What a Great Day!

Saturday June 19th we took the ToothZone Carnival Games to the annual Brookdale University Hospital Community Health Fair. Attendance was high which is always great and the kids had a blast. We answered lots of questions by kids about their teeth and spent some time speaking with the parents about access to dental care for their children. Then near the end of the fair I heard my name called to the bandstand. The CEO of the Hospital and the staff who organize the fair presented me with an award of appreciation for my (and my family's) continued participation and support of the annual health fair. It was a BIG surprise and it felt great to be recognized for doing something we love.
On another note, the Clearwater Florida tooth adventure pictures are posted on the healthy teeth page of drmolarmagic.com.....check them out

Looking for Teeth in Clearwater Florida

The team is in Clearwater Florida this week and we are finding a few "teeth" related sights. We got a real treat when we went to the Clearwater Aquarium to see Winter. A dolphin with an incredibly inspiring story. Your need to go to http://www.seewinter.com/ and check this out. Check out the Healthy Teeth Page of  http://www.drmolarmagic.com/ in about a week to see pictures of Winter and all the other Tooth adventures we came up with.

A Great Health Fair

It was a fun day! I took the Dr. Molar Magic's Museum of Curiosity and Humbugs to PS/IS 207 to teach the students all about thier teeth and the teeth of various animals. Its a fun exhibit which includes model skulls of different animals, a tribute to PT Barnum's Feejee Mermaid, and lots of information about how to take care of your teeth properly. Every class came by in order and I did my shtick.....then we took questions, that's where the fun began.
I think the best question of the day was from a kindergartener who asked me," when do my teeth turn gold like my grandpa's?"
What do you say to that?! I explained to the young man that he should take good care of his teeth, and ask his Grandpa how old he was when he got his gold teeth....
All in a day's work....
We have lots of great gig coming up, the Annual Autism Speaks walk, an Assembly at MS 216, and as always a bunch of Clown Rounds dates at Brookdale Hospital.

Keep reading and we'll keep blogging.

The patients are not always interested .......

Another day in Peds, a short one however, the census included a lot of sleeping teenagers. Now I know its a lot of fun waking up teenagers....but not today. We just let them sleep and get their energy back to heal. I did get to sing a verse of "Silvery Moon" with one of the nurses. All in a days work......

Clown Rounds May 14th, 2010

Another great day in Pediatrics.....we had  a lot of laughs today, but the funniest moment was when the snake flashlight (that's just a spring snake that comes out of a flashlight) actually took a Dad by surprise which sent his son into rolling hysterical laughter for a good 10 minutes.. Mom and I got a good laugh and Dad laughed as well, as soon as he caught his breath. Lots of fun......

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!

Clown Rounds Friday April 15th

A good day's work on the Ped's unit. First stop I competed with the video game cart....not easy, but once they saw me drop the juggling clubs, well the rest was cake!
Actually I had a great experience today, I had just finished all the room to room work and was getting ready to leave when the attending of the day came to me and asked me to visit a child in the treatment room. Now this room is on the other side of the unit and rarely used, so I never go there. But I was lucky enough to be there today and spent about 20 minutes speaking with and performing for a 9year old while the Docs prepared to do a spinal tap.
One of those days when being there made that extra difference......