This week, I wrote about a 4-year-old girl named Brinley who has spent more than 110 days as an inpatient at Cleveland Clinic Children's while awaiting a heart transplant. Especially for a child, long hospital stays can feel lonely — but Brinley has an unexpected team cheering her on.
Every day around 3:15 p.m., she looks out her window to watch a construction crew across the street wave at her and form heart shapes with their hands. They've taped up signs with messages like "Get well soon" and "Not all superheroes wear capes, some wear pigtails and smiles." They've even sent gifts, including a hard hat signed by the entire crew.
"Even though we're in these four walls, there are other people out there rooting for Brinley," her mother told me.
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