Loma Narrative

As the month progresses, Kayla continues to be in the Intensive Care Unit at Loma Linda Children’s Hospital. Although, she continues her battle, having her own room which has now been decorated for Halloween. I find it difficult to fight back my salty wet tears as I enter her room. She’s wearing her “Alice in Wonderland” costume. The crisp white collar on top of a Cerulean blue cotton dress. This is a holiday that she enjoys, together our family come to hang the scary black cats made of black construction paper, black bats, artificial spider webs and jack-0-lanterns pinned to her walls. Cut out white paper eerie ghosts and goblins fill the air. I can almost hear them shriek, “Boo, Boo.” The smell of warm caramel apples filled the room.