December 7th a day which will live in infamy....but you made it a day to be remembered by these lovely people...they may have few months or a year to live...but thank goodness that even for just a short while you imparted some happiness to their stagnant existence. Kudos to you indeed Manong Vic!
Comment from britishempress -
Thank you again!..If you are there your heart will melt..Some were ex-singers but already confined to wheel chairs..When we give them a song book, they would say: Its okay, I know these songs by heart.." And when we start singing, they are really singing them correctly, tunes, lyrics and all without skipping a beat. And who said Seniors have lost already much of their memory?
There was also this young girl ( in another hospital ) for long term patients. She's around 25 and afflicted with terminal cancer. She has a few months to live. She is always inside her room, depressed. . The day I started playing there, she started coming down to listen to me. One day, I did not make it and she came . The next week, I went there and before the beginning of the sing along, one volunteer staff went to her room. She would not go out thinking I was absent again. Then the staff said to her: "Victor is here this evening.."
Immediately she fixed herself and she came down with the attendant---#
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