Make a Wish (and other organizations) ~ Wish Trippers UNITE! Volume FIVE!!

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YAY!! You should start a TR for him! He is going to have so much fun!! :dance3:

Thanks I just did now I have to figure out how to do a signature...lol. I see you have a Jake that's going too - how awesome!!! I read some of your TR - how exciting for you guys too!!!
 
Yay for a wish trip! Will you have to wait until he turns 3?

In our state, the wish age is 2 1/2 - I'm not sure if they make you wait until 3 years of age or not....we are 5 months away from that and I have practically little to no info - just got our welcome email on Friday after they did a really long phone interview about all the kiddos.
 
In our state, the wish age is 2 1/2 - I'm not sure if they make you wait until 3 years of age or not....we are 5 months away from that and I have practically little to no info - just got our welcome email on Friday after they did a really long phone interview about all the kiddos.

I didn't know some states had lower ages - cool for you! Waiting for info is the toughest part! Looking forward to hearing about your planning as you get started :)
 
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We just got back from our Wish Trip 2/10-2/16. On 2/14 we went to Legoland. My kiddo loves legos. We live near the KC legoland and are annual members. He was really looking forward to visiting the big Legoland.

If we had it to do over we would not have gone. Legoland does not give kiddos the special treatment that you will get at Universal, Disney or SeaWorld. Especially avoid that park if your kiddo has any mobility or sensory deficits. Legoland may meet handicap codes, but from our experience they treat those with disabilities poorly.

WOW that is great info!! Thanks for letting me know. I think we will nix it since our wish kid has major sensory and mobility deficits. Thats horrible that they dont give them the same treatment. I think ALL places should give wish kids special treatment since it is their time!
 
Thanks I just did now I have to figure out how to do a signature...lol. I see you have a Jake that's going too - how awesome!!! I read some of your TR - how exciting for you guys too!!!

You can edit it in your settings. Yep...Jake is my wish kid!! I love that name haha. :cool1:
 
Wow - its been a week since my last post! Been so busy but wanted to thank everyone for the advice on Kara's upcoming port surgery. We will be at Hopkins on Feb 20th for it. Very nervous but I know this is what needs to happen for to beat this cancer! :scared:

Kara had her wish grantors come over last Sunday and she made her wish to see the princess castle and get her make up done at the BBB!princess:

We turned in all paper work and gave our dates - anywhere between September to December. We want to give Kara some time on her chemo cycles before we travel. :drive:

I will let everyone know how she does on Wednesday!
 
I am curious to know too. My kids would LOVE to go to Lego Land. But I dont know how much time to devote to it because we have never been there before. Then I have to figure out what to take out of our trip so we can put in lego land...haha. :confused3

Our kids LOVED Legoland. It was also a very slow day there. Not very many people. We don't have any Legoland anywhere near us, so for us, it was a must see. There wasn't a lot of shade, which can become a problem. Our wish child just melts in the heat so we had to quickly change courses. All rides we were able to walk on. I will agree with PP, not the greatest for mobility. We had to back track a few times with our strollers as some places had stairs and weren't marked. We also did not do everything.
So, if you are very much into Disney/Universal, I am not sure it would be worth it. But we did not do Disney or Universal. We did Animal Kingdom and Sea World. The lack of special treatment didn't bother us. But if you go to the other places, I can see why it would be a bother.
Kennedy Space Center....we thought about that but thought, with our age range of kids, it wouldn't be a good idea. So no help there :-)
 
:wave2:Hi! I have been lurking around this site for awhile, waiting to be "official" enough to post. We just found out last week that my daughter, Maddie, will be granted a wish and today we found out that her Wish Granters will come visit us on Wednesday! It's only been about a month since she was referred to MAW, so things are moving quickly! Her exact wish is yet to be determined, but right now she wants "to go to Disney and be in a parade." Not sure if the parade part can happen! I'll work on a PTR soon, but just wanted to introduce myself :wave2:
 
Mom2M07 said:
:wave2:Hi! I have been lurking around this site for awhile, waiting to be "official" enough to post. We just found out last week that my daughter, Maddie, will be granted a wish and today we found out that her Wish Granters will come visit us on Wednesday! It's only been about a month since she was referred to MAW, so things are moving quickly! Her exact wish is yet to be determined, but right now she wants "to go to Disney and be in a parade." Not sure if the parade part can happen! I'll work on a PTR soon, but just wanted to introduce myself :wave2:

Welcome! Can't wait to read your PTR!

Kristy
 
Mom2M07 said:
:wave2:Hi! I have been lurking around this site for awhile, waiting to be "official" enough to post. We just found out last week that my daughter, Maddie, will be granted a wish and today we found out that her Wish Granters will come visit us on Wednesday! It's only been about a month since she was referred to MAW, so things are moving quickly! Her exact wish is yet to be determined, but right now she wants "to go to Disney and be in a parade." Not sure if the parade part can happen! I'll work on a PTR soon, but just wanted to introduce myself :wave2:

Welcome! So happy that Maddie is getting a wish!
 
Mom2M07 said:
:wave2:Hi! I have been lurking around this site for awhile, waiting to be "official" enough to post. We just found out last week that my daughter, Maddie, will be granted a wish and today we found out that her Wish Granters will come visit us on Wednesday! It's only been about a month since she was referred to MAW, so things are moving quickly! Her exact wish is yet to be determined, but right now she wants "to go to Disney and be in a parade." Not sure if the parade part can happen! I'll work on a PTR soon, but just wanted to introduce myself :wave2:

Hi and welcome!
 
Sheri21596 said:
Wow - its been a week since my last post! Been so busy but wanted to thank everyone for the advice on Kara's upcoming port surgery. We will be at Hopkins on Feb 20th for it. Very nervous but I know this is what needs to happen for to beat this cancer! :scared:

Kara had her wish grantors come over last Sunday and she made her wish to see the princess castle and get her make up done at the BBB!princess:

We turned in all paper work and gave our dates - anywhere between September to December. We want to give Kara some time on her chemo cycles before we travel. :drive:

I will let everyone know how she does on Wednesday!

The idea of a port is hard; sometimes seeing that lump on Ja's chest makes my heart clench. But it DOES make things easier. I hope she does well on Wednesday, I'll be thinking of her.
It would be smart to give some time to see how Kara adjusts to the chemo - Ja barely reacts to some and gets hit hard with others.
 
We will be heading to the hospital in the morning at 5:30 check in for Carter's MRI. They will be putting him totally out, since there is no way he would be able to do it awake. I guess the official MRI will be at 7, so hoping we will be home by noon. The last time he was put under he had a bit of trouble with his breathing after. That was before he started treatments, so lets hope it will be easier this time! :goodvibes
 
We just got the call on Friday that our two year old adopted son would get his Make-A-Wish. We've been to Disney before we adopted him but this will be his very first time and we are thrilled to be there to experience this with him!!

I'm going to start reading - he has several things that may make it a bit harder for him to get on and off attractions (feeding tube, wheelchair, pulse ox machine, etc.).

He's 2 1/2 so for now, we're showing him videos and pictures of Disney (he's obsessed with Mickey and Buzz) so that he'll have some idea of what it may look like when he gets there!!!

Our other children are so excited to make this trip special for him :-)

Yay!! So glad he gets his wish!


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We just got back from our Wish Trip 2/10-2/16. On 2/14 we went to Legoland. My kiddo loves legos. We live near the KC legoland and are annual members. He was really looking forward to visiting the big Legoland.

If we had it to do over we would not have gone. Legoland does not give kiddos the special treatment that you will get at Universal, Disney or SeaWorld. Especially avoid that park if your kiddo has any mobility or sensory deficits. Legoland may meet handicap codes, but from our experience they treat those with disabilities poorly.

Thanks for the info!

Wow - its been a week since my last post! Been so busy but wanted to thank everyone for the advice on Kara's upcoming port surgery. We will be at Hopkins on Feb 20th for it. Very nervous but I know this is what needs to happen for to beat this cancer! :scared:

Kara had her wish grantors come over last Sunday and she made her wish to see the princess castle and get her make up done at the BBB!princess:

We turned in all paper work and gave our dates - anywhere between September to December. We want to give Kara some time on her chemo cycles before we travel. :drive:

I will let everyone know how she does on Wednesday!

Praying for sweet Kara. What a fun wish! I hope you hear back soon and get the dates you want. :beach:

Our kids LOVED Legoland. It was also a very slow day there. Not very many people. We don't have any Legoland anywhere near us, so for us, it was a must see. There wasn't a lot of shade, which can become a problem. Our wish child just melts in the heat so we had to quickly change courses. All rides we were able to walk on. I will agree with PP, not the greatest for mobility. We had to back track a few times with our strollers as some places had stairs and weren't marked. We also did not do everything.
So, if you are very much into Disney/Universal, I am not sure it would be worth it. But we did not do Disney or Universal. We did Animal Kingdom and Sea World. The lack of special treatment didn't bother us. But if you go to the other places, I can see why it would be a bother.
Kennedy Space Center....we thought about that but thought, with our age range of kids, it wouldn't be a good idea. So no help there :-)

Thanks for the info!


:wave2:Hi! I have been lurking around this site for awhile, waiting to be "official" enough to post. We just found out last week that my daughter, Maddie, will be granted a wish and today we found out that her Wish Granters will come visit us on Wednesday! It's only been about a month since she was referred to MAW, so things are moving quickly! Her exact wish is yet to be determined, but right now she wants "to go to Disney and be in a parade." Not sure if the parade part can happen! I'll work on a PTR soon, but just wanted to introduce myself :wave2:

Welcome! Glad Maddie gets her wish!

We will be heading to the hospital in the morning at 5:30 check in for Carter's MRI. They will be putting him totally out, since there is no way he would be able to do it awake. I guess the official MRI will be at 7, so hoping we will be home by noon. The last time he was put under he had a bit of trouble with his breathing after. That was before he started treatments, so lets hope it will be easier this time! :goodvibes

Praying it all goes well. Trev had his MRI a couple weeks ago and he too had to be under general anesthesia. Nice that you will be home early! Trev's didn't start until almost 1pm! It was hard not letting him eat or drink for that long!


Jackie
 
We will be heading to the hospital in the morning at 5:30 check in for Carter's MRI. They will be putting him totally out, since there is no way he would be able to do it awake. I guess the official MRI will be at 7, so hoping we will be home by noon. The last time he was put under he had a bit of trouble with his breathing after. That was before he started treatments, so lets hope it will be easier this time! :goodvibes

I am sorry Carter has to be put to sleep for the MRI. Girls are so different than boys on things like that sometimes. Praying for good news and that you get home quickly! :hug::hug:

CHRISTI! Thank you for posting the link to Lisa's site/video, You have become an amazing friend!

Lindababe! I had seen the link about the wedding at GKTW, THANK YOU for sharing it here!I pictured Lisa getting married there the chapel is so beautiful and the grounds AMAZING!!!
 
:wave2:Hi! I have been lurking around this site for awhile, waiting to be "official" enough to post. We just found out last week that my daughter, Maddie, will be granted a wish and today we found out that her Wish Granters will come visit us on Wednesday! It's only been about a month since she was referred to MAW, so things are moving quickly! Her exact wish is yet to be determined, but right now she wants "to go to Disney and be in a parade." Not sure if the parade part can happen! I'll work on a PTR soon, but just wanted to introduce myself :wave2:

Happy for Maddie:banana:
 
I have a random question. I'm debating the morality of it too, so need advice. I'm sure most of you have seen that Make a Wish won't let out other children participate in the wish and we have to pay for them out of pocket. I've figured it all up and it will cost around $2000 if we get all the deals we're hoping for. That's a whole heck of a lot of money to save when you have seven kids. The lady from GKTW had mentioned doing a fundraiser. I dismissed it at the time, but am now considering it.
My first question is, is it really even appropriate for us to do a fundraiser? And secondly, what type could we do? I thought about a bake sale, but not sure how much that could actually raise.
I won't be offended if you don't agree with it...I'm really struggling with it myself.

Kristy
 
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