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29 August 2007  

Rumour had it that one of our long term patients Jacinta was a Tweetie Bird fan and her mum was unable to find her Tweetie Bird at home to bring in. Radio Lollipop Mater thought it would be great if they could arrange a visit from the real Tweetie Bird who lives an hour down the road at Movie World on the Gold Coast.

Renee Dempsey from Radio Lollipop approached Tim and the team from Movie World who agreed to make a special trip up to Brisbane to surprise Jacinta. What a surprise it was, at first Jacinta was overwhelmed, but she soon relaxed and started playing games with Tweetie. Tweeties hands were a little big so Jacinta gave her a pen to help her play. Unfortunately this didn’t help and Jacinta still won the game.

Tweetie also bought Jacinta her very own Tweetie Bird as a gift. It was the biggest Tweetie you have ever seen, it is almost as big as Jacinta herself. Jacinta was later seen walking around the wards with her Tweetie taped to her IV drip pole.

Our biggest thanks to Renee Dempsey, Michelle Mathews and Movie World for making Jacinta’s dream come true.