'Tom The Turkey' Still Strutting: Photo Of The Week

SAN LEANDRO, CA — JeanMarie Mead is a registered nurse at George Mark Children's House in San Leandro, which JeanMarie describes as "a very special pediatric palliative care facility."

She is often greeted at the entrance to work by this guy, whom she calls Tom the Turkey. "We are buddies.. I talk to him and he puffs up his beautiful feathers."

Thank you for sharing this photo, JeanMarie, and for your dedication to children in need.

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Photo credit: JeanMarie Mead