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DIS Dad #330
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- Nov 23, 2008
This is my 1st trip report.. so I hope someone out there decides to read. We were in Disney from 3/1-3/8 but our trip started on Friday 2/27...... I guess before I start I should let you know the cast. It was ME Tim 31, my DW Melody 32 & our DD2 (2yrs and 352 days her birthday is 3/11)
Some background.....
For years Melody wanted to goto Disney. I was always like 'we'll go someday'. I never really had an interest to goto Disney. Growing up I saw a lot Disney movies mostly because I have a sister who was a little younger than me. But I really felt I would rather vacation in other places. We've been on 2 cruises, Florida, Islands, Hawaii, etc. So we have traveled together.
We got married in September 2004 and in March of 2006 Juliana was born. It was the happiest day of my life and was the first time I ever cried tears of joy. We love being parents and Juliana had a normal first year of life. She was sick 1 time in her 1st year. Well at her 1 year check up the doctor felt what she though was an enlarged spleen. Being that Juliana was sick just 1 week before her appointment, the doctor wanted us to come back in 2 weeks. We went back for another check up and the doctor still felt what she thought was an enlarged spleen. She sent us to the hospital to get blood-work done and an ultrasound. Before the blood-work was even done, while they were doing the ultrasound they saw something that wasn't right. The hospital sent us back to the pediatricians office... during the short drive back there we knew something was wrong. We got to the office and they escorted us to her small office room. She sent us directly to a children's hospital. Well to make a long story short, our daughter was diagnosed with a Wilms Tumor in her kidney. This form of cancer effects 500 kids yearly in the US. She had to have surgery to remove the tumor and her kidney as well. Juliana spent over 1 1/2 weeks in the hospital and had to have chemo for 5 months.
She is a tough little girl who has been through a lot. She still gets random fevers that she has to goto the ER for. But her CAT scans, X-Rays, and Ultrasounds show no cancer.
Fast-forward to March of 2008.... This was our 1st disney trip. We stayed off site at the Sheraton Vistana. We went with our friends who have 2 young kids around Juliana's age. We were so excited for this trip because of Juliana's diagnosis and treatment we couldn't go anywhere and had stay close to the hospital. We went to magic kingdom the 1st day and when she saw Cinderella's Castle she was in awe. I'll never forget the look and how excited she was. That was the day when I was hooked on disney as well.
Waiting for our 1st boat ride over to the Magic Kingdom.
1st time on Main St.
Well i'll be continuing this report with plenty of pics.... Next stop the day before we leave!!!!!!
Or how this trip came about..........
Some background.....
For years Melody wanted to goto Disney. I was always like 'we'll go someday'. I never really had an interest to goto Disney. Growing up I saw a lot Disney movies mostly because I have a sister who was a little younger than me. But I really felt I would rather vacation in other places. We've been on 2 cruises, Florida, Islands, Hawaii, etc. So we have traveled together.
We got married in September 2004 and in March of 2006 Juliana was born. It was the happiest day of my life and was the first time I ever cried tears of joy. We love being parents and Juliana had a normal first year of life. She was sick 1 time in her 1st year. Well at her 1 year check up the doctor felt what she though was an enlarged spleen. Being that Juliana was sick just 1 week before her appointment, the doctor wanted us to come back in 2 weeks. We went back for another check up and the doctor still felt what she thought was an enlarged spleen. She sent us to the hospital to get blood-work done and an ultrasound. Before the blood-work was even done, while they were doing the ultrasound they saw something that wasn't right. The hospital sent us back to the pediatricians office... during the short drive back there we knew something was wrong. We got to the office and they escorted us to her small office room. She sent us directly to a children's hospital. Well to make a long story short, our daughter was diagnosed with a Wilms Tumor in her kidney. This form of cancer effects 500 kids yearly in the US. She had to have surgery to remove the tumor and her kidney as well. Juliana spent over 1 1/2 weeks in the hospital and had to have chemo for 5 months.
She is a tough little girl who has been through a lot. She still gets random fevers that she has to goto the ER for. But her CAT scans, X-Rays, and Ultrasounds show no cancer.
Fast-forward to March of 2008.... This was our 1st disney trip. We stayed off site at the Sheraton Vistana. We went with our friends who have 2 young kids around Juliana's age. We were so excited for this trip because of Juliana's diagnosis and treatment we couldn't go anywhere and had stay close to the hospital. We went to magic kingdom the 1st day and when she saw Cinderella's Castle she was in awe. I'll never forget the look and how excited she was. That was the day when I was hooked on disney as well.
Waiting for our 1st boat ride over to the Magic Kingdom.
1st time on Main St.
Well i'll be continuing this report with plenty of pics.... Next stop the day before we leave!!!!!!
Or how this trip came about..........
There was a package under the tree addressed to all of us from Santa. There was a note in it:
