Play therapy.
People are amazing.
Really, they are.
A parcel arrived today from America.
Inside were two blue bears, some books and two packs, filled with medical stuff.
An IV line,
a fluid bag,
bandages.
These are part of a package that is given to children who need IVIG.
It’s not available in Australia,
in fact,
there is nothing like it here.
There are no support people to look after the emotional side of Ivy’s illness.
The two books talk of a family who are dealing with immune deficiency,
written as children’s stories
and the bears, (named Grace and Nelson by Ivy and Noah)
with their medical supplies,
are part of a project to encourage children to role play so that they can work through their hard times, their anxieties, parts of their lives that many other kids don’t understand.
These things arrived on our doorstep today
on a day when Ivy was not feeling so well
on a day when I was feeling a little disheartened.
Ears and blisters and all the usuals.
This parcel sent with love and understanding
brightened our day.
All I can say is thank you.
From the very bottom of my heart.
Thank you for thinking of us.
Words are definitely not enough but hopefully, these photos will speak volumes.
Thank you Dayna.
Ooooh Tiff, Ivy and Noah are scarily good at playing IVIG… Perhaps they will get honourary medical degrees before they even hit primary school! So glad Dayna was able to send this care package to you, and that the timing was so perfect.
Beautiful
Oh wow, that is so very special!!
Impressed at how well they know that drill, looking at the photos of them playing
What a special parcel. xx
What a wonderful idea – I’m amazed you don’t get it world wide! They really know a lot those babies of yours don’t they? xx
How wonderful is THAT?!
Thank you for sharing this. It reminds me of the many folks who are _good_.
What a wonderful gift. Add my thanks.
Tiff,
Words are not possible to relay the joy I feel at knowing this came on just the right day, Ivy deserves to be empowered, like all other children with PI – I’m glad I was able to get this to you, but more than that, I’m eternally grateful that The Igi V Therapeutic Play Kit is available to help kids (with PI and their siblings) cope.
It’s been a tough road with our three, but at the end of the day, I’m grateful that there is medicine, that there are other parents, and that our kids have the chance to keep moving forward. It’s been years since the first diagnosis, and each day gets easier.
Thank you for these pictures my friend, they mean more to me then I can ever begin to express – your road may be long, and your journey may be tough, but please know you will never travel it alone.
Your far away in miles, but close in heart friend,
Dayna
My 3 year old daughter wants to know if she can come and play with Ivy and Noah because they are ‘so cute’ and she ‘loves that kid’ (Noah!)
lol
Now she is sitting here singing ‘Can I talk to Noah?’
WOW! a picture certainly does speak a thousand words!!
Oh Tiff, what a beautiful thing the internet is.
how very very wonderful!
So fabulous when the net brings you just the right person with just the right ideas at just the right time…
But now I am wondering if there is a charity here that might take up this idea and run with it. Might ask DH if they have any community groups attached to his work that might be interested… do you know how many kids there would be on IVIG in Aus?
Perfect! What a great idea, certainly should be available in Australia. What a lovely person to send that to Ivy and Noah. I love the internet!
What a wonderful thing for someone to do.
What a lovely package, so thoughtful. Noah and Ivy look like they are having a lot of fun playing with the bears. I love the look of concentration on their faces!
These photos are so heartbreaking but also so sweet. I hope the play therapy helps them both process the hard times.
Fantastic, tears in my eyes watching your little ones treating their bears. Play therapy is so important.
Wow. It is kinda sad that they know exactly what to do with the IV and the other equipment, but so awesome that they can feel like they can have their turn on the other side of the needle! That is an awesome package Ivy and Noah got.
It’s funny how things turn out like that. A parcel arriving on the day you so need it. What a wonderful gift! It would be great if something could be started in Aus for the children and families. I know our support group has been fantastic for us and we are so grateful for it.
The pics are just gorgeous! Ivy and Noah look very serious in their roles
What a fabulous idea and gift. if there is a charity in Australia that might have even the slightest interest in taking up the distribution of these kits your pictures would be the thing to put them over the edge — as someone else said they are heartbreakingly beautiful and tell the story of why these kits are needed without the use of a single word. Next time you see your immunologist (I think that’s the doc in charge of the treatment) maybe you should bring them and ask that doc for ideas for a charity to distribute.
Tiffany! I LOVE it! We’ve received those packages as well and, at the beginning, they helped Cody sooooooo much! Now everyone in the family pitches in! Lilly helps push IV meds through after we come home on treatment days now! I would LOVE to be a snail mail pen pal with your family! If you are interested, let me know!
How wonderful & thoughtful was this! Just thinking that maybe the blood bank could take up this wonderful idea and lobby the pharmaceutical companies here to provide something similar through either the blood bank or the hospitals. Might be worth a try, anyway. Regardless, it was a lovely & timely gift. Bravo! xoxo
All over the world this post should have been headline news.
Dayna, I am so sorry your family is affected also by PI. I wonder if you also have a blog?
The pictures say it all. Showing the importance of Play Therapy by looking at the individual expressions in both Noah’s & Ivy’s eyes. It must be hard to know the impact Ivy’s treatment has on Noah so for him to be included and have an IVIG bear kit as well as Ivy was so thoughtful. I am sure that if these photo’s were presented as mentioned in the above post to lobby appropriate agencies along with fundraising events and to National Media other children in your country would benefit from these amazing packs.
I am not suggesting Tiff that you should do this you have more than enough on your hands as it is.
This post touched my heart.
How fantastic. What a beautiful idea to acknowledge children’s feelings and help them process what is happening to them.
Play therapy is the BEST. seriously…….it means so very much to the kids. I’m so glad your kids got to have this resource.
Wow, how wonderful. You’ve got some amazing friends. And I’m so pleased that Ivy and Noah have these important new toys. Hoping Ivy picks up again soon. xx
This is terrific.
Beautiful, just beautiful. So happy for all of you!
Last time Jack was in the hospital he got a bear and bandages and syringes. That poor bear, he was definitely shot full of shots! I just assumed that all hospitals did the same for children. I’d definitely help any charity that took this on as a project.
Your post made me get a lump in my throat, & Dayna’s comment made me cry…(((hugs)))
Oh how I love this. The pics DO speak volumes and the grace of that gift does too.
What a kind, kind and thoughtful thing to do. I am saying a very special prayer for Dayna today as well as all of you Tiff.
What an amazingly fabulous idea. I’m so pleased for you, Ivy and Noah.
I am so pleased that by Dayna’s gift, and so happy for you that it arrived on just the right day. Love happens! I look forward to meeting Grace and Nelson.
What a great gift and it could only have come from somebody who understands where your family is coming from emotionally. Awesome.
p.s. Mack’s fingernails (and toe nails, too) are blue like Noah’s.
wow what gifts of the heart blogging brings about
le xox