“Robbie’s face lit up when Dr McFlea and Dr Cous Cous entered the room with their ukulele.”
The Clowndoctors visited Robbie at the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh over several years. Robbie loves slapstick and surprises and hugely enjoyed sending the Clowndoctors flying around the room with his trademark shout of “Boo!!”. He always associates this game with the Clowndoctors and when we would see him occasionally in the hospital it would be the first thing, he said to us.
We had lots of fun singing about being posh in Morningside and he knew all the Clowndoctors by our identifying features… Dr Mousse has a hat, Dr Couscous has a moustache, Dr Beatz has headphones, and he would check and make sure this was all in order. When Robbie left school, we did not see him for a while, so it was delightful to bump into him and his parents when he was staying on the adult ward in the hospital. We, of course, were sent down the corridor with a giant “Boo!!”.
His dad got in touch to see if we could visit him on the adult ward as he was going through a tough time with several operations and his dad felt the Clowndoctors could help support him. With agreement from the staff on the ward the Clowndoctors visited Robbie several times over this period. He was always pleased to see us and despite being quite unwell, engaged with fun and pleasure in our visits. Robbie and the Clowndoctors are great friends, and we were delighted to be able to continue our friendship in this way.
“We wanted to say a big thank you to Dr Mousse and Dr Cous Cous for coming to say hello to Robbie when we met the Clowndoctors at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Edinburgh recently. Even though Robbie was far from well, it was lovely for Robbie to hear from people he knows well from the Sick Kids and from visits to the Royal Blind School. Robbie had been in hospital for many weeks and had a number of operations. The Clowndoctors have visited him regularly and their visits gave him a much-needed boost when he needed it the most.” — Richard, Robbie’s dad
