Giggle Doctor visits for children in hospital

In November our Giggle Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital were joined by Double Paralympic Medallist, Will Bayley. Will joined Dr Snug as she brightened up the ward with her huge smile and colourful costume and used a magical mixture of storytelling, puppetry, music and magic to bring joy to the children’s bedsides. He involved himself in the visit as he helped Dr Snug perform magic tricks and shared jokes with the children on the ward.

Will said “As a child I spent many months at Great Ormond Street Hospital. I understand how daunting hospital can be for a child. I think what the Giggle Doctors do is fantastic and it’s great to see the impact they have on the children. The room really lights up when the Giggle Doctors are around.”

We would also love to share with you a lovely Christmas story we recently received from Dr Geehee: 

“I was working at GOSH, on Fox ward, with Dr Dovetail and Dr I Spy. All the children on this ward are in solo isolation rooms due to the fact that they have had a transplant or are waiting for a transplant of some kind. We cannot go into the rooms and have to work through a window. As we are not able to go into the rooms I had decided to do a bit of funny carol singing with my new microphone. I had seen a couple of children and sung a few songs. I then came to the last room and through the windows I saw a small boy, about 4 years old, sitting on the bed with his head down. His mother, who was also in the room, saw me and drew his attention to me at the window. His eyes lit up. I said “Hello, can you hear me?” and he nodded. I then told him that I was a Christmas tree because I can get lights out of my ears, nose and mouth. I then began to produce lights. He found this funny and started to laugh and laugh and laugh. His Mum and the others in the room were laughing too. I knew that my job was done, wished him a merry Christmas and moved on. 

I then went on to the next ward. Half way through my shift on the new ward I realised that I had left my microphone on Fox ward so I went back to get it. As I entered the ward a lady met me at the door and said "Thank you so much for making my Grandson laugh. His Mum and Dad had not heard him laugh for weeks. You really made him laugh. Thank you so much.”

Merry Christmas from everyone at Theodora Children’s Trust.