really Thank You to Jesus. Pulled in the parking garage of CHOC and went and found Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeth!!! We met one of his work coordinators and her and Seth took us on a tour of the hospital. So much generosity in a hospital like that. It’s strictly a children’s hospital with an underground tunnel from the main hospital for trauma NICU patients. Seen the child life play room where they work. The OR waiting room. That very morning Seth and Daisy told us it had been filled with crying humans. So much love and so much hurt. Walked to a chapel area that was silent. Grounding Silent. Thick stillness hung in the room. Two Kleenex boxes sat on one of the soft benches. It was dark and thoughtful. My eyes misted over when I thought about how many parents and maybe even children themselves had poured out there while soul and begged God, Pleaded with Heaven to make these awful ugly diseases leave their child’s bodies. I reckon everyone of them will be answered. Whether in the way we humans like or for eternity. 

They have a radio station for special guests and patients to come experience broadcasts. Or it can be streamed onto the child’s room if they are too sick to come out. A movie theatre for children and parents. One little child in a wheelchair and its mama sat there eating popcorn watching the screen. Go CHOC for making hospital life as normal as possible. They also have a room for ages 13 and up that doesn’t seem so kiddish. Decor for older kids makes it a great place for those kids to hang out and try to shake the “I’m in the hospital feeling.”

Last but not least a library that all the books are brand new and have been donated. Children in this hospital can come every day if they wish and choose a book for keeps. I left the hospital with faith in society again.

To the unit house with Seth and met Josh’s (his houseparents) and had a delish supper of wings. Such a cute house. I’ll see if I can send a link sometime and so yall can the teeeeeeeeny tiny little piece of earth it’s perched on. After supper we loaded up went to Joes. It’s custard and Italian ice.The line is hundreds of people long. But with 13 windows the line moves decently quick. Went by Disney all though you can’t see a thing and came home and crashed.