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UNCLE BOB'S HOSPITAL VISIT

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Uploaded by on Sep 29, 2009

http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=53068

Uncle Bob is getting up in years, but manages quite well, thank you. Then an unexpected illness changes everything. Suddenly he's scooped out of his safe and familiar surroundings and deposited inside the foreign and chaotic world of the hospital. Here the once self-reliant Uncle Bob becomes vulnerable and dependent.

Uncle Bob's hospital stay is fraught with difficulties. Day in day out he is inundated by a constant barrage of intruders, from the nurse who wakes him up to take his sleeping pill, to well-meaning visitors who bring him food he can't eat.

As his hospital stay lengthens, Uncle Bob's spirits and health decline, and his old life becomes a distant memory. It isn't until one very special visitor reminds Uncle Bob just how much he is loved and needed that he finds a reason to get well.

Uncle Bob's Hospital Visit is a charming look at the importance of cheer, hope and love in the healing process.

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  • Ahh :) Really nice simple story that touches heart.

  • i actually cried when they moved in haha. that was great

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  • What the hell am I doing in a damn hospital??! Those nasty foul beaners had something to do with this, I bet!

  • Beautiful, i saw it in Isat Channel, greetings from Argentina!

  • Really loved Uncle Bob story.

    Greetings from Italy

  • Damn you Canadians! I cried so much. Aging in place, beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

  • Holy crap!  Look at that ECG!! Uncle Bob is screwed! lol! ;)

  • very nice

  • @Chachizooyork5 Peace (*%

  • @gullie0 Really? thats nice to know. sorry to hear about your dad glad he's [still] alive. Oh and thanks for your comment. i don't wanna be a queer and whatnot, but well...shit i do miss my dead grandpa every now and then. :) peace <3

  • @Chachizooyork5 Don't be a queer.

  • This guy was based off of my dad, Robert, aka BOB.

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