It was a rodeo-themed affair. As staff members lined the walls of the Valleywise Arizona Burn Center, most sported tiny cowboy hats, Toy Story stickers on their scrubs and fake mustaches on their surgical masks; a wild west cake waiting for them at the end of the hallway.
The Friday afternoon send-off was fit for 3-year-old Westyn Tudor, a testament to the toddler who, through his four-month stay, 21 surgeries and a positive COVID-19 diagnosis, taught a hospital the meaning of resilience, though no one is sure he ll ever know it. I m not sure he gets the magnitude of this moment, but at the very least, the decorations tell him there s something to be excited about, said 32-year-old Amy Green, Westyn s mom.