When Andy was little he used to scream when The Clown Unit was near, he would panic if they dared step into his room. Now every time we see The Clown Unit Andy gets excited, they’re best friends and they really make him laugh.
Here’s part of an article from the Boston Globe and below some pictures of The Clown Unit when they came into Andy’s room while he was in the hospital.
These doctors are real clowns
With red noses and huge shoes, they apply therapeutic humor; By Avi Steinberg, Globe Correspondent; March 6, 2005
The energy level in the surgery admitting area of Children’s Hospital Boston is low. Tense parents are whispering to their children; young siblings wander about aimlessly.
A man in a white lab coat strides into the room and makes an announcement.
”Excuse me, did somebody lose their underwear?”
The man — who wears goofy oversized shoes, a red nose, and a device around his neck that appears to be a hybrid between a stethoscope and a toilet plunger — holds up a pair of black boxer shorts large enough to allow three or four children to fit their entire bodies inside. Before long, laughing children and smiling parents are playing peek-a-boo with doctors Gonzo and Gracie.
The Clown Care Unit has arrived. Later, when his nose is off, Dr. Gonzo — who is Robb Preskins, a veteran clown and supervisor of the hospital’s ”CCU,” as it’s called — gets serious.
”We’re there to help give the kids and their families a chance to feel completely normal for a moment,” says Preskins. ”Goofing off is a kid’s natural state of being.”
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