T-2: Operation Rescue Mickey

Mickey is missing! After turning Kay's room upside down, Mickey could not be found. The only explanation is that he got caught up in the laundry change and as of late yesterday was on the way to the laundry department. Kay went to bed last night missing Mickey like crazy but put on very brave show. This is the first time that I can remember her sleeping without Mickey. She slept with Eeyore instead (just like Mickey, another winning present from Uncle Richard).

But in the meantime Kay's crazy Mama started turning the hospital upside down: Operation Rescue Mickey was launched!

At 6am this morning Mama was at the hospitals laundry department, rummaging through piles of laundry bags and (I'm sure) hassling everyone around her. But with the help of the laundry people she discovered that yesterday's laundry had already been collected and was on the way to an external cleaning company. So Mama persuaded the hospital people contact the external company both by FAX and by phone to ask them if they would be good enough to search their incoming deliveries for Mickey. Can you imagine? Asking a company to dig through the enormous pile of dirty laundry that they get from a hospital the size of Nijmegen. Unsurprisingly there was little response.

So Mama persuaded the hospital to let her talk directly to the cleaning company. Mama told Kay's story, said that she was due for Radiotherapy today and that Kay would be sorely missed. The result: all incoming laundry was searched for Mickey and within 30 minutes he had been found!

However, the laundry company is 125km from Nijmegen, so Mama promptly jumped in the car and drove all that way. When she got there, Mickey was waiting. But so was the staff of the laundry company who told Mama that they were rather moved by Kay's whole story and were pleased to have been of help. Mama then drove back to Nijmegen. But Mickey had just spent a night rolling around in other people dirty sheets and could not be allowed back into Kay's room without first being washed. So Mama put Mickey through the washing and drying machines at the McD house before she could bring him to Kay. And here is the result:

Mama is definitely, completely, totally: The Hero of the Day.

Hoorah for Mama!

(And Kay, remember that next time that you're shouting at her!)