It was NOT the time of our lives...but it's still DISNEY! Final thoughts!

[momtoleasawav]

sorry to hear about your trip. but you're right I am sure you will have many more great trips in the future!

 

[princess_momma]

I'm glad that you are starting to see the more positive parts of your trip in retrospect. I'm sorry you couldn't catch a break.

 

[Gabes_mommy]

I'd love to join in here too.

I'm so sorry your trip wasn't what you hoped for.

I love seeing the pics of you and your dbf. I can't wait to read more.

 

[Raecheal]

Tim and I used to get that when we were in HS! Drove me nuts lol. When I was really little...for some reason I thought my parents were brother and sister LMAO!!

Hey how is Grams doing?

It drives me nuts too.. That's cute tho.

I'm gonna post an update on grams tonight..

When I was a little kid I thought I was going to marry my dad. When my mom broke the news to me that I couldn't marry my dad I said "Ok, I'll just marry Kevin then." Kevin's my brother LOL

Me too!!!

Ah man... I'm guessing I got the tree picture is the one I got wrong since it's in Lynn's PTR now Oh well, I guess I just have to keep up on that PTR to get the answer.

It's from DTD, we don't see trees like this from where I live.. I think it's absolutely stunning! yes, a tree...

As for the Mickey footprints.. it was the begining of my surprise from DBF

Hey girl! That was not what I was expecting when I saw you had started your TR. I thought about you this weekend and I was really hoping you were having a fabulous time. Hopefully writing it all down will help you see the good stuff and vent out the bad stuff. Isn't it great that you have a place to talk it all out, and people will totally get what you are saying? I'm so glad that you got home safely!

Hey you.. I"m glad you came over...

Thank you for thinking about me this weekend!!! The more I've been writing things out, talking with co-workers the better it's coming.. we do get better by mid-saturday morning....

I am very sad to hear that your trip was not so great.I am very curious to hear what went wrong. I hope your next trip will make up for this one.

Welcome, I'm glad your here... just adding the photos into my first TR post! Thanks, I"m just the type the person who get's so excited for something and when something out of my control makes it difficult or flat our RUINS it... it really brings me down.

I'm here! I'm sorry your trip wasn't everything you wanted, but I'm still looking forward to reading all about it.

Girl, I hope you don't want to lose 125 lbs! You would be like 5 lbs. then.

I can't wait to see what those boxes and Mickey feet are all about!!

How's your Gram??

Hey You... Glad your here.. I would be 5 pounds.. I went and changed that one...

A co-worker of mine asked me a couple of minutes ago if i thought the whole trip (weekend only, planned activities, and surprises) were all worth it? I SAID OF COURSE, no matter what, I was in Disney! Those Mickey feet were in the intro to Dbf's surprise for me!!!

I'll post an update on Grams tonight...

oh no! I'm so sorry to hear your trip wasn't all you planned it to be. It happens but it sucks. Hopefully you can focus on the fun parts later on though.

That's my hope too!! I mean, you cant' always have a perfect trip, right? It was mostly just Friday... but when your only for 2 nights, that counts for almost 50% of our stay!!

sorry to hear about your trip. but you're right I am sure you will have many more great trips in the future!

Thank you!!

I'm glad that you are starting to see the more positive parts of your trip in retrospect. I'm sorry you couldn't catch a break.

Thank you, really! I have family coming down this weekend.. so it's going to make me feel better to be surrounded by loved ones.. especially because i have the vacation blues.

I'd love to join in here too.

I'm so sorry your trip wasn't what you hoped for.

I love seeing the pics of you and your dbf. I can't wait to read more.

Welcome, I'm so happy your here.. Thanks!

 

[Scot-n-Michelle]

Just read what you started - I hate to hear that someone's trip is not very magical - can't wait to read more.

 

[Raecheal]

HISTORY

For anyone who wasn't following allong in my PTR, the most important person in my life (besides Dbf & Stella) has been diagnosis with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in her neck. It’s my grams!! She has had to have her teeth pulled because the cancer was feeding off of them, she’s down to a bout 114lbs and she’s now lost her hair.

Here she is prior to her diagnosis with our baby, Stella:

Here we are on our last visit the weekend prior to our departure:

Prior to our departure, we had to take an emergency trip to North Bay, ON because she was loosing it. Here’s the posting from that trip:

Even though she’s not going with us to WDW… she will definitely be there with me in spirit. She wishes nothing but for us to have a wonderful trip and I can’t wait to see her when we get back. We wear matching gold, St-Christopher charms which means we can always be together even though were a couple of hours apart.

Well we just took an emergency visit to NB to see my grams. Just in case anyone is starting to follow along, my grandmother, who is one of the most important person in my life has recently been diagnosis with Lymphoma cancer in her lymph nodes in her neck. I had been trying to call her since Tuesday evening but she wasn’t coming to the phone and any time I spoke with my grandfather all he could say was that she wasn’t doing well. On Wednesday evening, my aunt called and it was confirmed grams wasn’t feeling well, this round of chemo has really taking it’s toll on my 72 year old mom and she wasn’t making any sense and ultimately she has given up. She breaks my heart… because I just keep telling her, don’t give up, you’re going to get through this!!! Your half way through your treatment…October is just around the corner!! But they were right.. she was not doing well at all.

We got there on Thursday evening around 7pm, I snuggled in bed with her while she slept and just gently held her hand as she slept. I was shocked to see her, even though it’s ONLY been 3 weeks (the longest we have been apart since her diagnosis). She now has no hair and she seemed so little lying under the blankets at only 114 pounds… eventually she opened up her eyes and seen me lying there next to her and all she could do is cry. The tumor is on her jaw line and was feeding off of her teeth (which had to be pulled)….which makes it hard to talk and eat. Ultimately, the pain is just excruciating.

Thankfully, her spirit seemed to turn around once we had arrived!!! She has decided to start taking her morphine and we cooked some of the recipes given to her from the cancer society over the past two days that would allow her to eat but unfortunately none of which she liked but at least she can have something things to eat. We even made a trip to try on multiple wigs because it’s about time she gets a new do. :cutie​

A couple of days before our departure, I got the phone call from my aunt that my grams was in the hospital with an infection (the worst thing a cancer patient can get & they didn’t’ know where it was located), a fever and her white blood cell count was really low. We were debating about cancelling our weekend gateway right away to spend the time with her…but then I went to work and got this email from my Aunt:

I left a message on your machine this morning at about 7:30

Sorry didn’t call last night

Gramma spiked a temp and I brought her in – she was in much better condition yesterday than she was on Monday – in fact it was hard to believe she has a fever

They have kept her in b/c of her low blood cell count/infection and she will have to stay in till her fever is gone

She is in rm **** and her extension is ****

DO NOT PAINIC – DO NOT CANCEL TRIP

She is fine and there is nothing critical regarding her situation

I will let you know if this changes

Love you​

With that, I called my grams and we gave it two days. As usual, I called my grams at the hospital on Thursday evening to talk or she listens and I talk. Her fever had come down, she was on medication to fight the infection and they were trying to bring up her white blood cell count before they dis-charged her. We discussed it and ultimately she said, “Enjoy your trip Rachie, give my love to Dam”

Thursday evening after we got off the phone, we sent out an “Emergency Contact Information Sheet” to my Aunt, Dbf’s parents and a couple of co-workers at work. This would aid my aunt incase something had happened and we needed to fly back for my grams, or if anything had happens to us someone would be able to pick up our puppy!
UPDATE


Obviously the first thing I did was try to call my grams house on Monday morning, to my surprise she was STILL in the hospital. I called her room and she was just being dis-charged from isolation, Thank god. She’s at the half way point through her chemo with only 4 more rounds which will bring her to the end of October.. this is such a great thing.

However, today, Wednesday and Thursday she will be going for her second Galion scan…it’s to confirm the cancer has not spread and is getting smaller. Then on Friday she starts her 4th round of chemo.. And the hospital, the nurse and her doctor has informed her that there’s a 95% chance she’ll be back in the hospital after her chemo treatment this Friday because her white blood cell count is still dangerously low. My heart is broken for her, but we will be down in NB on August 14th weekend. Until then, I’ll I can do is pray and keep the phone calls coming.

Let's get this started, Posting Tonight: The When, The Where and It was the night before...

 

[Raecheal]

Just read what you started - I hate to hear that someone's trip is not very magical - can't wait to read more.

Welcome, I'm glad your here Thank you. It was really hard for me to accept that we didn't have the time of our lives in Disney... but it's getting better.

Tonight.. I should be into the first day, our departure.

 

[DSNYGRL_JKS2006]

awww girl heres more hugs of course we are all here for you!!!

i am looking forward to reading your posts tonight!!! cant wait!!!

 

[disneygirlinnj]

*hugs* to you, your fam, and especially grams! it's so hard watching someone you love go through all of that.

 

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

I sincerely hope everything works out for your gram...my grandmother is my best friend in the whole world...I get it! I'll cross all my fingers for you and her that it all comes out!
I am also so sorry to hear that the trip was not what you were hoping...waiting to hear the details.

 

[psupple]

Tuning in. I bet the more you write about the trip, all the positive experiences will shine through... so much you'll have to wear shades like this guy !!

 

[Raecheal]

I’ve been sitting here thinking that “The When” and “The Where” are going to be pretty boring but must be done… so I thought I’d give you another sneak peak of our souvenirs.

Purchased for Dbf’s co-worker who is expecting a baby girl, all we need now is one of those giraffe blankets, http://www.littlegiraffe.com.! Has anyone ever purchased one or have used one?

My Bracelet, a friendship bracelet with Kelly, she will hopefully have a a baby pink one!

Stella’s Dress, which she loves!!

 

[Raecheal]

We were flying down on Friday, July 31st, 2009 our flight departed at 6:30am from YOW landing at MCO at 10:57am.

We were flying home on August 2nd, 2009 our flight departed at 6:30pm from MCO landing at YOW at 10:57pm.

That was a total 2 nights and 3 days in the world.​

 

[annnewjerz]

Hi

Just wanted to stop in to say that that I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your Grams and I hope everything works out, she seems like an amazing person.

I had been lurking on your PTR, but decided to come out of hiding and join in for your TR. Looking forward to hearing more. We'll be down there for just a weekend in October, so I'm curious to see how things worked out for you

Ann

 

[LaurenMic]

Hi!! I just found your TR, I'm joining in too! I'm really sorry to hear that your trip isn't all that you thought it would be. That's the worst! I can't wait to hear all about it.

So sorry about your Grams. Hang in there!

 

[Gabes_mommy]

I am so sorry to hear about your Grams. We went through cancer with my grammy last year and a few months after she beat the cancer we lost her to something else in March. She lived with us growing up so we were really close and I still miss her everyday.

 

[Lynn5700]

When I was a little kid I thought I was going to marry my dad. When my mom broke the news to me that I couldn't marry my dad I said "Ok, I'll just marry Kevin then." Kevin's my brother LOL

awwww ha! That is so cute!!!

Rach, I will be praying for grams

 

[Lynn5700]

oh and the baby clothes are sooo cute!!

 

[heaven2dc]

I have to join in on this one - I'm sorry to hear about your Grams but she sure can feel your good vibes and seems to pull around when you are there for her. What a great granddaughter you are! We are all praying for her!

After reading about your Grams, I felt so bad that your trip wasn't filled with magic but like we all say, a bad day at Disney is better than no day at Disney!

 

[acejka]

Just wanted to let you know that I'm lurking along thru your report. I'm sorry it didn't go the way you were hoping.

I've got your grams in my thoughts and prayers. My nannly (gramma) had non hodg lymph also. She is my everything so I know how you feel. If you ever need to talk I'm here. My nannly beat it and is cancer free and I'm hoping yours will make a speedy recovery as well.