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

[jenb1023]

Great news about the room and how she is doing!
I think getting to Disney in December is a great goal too!

 

[Sandy321]

Tuesday Update

It has been a week full of ups and downs. But it seems like we are taking a turn for the better for sure!

My third hand information this morning is that the heart echo was "fine" - I tried for more details and failed miserably!

But she is in a room and is in good spirits this morning despite a very long night of only 2 hours of sleep.

Please keep praying for her! I am not able to be there today, as I am taking care of Lauren and William after work today through tomorrow, so I won't see Ra again until tomorrow as long as she is doing ok.

Ra has several friends in town to help, so Joyce is getting a little break today, which is great!!

So...no news from me for today will be GOOD news!!!

got it - no news from you!! Hope Lauren and William have a good day today! and you can enjoy a break with them! Glad Joyce is getting a break as well - continued prayers!

 

[eyor44]

I was a bit concerned after the kryptic message last night that you posted. Glad she is doing well this morning. Tell Lauren and William we said hello. Been wondering how things were going at their house. How is Grandmother?

 

[VroomVroomLightning]

Glad to hear things are looking up! I hope you have a fun night with Lauren and William!

 

[maroo]

I was a bit concerned after the kryptic message last night that you posted. Glad she is doing well this morning. Tell Lauren and William we said hello. Been wondering how things were going at their house. How is Grandmother?

uh oh...was I cryptic? Gosh...I didn't mean to be?

I am excited about seeing Lauren and William. Would be a little more excited if I was not so tired. But it will be good to see them!

Thank you SO MUCH for asking about Grandmother! Talk about a major praise there....She is doing GREAT! They have moved back to their house. She is actually able to get around fairly well using a walker and they are really doing quite well.

Her surgeon was AMAZED that she was doing so well!

 

[that's nice]

I'm glad to hear things are getting a bit better. We will keep Rachel in our prayers.

 

[tinytreasures]

so thankful to hear she is in a room

 

[eyor44]

so by no update on Rachel, I am taking that as a good sign

and for Grandmother!

 

[Sandy321]

WTG indeed to Grandma!

Maroo Hope you had a peaceful night! we're still praying. praying. praying!

 

[VroomVroomLightning]

I hope Rachel is feeling better still today! Prayers still being sent out!

 

[VroomVroomLightning]

Are we still going with no news means good news? Hope everything is still going better for Rachel! Prayers still being said all the time!

 

[maroo]

Thursday Update

First, I am sorry for no update yesterday. No news was indeed good news. But this is a roller coaster ride.

Yesterday was a little wild for me, as I had both Lauren and William by myself from Wed afternoon right after work to last night.

When I got home I was not packed for Magic Meets (leave today right after work)...so needless to say, it has been a crazy two days.

But...we were able to go see Rachel yesterday and she was sitting up in bed and talking to us and using her computer. Which is all wonderful progress! She had 2 seizures on Tuesday night, but that was not a huge surprise, since they took her off all of her seizure meds.

But, this morning, Joyce sent me a text that Rachel is back to not knowing where she is today. This is very, very discouraging for all of us.

I will be going there for lunch and hopefully will have another update for you guys this afternoon.

I leave for Magic Meets right after work and will be traveling most of the evening, but hopefully will be able to keep you guys updated.

 

[tiggerbell]

Thank you for keeping us in the loop - I know I'm not alone in saying that Rachel is in our thoughts a lot!

I'm glad to hear you're still doing Magic Meets - I was afraid you wouldn't go. HAVE FUN!!!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

So, so glad you are going; you REALLY need a break!!

Make sure to do amazing amounts of recon. for us, k? Find out all the inside scoop, and bring back lots of pix!!

 

[jenb1023]

I was so excited to read about how Rachel was doing yesterday and then I got to the part about today and Joyce's text message. Hopefully it was just a minor setback and that she will be back to herself later today! I will still be praying and sending good thoughts to Rachel and Joyce.

On a happier note, I am so glad you are still doing Magic Meets and I will see you tomorrow!

 

[eyor44]

Maybe one of Rachel's meds is out of whack and they just haven't figured out which one? gosh, I hope they figure it out soon and I know y'all are hoping for the same thing.

Have fun at the Magic Meet. I'm glad you are going. Have a blast!

 

[TarzansKat]

Maroo, I hope Rachel continues that upward climb and heals again.

And I hope you have a wonderful time at Magic Meets! Enjoy!

 

[maroo]

Friday Update

Rachel is about the same today. Still having seizures. Still going in and out of spells where she gets really confused.

She will definitely be in the hospital through the weekend.

 

[maroo]

Magic Meets

I am going to attempt a "live" report from Magic Meets. For those of you guys that have Twitter - I am maroo268 and you can follow me there. I will have lots of tweets this weekend!


My trip started out with a bang yesterday. I had a limited amount of time to get from work, to home to get my stuff and Muffin, and to the airport. We have a small airport, but I still have to be there early enough to check in. As I was leaving work I noticed that I left the inside light on in my car.... Yep - battery was DEAD!

How on earth am I going to make my plane? But a quick call to security and a plea to hurry had me jumped off and going in less than 10 minutes. Home. Get Muffin. To the airport.

I checked in and must have looked harried, because the nice lady decided I deserved a little pixie dust and let Muffin fly free. $100 savings! Woo Hoo!!

My first flight was interesting. A nice lady named Jasmine was across the aisle from me and she was petrified of flying. First flight. She was so freaked out that someone in front of her gave her a teddy bear! So I spent most of that 2 hour flight trying to reassure her.

My second flight was uneventful. Shuttle to the hotel was perfect!

I have an awesome room that has an internal hallway door AND a door to the outside so that I can easily let Muffin out.

I did not sleep well. Muffin kept waking me up - she even barked a few times when she heard a strange noise (and there are plenty of those!).

I made a "cheat sheet" yesterday for the WDW Today team (Matt Hochberg, Mike Newell, Mike Scopa and Len Testa, but he is not here) to use tomorrow when they have a LIVE webcast all day. They are raising money for Make a Wish and I figured they could use some information about Wish Trips and some neat stories from the DIS to help raise even more money for Make a Wish during their webcast.

So I walked over to the Convention Area today, but only found closed doors with big signs that said not to come in - Magic In Progress! But I was just about to leave when two men walked out one of the doors. Here is how this conversation went....


Maroo: Sirs, Do you mind telling me where I....

Mike Newell: Mary! I recognize you! (Puts hand out to shake my hand) I am Mike Newell.

Maroo: *thinking - OMG!* How did you recognize ME? You are exactly who I was looking for!

Mike Newell: I am glad you found me! I recognize you from your Facebook page picture. Mary, meet Mike Scopa (the man standing beside him!)

I shake hands with Mike Scopa. Mike Newell explains that I am the auction winner and we sat there talking for several minutes. Then they asked if I had met Deb Wills yet and I said No - but that I hoped to meet her this weekend.

But they went and got her right away to come meet me. She was so nice! They had a photographer take our picture.

We all stood around talking about how I got hooked on Disney. They were shocked that I was such a "newbie" and that I had come solo. Mike Newell even asked if my Mom was with me. LOL My Mom doesn't even know I am here.

Then Matt Hochberg walked up with his wife. They introduced me to him, too. We talked about the fact that Twitter was down since it got hacked yesterday!

We talked for a while. They are so nice!

You would think I would want to take pictures of them or with them...but honestly, our conversation was so informal and they are just people that I thought taking a picture of them would be a little (ok a lot) strange!

But I am here!!

In a few minutes Jen is going to come pick me up (and Muffin!) and we are going to spend the afternoon hanging out!

Then tonight we have a "Meet Before the Magic" party (limited to only 100 people!), a Celebrity Magic Tunes event and a Karaoke Party.

I am so excited!!

This may be my last Magic Meets update for a while. But you can follow me on Twitter and I will be updating that all weekend long. My Twitter ID is maroo268.

 

[JPFamilyMom]

Oh your there, how fun, can't wait to read all about it later

****with this post I just became a DIS veteran