Construction Worker Hides Waldo For Kids In Nearby Hospital

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What’s the only thing worse than being a hospital patient? (Unless you’re in the hospital to give birth, that’s a joyous occasion.) Being a hospital patient and a little kid at the same time!

Jason Haney (above) is a construction worker helping raise a big new expansion to the Memorial Children’s Hospital in South Bend, Indiana. As a way to help distract sick kids from their situation, he thought it would be a good idea to hide Waldo somewhere in the maze of girders, beams and concrete.

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Haney has also amused kids with a blow-up snowman and an inflatable Sponge Bob before creating a 4’x8′ plywood figure of Waldo. He and his daughter painted the character until he became… well, Waldo.

“He’s eight-feet tall and a pain in the butt to move around sometimes,” Haney told The Huffington Post. “He’s 50, 60 pounds and he’s awkward to carry. But it’s worth it for the kids.”

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Waldo debuted this past April. And once he hears they found Waldo… Big W is on the move once more.

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Where’s Waldo now? Oh, um… never mind.

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Watch below to learn more about this sweet story:

h/t: HuffPo; additional photos from Where’s Waldo.. Memorial Children’s Hospital FB page.

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