~How TWO trips became...who knows? ~ It's a TRIP! and an upgrade.... 4/22

[Sandy321]

 

[All7OfUs]

Hi All,

Here's the scoop.... maroo is pretty darn sick!! In fact, she saw the doc. yesterday, and not only does she have a fever and abdom. pain, she has an elevated white count. She have another test tom. and if the levels are still high or higher, they will look more closely at what's going on.

The upshot is that she has really become "blah" (her own words) and unmotived about her trip!! She says she doesn't want to go if she is feeling this bad.

Please pray for her!! She HAS to go to work tomorrow or she says she won't be able to go to WDW in Dec. with Rachel!!

Please, Lord, heal Mary!!!!

 

[Sandy321]

well gosh darn it - I didnt expect to hear that -

Dear Mary - May you fell the presence of the Lord, as He lays His hand upon you - may your white cell counts be where they should, and you get to continue working for the Lord!

I'm going out of town - early tomorrow, but just because I wont be posting doesnt mean I wont be praying for you!!

 

[VroomVroomLightning]

I will keep you in my prayers Maroo. I hope you feel better soon so that you can go on your trip still!

 

[jenb1023]

Thanks for the update Liesa! I was worried something was wrong with Mary or Rachel. Mary sending prayers, good thoughts and pixie dust your way for a speedy recovery!

 

[that's nice]

Mary,

I really hope you feel better soon. We will be thinking of you.

 

[maroo]

You guys are so sweet. Thank you for all of your well wishes! I am truly sorry I made any of you guys worry.

I am feeling pretty bad. Actually, I woke up feeling better this morning, but less than an hour or so after being up and walking around, I already feel crappy. Not sure what that has to do with anything.

I really am bummed about my trip. I have not felt well for days...started last Saturday. Just tired - feeling run down. (Probably am run down.) But yesterday it got worse. I have no idea what is wrong at this point. Kidney stone? Appendicitis? Just the stomach bug. Don't worry, no flu like symptoms!

Rachel is MUCH, MUCH better and basically back to herself! We believe, because of this "comeback" that it was probably the sodium levels that caused the illness. She has had some progression of her lung disease that comes with the genetic condition she has, but overall is doing much better than we ever expected.

Matt0126 is actually a MOM of one of our wish kids. One of her sons is named Matt! I just figured you guys would wonder and then thought I would mess with you guys a little bit. I will get to meet her when I am in Disney, which will be beyond cool - and I can't wait to tell you guys about that when I get back.

Totally unrelated to Disney, but definitely related to our life around here with Lauren and Rachel is that we have lost 3 kids to the swine flu in Mississippi. Ages were 7, 12/13, and 15...otherwise healthy kids. This is disturbing to us - as both Rachel and Lauren are susceptible to major complications if they were to catch this flu. Rachel's Mom is restricting Rachel from going to the store or any place where there is a pharmacy. Rachel basically gets out for church, to go shopping, and other things - but no major contacts with school age children or anything. Lauren, on the other hand, is in a large high school, involved in all sorts of school activities, and there is very little we can do to protect her (aside from the normal washing your hands junk). This has been a major topic of discussion around here today and we are even considering what we will when Lauren's classmates start getting the flu - take her out of school for a little while? Until she can get vaccinated? It is a serious discussion around here.

So...there ya have it.


On a lighter note...

Both Lauren and I are on a podcast today called All About the Mouse. You can find it herehttp://www.allaboutthemouse.com. You can listen from any computer. They interviewed both of us about our experience at Give Kids the World. It was fun to do the interview. I have not listened to it yet...I guess I should before I tell all of you to go listen...but if I sounded stupid, we can all laugh together! I love the podcast as a whole and really would encourage everyone to listen to it weekly, honestly. Lots of good information and they are just fun to listen to and are genuinely nice guys.

 

[Matt1026]

You guys are so sweet. Thank you for all of your well wishes! I am truly sorry I made any of you guys worry.

I am feeling pretty bad. Actually, I woke up feeling better this morning, but less than an hour or so after being up and walking around, I already feel crappy. Not sure what that has to do with anything.

I really hate to hear how bad you have felt. We are praying for you and hope you gettng feeling better soon!


Totally unrelated to Disney, but definitely related to our life around here with Lauren and Rachel is that we have lost 3 kids to the swine flu in Mississippi. Ages were 7, 12/13, and 15...otherwise healthy kids. This is disturbing to us -


This is real scary stuff. It just scared me to death.
You take care of yourself.

 

[maroo]

I need to make a correction to something I posted earlier about the swine flu...

The 7 year old did have other complications...they are not saying what...but he had other medical problems. Not that it gives us much comfort as it relates to Lauren and Rachel - but it should to any parents to "typical" kids some comfort.

Enough about the swine flu....



I feel BETTER!!

So I just have one thing to say.......



In just 7 days, I will be in ORLANDO!!!!

 

[jenb1023]

You and Lauren sounded great on the podcast! Mary you did a great job of explaining how fabulous GKTW is. Though you need to work on Lauren's WDW knowledge - she called Spectromagic the "Electrical Parade." You better watch out or you are going to get kicked off of the boards again. Hope you are continuing to feel a little better!

Woo-hoo for 7 days!!! I am so excited for you!

 

[maroo]

You and Lauren sounded great on the podcast! Mary you did a great job of explaining how fabulous GKTW is. Though you need to work on Lauren's WDW knowledge - she called Spectromagic the "Electrical Parade." You better watch out or you are going to get kicked off of the boards again. Hope you are continuing to feel a little better!

Woo-hoo for 7 days!!! I am so excited for you!

Well....I think she calls it that because I call it that!

It will always, always be the electrical parade to me! That is one thing from my childhood trips I do remember!

Thanks for the compliments! I really like that podcast and they are really nice guys. It will be fun to meet them and hang out in December!

 

[JPFamilyMom]

Hey Mary, glad you are feeling better. Throwing some pixie dust your way.

Will try and listen to the podcast tomorrow, I'm beat, it's been a very long week.

Latest on swine flu information is they think it isn't airborne since they ran some tests on animals, so as long as Lauren keeps her hands clean- all should be well. Though the news has had me debate putting my Jack in school at all since he is only 4 it isn't necessary yet, just wanted him to be ready for Kindergarten. And he puts his hands in his mouth a lot.

 

[TarzansKat]

Oh, Maroo!

I am so glad to hear you are feeling better, and I haven't been on the DIS, so I missed your being sick, and being able to pray for you! Will you take some late prayers now for continued health???

I'm glad you're feeling excited about your trip again. So CLOSE!!!

 

[Baloo]

Hope you're feeling much,much better...I so enjoy your TR and NEED another one soon!



You and Lauren are always in my prayers,I will say some extra for y'all and Rachel too!

 

[that's nice]

Mary.. I'm glad that you are 'BACK'!!!!!

You must be getting super excited.. You are almost home!!!

 

[Sandy321]

AWESOME!! continued healing prayers! and prayers for magical vacation!!

About ME: (Feel free to skip)

I just got home from our trip to Chicago (our DS 21 who had some major health issue in Jan - PTL for healings!) He DID THE TRIATHOLON!! SO I'm one excited mom!! They are always your babies - They swam in 9ft of water in LAKE MICHIGAN (think, COLD, WAVES, WIND) for almost 1 mile then biked for about 24 miles then ran for 6miles - and DH and DD as well as son's girlfriend thought we missed DS in the water - and we werent going to find him amongst the HUNDREDS - thousands? (10,000 total athletes - but were sent into water in waves of 150 swimmers, wait 5 min, next wave) HAH - as this group can attest - "Mama knows her baby"!! (DH said I got lucky and quit bragging!! )

BAaack to Maroo!!

Well....I think she calls it that because I call it that!

It will always, always be the electrical parade to me! That is one thing from my childhood trips I do remember!

Thanks for the compliments! I really like that podcast and they are really nice guys. It will be fun to meet them and hang out in December!

I believe (dont quote me on this! ) The Electric Parade - is the name of the parade that is on the 7 Seas Lagoon - it is a series of lighted moving lights on boats - it goes by Grand Floridian, then Polynesian, then Contempory (and can be seen while dining at Cali Grill!! I know!!) the Ft Wilderness, then in front of Magic Kingdom - then back along the canal - its a rusty scrappy boaty looking thing if you are on the monorail from GF to MK - and look out you can see where it hangs in that canal!!

 

[eyor44]

Mary
I am so glad you are feeling better. Stay well so you can get on that plane. Hmmmm, you are flying this trip, right? or is it the next trip? Oh, goodness, guess I am going to have to re-read a few pages. 5 more days and you will be there!

 

[maroo]

Hey Mary, glad you are feeling better. Throwing some pixie dust your way.

Will try and listen to the podcast tomorrow, I'm beat, it's been a very long week.

Latest on swine flu information is they think it isn't airborne since they ran some tests on animals, so as long as Lauren keeps her hands clean- all should be well. Though the news has had me debate putting my Jack in school at all since he is only 4 it isn't necessary yet, just wanted him to be ready for Kindergarten. And he puts his hands in his mouth a lot.

Since Lauren doesn't really put her hands to her face (she can't do that easily anyway) then she is clear on that. But she puts pens in her mouth to write...so that is something we are trying to figure out a way to clean. And those of us that take care of her (picking her up, etc) really need to be careful, too.

I hope you have been able to listen to the podcast!

Oh, Maroo!

I am so glad to hear you are feeling better, and I haven't been on the DIS, so I missed your being sick, and being able to pray for you! Will you take some late prayers now for continued health???

I'm glad you're feeling excited about your trip again. So CLOSE!!!

I will take ALL prayers!

I have not been on the DIS much this weekend...busy weekend and busy week ahead - PLUS I am leaving for Disney in FIVE days!!!!!!

Hope you're feeling much,much better...I so enjoy your TR and NEED another one soon!



You and Lauren are always in my prayers,I will say some extra for y'all and Rachel too!

Aw! You are so sweet! Thanks for posting!

I owe you guys a Magic Meets TR AND a Sept TR when I get back! Behind and I have not even left yet.

Mary.. I'm glad that you are 'BACK'!!!!!

You must be getting super excited.. You are almost home!!!

I am back!! I am pretty transparent on these boards, huh! You can pretty much tell my mood by the number of smiley faces and exclamation points!

 

[maroo]

AWESOME!! continued healing prayers! and prayers for magical vacation!!

About ME: (Feel free to skip)

I just got home from our trip to Chicago (our DS 21 who had some major health issue in Jan - PTL for healings!) He DID THE TRIATHOLON!! SO I'm one excited mom!! They are always your babies - They swam in 9ft of water in LAKE MICHIGAN (think, COLD, WAVES, WIND) for almost 1 mile then biked for about 24 miles then ran for 6miles - and DH and DD as well as son's girlfriend thought we missed DS in the water - and we werent going to find him amongst the HUNDREDS - thousands? (10,000 total athletes - but were sent into water in waves of 150 swimmers, wait 5 min, next wave) HAH - as this group can attest - "Mama knows her baby"!! (DH said I got lucky and quit bragging!! )

BAaack to Maroo!!




I believe (dont quote me on this! ) The Electric Parade - is the name of the parade that is on the 7 Seas Lagoon - it is a series of lighted moving lights on boats - it goes by Grand Floridian, then Polynesian, then Contempory (and can be seen while dining at Cali Grill!! I know!!) the Ft Wilderness, then in front of Magic Kingdom - then back along the canal - its a rusty scrappy boaty looking thing if you are on the monorail from GF to MK - and look out you can see where it hangs in that canal!!

I would never skip an anything about you!

Congrats to your son! Triathlons are hard!!! OMG...cold water! I could not do that! NEVER.



Ok...I totally had to look this up! Because I was thinking...the ONE thing I remember from Disney World when I was a kid and I remember it wrong? Uh oh!

The current Electrical Parade IS the Electrical Water Pagent, which has run since 1971. But there was a "Main Street Electrical Parade" that ran from 1977 to 1991. I am very thankful there is such a thing...I thought I was crazy.


I love your posts! Keep praying! Don't stop for nothing! (Did you catch that Southern draw?)

Mary
I am so glad you are feeling better. Stay well so you can get on that plane. Hmmmm, you are flying this trip, right? or is it the next trip? Oh, goodness, guess I am going to have to re-read a few pages. 5 more days and you will be there!

I am flying this trip!

My Friday flight is BACKWARDS and I have to go from Jackson to Houston (hello, backwards!) and then to Orlando. But my return flight is direct. Flying Southwest.

 

[tinytreasures]

glad you are feeling better I missed that you were sick

I am trying not to get to worried about J we meet with his immune dr a few days after we get back so I will be bring up the H1N1 stuff