Monday, April 23, 2007

A Rotaplast Vignette

12:30 p.m. Monday: Our 29 member Rotaplast team is becoming well-known to the attentive staff of the Grand Futura Tikal, a Hyatt Regency-style luxury hotel complete with 10-story atrium and glass elevators, so generously donated by our Rotary hosts. Fabiola greets us as we enter the breakfast buffet. She had noticed us bringing in toys for the Rotaplast children when we checked in, so when recovery room nurse Jackie Arata arrived today she asked her where the toys had come from. “We brought them all with us from the U.S.”

Fabiola replied, “Oh,” then paused. Jackie asked if she wanted one. “No, I know the work you are doing. My children have so many toys already, I just wondered if I could give you some for your children.” Then they both cried.

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