GHOC

GHOC, or Gingergbread Hospital of Orange County, has been completed. Here are the artists (Diana and Kelly) and their work of art with views of the front and the back (which they left open to see the inside of the hospital.) They also wrote this poem which was inspired by their masterpiece:

Twas the Night Before Christmas (at GHOC)

T'was the Night Before Christmas,

And throughout the top floor,

There was not but the sound,

of a few swinging doors,

With Kelly and Diana,

Hooked up to their poles,

And bandages covering

their recent poked holes.

With Cheyenne in her tub,

I guess it was luck,

that she happened to have

a blue rubber duck.

When all of a sudden,

the girls heard a big noise,

and they were awakened from their dreams

of really cute boys.

They rose from their beds,

with a mind of great wonder,

They went to the window

to see what was yonder.

They poked their heads out,

and heard a loud whirling,

They looked to the roof,

to see chopper blades twirling.

They raced to the roof,

IV poles in each hand,

to see a great helicopter

starting to land.

When the chopper touched ground,

the girls went to see,

And what was inside

filled both teens with glee.

Inside was no doctor,

or patient that's sick,

who was inside,

but good old St. Nick.

And then he stepped out,

with a bag full of toys,

and many different gifts

for the girls and boys.

Under the tree

he placed gifts for all,

Yes, under the tree

that was eleven feet tall.

Then he jumped in his chopper

and started to fly,

as he sang "Merry Christmas"

and flew through the sky.

by Kelly and Diana

The girls wrote most of this poem today at the clinic after Kelly had labs drawn and Diana was getting platelets. They finished it at home while they worked on GHOC. You can see from the photo below that there really is a helicopter with good Old St. Nick on the roof.

These girls have discovered that their journey through cancer is much more tolerable with fun and humor. Way to go girls!!