Make a Wish (and other organizations!) - Wish Trippers...UNITE!! Volume 2!

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I am totally going to take extra glow sticks and necklaces! That is a great idea and they are only a dollar each. Any little thing I can do on the trip to make it better for someone else while we will be having such a wonderful time. I'll have to see if I can come up anything else to take that is inexpensive.

You can get glow sticks by the dozen for very little on ebay, and all kinds of little stuff for way less than a dollar on oriental trading. http://www.orientaltrading.com/ well, maybe not enough less to make it worth the bother. necklaces and bracelets seem to be the cheapest. Also check the dollar tree, and the dollar spot at target. I got a light up spinny thing for my husband for a dollar at target - Disney wanted 7$ for the same exact thing.
 
I hope I don't sound crazy right now and somebody actually knows what I'm talking about, lol.

I think I recall reading through a Wish Trip pre-trip report and seeing an absolutely amazing and beautiful pre-made scrapbook that someone had put together before their wish trip. They pages simply had to have pictures and details filled in at a later date. I believe it was specifically made for their Wish Trip as it may have had pages in it that were GKTW themed. I think it also had places for the Wish Kid to put their thoughts about the trip, etc. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Does anyone know what I'm talking about? If you do, could you provide a link to the thread it's located in? I am hoping to find some inspiration for our "possible" upcoming wish trip for Isabella. We are still waiting to hear if she has been approved or not. In the mean time, I've enjoyed lurking around on the Wish-Trippers thread and living vicariously through those of you who are in the planning stages as well as reading the past trip reports and drooling over new installments of recent ones. I guess I'm kind of stalking all of you . . . . :rolleyes1
 
I hope I don't sound crazy right now and somebody actually knows what I'm talking about, lol.

I think I recall reading through a Wish Trip pre-trip report and seeing an absolutely amazing and beautiful pre-made scrapbook that someone had put together before their wish trip. They pages simply had to have pictures and details filled in at a later date. I believe it was specifically made for their Wish Trip as it may have had pages in it that were GKTW themed. I think it also had places for the Wish Kid to put their thoughts about the trip, etc. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Does anyone know what I'm talking about? If you do, could you provide a link to the thread it's located in? I am hoping to find some inspiration for our "possible" upcoming wish trip for Isabella. We are still waiting to hear if she has been approved or not. In the mean time, I've enjoyed lurking around on the Wish-Trippers thread and living vicariously through those of you who are in the planning stages as well as reading the past trip reports and drooling over new installments of recent ones. I guess I'm kind of stalking all of you . . . . :rolleyes1

I know exactly what you are talking about. I believe it was Mya's trip...mcntosh's daughter. I am sure he posted on here somewhere on the last couple of pages...you can find a link to his TR on page 1 if you don't know what I am talking about!

It was a Big Give item. And not a Big Give item that I have seen before her trip. I believe it was Tracie that made it. But I am not positive. Check her TR...because I think she posted pictures of it. If you are looking for something to get ideas from, etc.

We don't think you are stalking us!! :)

You are so funny!!!!! :rotfl:
 

I am totally going to take extra glow sticks and necklaces! That is a great idea and they are only a dollar each. Any little thing I can do on the trip to make it better for someone else while we will be having such a wonderful time. I'll have to see if I can come up anything else to take that is inexpensive.

My DH is really having a hard time with the Wish and I told him some of the things you wonderful people have pointed out on here. It makes me feel so much better that people won't really know we are cutting.
If you have a Dollar Tree near where you live we got some 4 packs for a dollar and actually found some tubes that had10-12 glowsticks with connectors to make bracelets or necklaces in them for a dollar. We just passed the sticks out 1 at a time so we had more to share. Also Walmart has the little 2 packs for 88 cents. You might want to try e-bay also. I've read on some recent threads thatsome have had good luck on there!!!:goodvibes
 
You can get glow sticks by the dozen for very little on ebay, and all kinds of little stuff for way less than a dollar on oriental trading. http://www.orientaltrading.com/ well, maybe not enough less to make it worth the bother. necklaces and bracelets seem to be the cheapest. Also check the dollar tree, and the dollar spot at target. I got a light up spinny thing for my husband for a dollar at target - Disney wanted 7$ for the same exact thing.
Great minds think alike! I didn't think about Oriental trading and since I'm fixing to make an order for my SS class I think I'll look for some things to take to Disney with us. With all this talk about glow sticks I didn't even think about us taking any with us this time since we are going with out the kids!! Well DUH! We can still help make a little magic!! Especially for those poor hot kids having to only go in AUGUST!! (I really wish we were goin either earlier or later but can you believe the nerve of the Bride and Groom??? They won't change the wedding for me!!!!:rolleyes1 :rotfl: )
Thanks i'm going to start looking now!!!:goodvibes
 
William is back in the hospital!! Please pray for him and his family

This is William, for you guys that have not had a chance to read Lauren's TR.

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Lauren is the wish teen for this family. She has progressive CP (it is actually something else, probably, they just don't have another diagnosis to call it).

William is their "healthy" child...He has been having GI issues off and on for the past year.

He has been sick with a "virus" since Wednesday and Lisa finally convinced the doctors to let him come in - he just looked bad - pasty white.

They sent him to the ER to get a CT. The CT showed 10 inches of his colon that is "hardened," fluid in his pelvis and an enlarged spleen. He also has blood in his stool, fever that won't break, but his white count is not elevated (which to me, is not a good thing...I want those white blood cells elevated so they can fight the infection!)...

Anyway...they have not seen the GI doctor yet...but I will post updates as soon as I have something to tell you guys...
 
Prayers to William and all of you...hopefully you will answers soon.

Blessings,
Alison
 
I know exactly what you are talking about. I believe it was Mya's trip...mcntosh's daughter. I am sure he posted on here somewhere on the last couple of pages...you can find a link to his TR on page 1 if you don't know what I am talking about!

It was a Big Give item. And not a Big Give item that I have seen before her trip. I believe it was Tracie that made it. But I am not positive. Check her TR...because I think she posted pictures of it. If you are looking for something to get ideas from, etc.

We don't think you are stalking us!! :)

You are so funny!!!!! :rotfl:

Thank you!!!!!! After several hours of seraching (ok, I'll admit that those little links to Trip Reports in everyone's signatures sidetracked me for about 95% of the time I "claim" to be searching :rolleyes1 ) I found it! Thank you for your incredible recollection ability Maroo!

FYI for anyone else looking for it, I found the photos on page 17 of Mya's pre-trip report. It was made by Tracie (OMGosh can you say T-A-L-E-N-T-E-D!?! :thumbsup2). I have bookmarked it for future reference because I have this terrible habit of taking a bazillion photos at Disney and pretending that I will one day get around to scrapbooking them. Hopefully, after we return from Bella's MAW trip (this is still assuming she actually gets a wish trip and picks WDW) I can use Tracie's ideas as inspiration to get a scrapbook done in a reasonable time. I am still putting the finishing touches on our first Griggs Family Disney Trip Scrapbook and that was over 2 years ago. :guilty:

Thanks again Maroo! BTW, we are praying for William and for his doctors to find a cause for William's illness.
 
Thank you!!!!!! After several hours of seraching (ok, I'll admit that those little links to Trip Reports in everyone's signatures sidetracked me for about 95% of the time I "claim" to be searching :rolleyes1 ) I found it! Thank you for your incredible recollection ability Maroo!

FYI for anyone else looking for it, I found the photos on page 17 of Mya's pre-trip report. It was made by Tracie (OMGosh can you say T-A-L-E-N-T-E-D!?! :thumbsup2). I have bookmarked it for future reference because I have this terrible habit of taking a bazillion photos at Disney and pretending that I will one day get around to scrapbooking them. Hopefully, after we return from Bella's MAW trip (this is still assuming she actually gets a wish trip and picks WDW) I can use Tracie's ideas as inspiration to get a scrapbook done in a reasonable time. I am still putting the finishing touches on our first Griggs Family Disney Trip Scrapbook and that was over 2 years ago. :guilty:

Thanks again Maroo! BTW, we are praying for William and for his doctors to find a cause for William's illness.


Thank you! :) I remember very strange things. Some very important things, I can't remember. And sorta random things - I remember those.

I still remember diagnosis codes from illnesses that I have not "coded" for in over 5 years...talk about useless info! :)

But this is at least useful information to someone.



WILLIAM UPDATE:

Here is the William update. His K+ was low, so they have been giving him lots of K+ all morning. It has gone up some, though, so they are tapering off of that a little bit now. His fluid balance was all off. So he is getting lots of quick fluids. But he continues to be really sick, so it is leaving him as fast as they are giving it to him (and I will leave out the details on that) :rolleyes1

His GI doctor has not been by yet, but it does sound like everyone that has been by says that he will be there tonight.

Lauren is going to stay with her grandmother tonight...as it is Spring Break here (bummer for Lauren that she can't spend time with her Mom while they are out of school) so that her Dad and Mom can stay with William tonight (Lisa is on call all night, so they will need Dad there, too!)

They have also done a culture...but those results won't be back for another day or so yet...and that is a major piece to this puzzle...so there may not be much info until they get those results.

Thank you so much for your prayers for William and family!!! We really appreciate it!!
 
Just a quick pop in! Glad to hear Becca is up and around (YEA!), need to find update on Noah (??) and sorry to hear about William! :(

We are doing well. Getting over sickies too. Got to keep my job (for now) sot that is a blessing. Emily is going to be in a commerical !!!!! that will shoot April 5 with a really famous NASCAR driver and Jim and I have been asked to speak at Wish Night in May! EEK!

Once I get done with my big project here at work, I'll be able to update Emy's TR!

Miss ya'll terribly!!

Oh and Marroo.... A family of ours (Fellow wilms!) is going in April. If I get you her dates, can you pull best parks/dates? :) :) :)
 
StefaniLyn, I can help you with the scrapbook if you like - if you need diecuts or letters of the cricut for example. I've made a few pages for wish trippers - one of the other Disney fan websites had scrapbooks as a project this last year - the goal was 100 finished books, so I did 50 of each page that I made.

My cover page was "our central Florida vacation" because of course you go other places besides Disney.

A two page spread called "What a bunch of Characters" could cover character characters, or the ones you actually live with.

Another double page spread was "It's a jungle" and featured animals, but could contain photos of Animal Kingdom, the jungle cruise, or the crowds.

And finally a double page Splish Splash, which could contain water ride photos, pool or water play area photos, or even seaworld photos. Let me know how I can help you!

Sending prayers for William and all those who remain in need.
 
Just a quick pop in! Glad to hear Becca is up and around (YEA!), need to find update on Noah (??) and sorry to hear about William! :(

We are doing well. Getting over sickies too. Got to keep my job (for now) sot that is a blessing. Emily is going to be in a commerical !!!!! that will shoot April 5 with a really famous NASCAR driver and Jim and I have been asked to speak at Wish Night in May! EEK!

Once I get done with my big project here at work, I'll be able to update Emy's TR!

Miss ya'll terribly!!

Oh and Marroo.... A family of ours (Fellow wilms!) is going in April. If I get you her dates, can you pull best parks/dates? :) :) :)

Yes, Becca is doing GREAT!

Noah had to come home early from his Wish trip...but by all accounts, they had a good 9 days before they had to come home. He almost did not make it home, though. It was a VERY rough flight home (just Noah and his Mom) but he is now on the regular floor at the hospital and the word "discharge" has been used to describe his condition (as of Saturday). :thumbsup2

William is unchanged from earlier today. They are keeping him there another night.

That is SOOOOO cool that Emy is going to be in a commercial! Is it Make A Wish? That is so cool! :)

Sure!! :)

I just need to know these things to be able to really do it:

Dates:
Where they are staying (GKTW?):
What night time parades/fireworks they are interested in order of importance:
Which GKTW activities do they want to make sure they see...
What parks do they plan to visit (which ones are full days and which are half days):
Sea World? If so, full or half day?
UA/IOA? If so, how many days (half days)?
Are they doing any extra shows (dinner shows or anything)?
Do they have any ADRs?
and when are their flights? :thumbsup2

Gosh...I guess if they can tell me all of that...they could probably plan on their own, huh! ?!?!

lol

I will be glad to help them plan!!! :)
 
So glad for the latest on Noah!!!!!!:thumbsup2
Will definatly keep praying for William (and Noah and Becca!!)
Don't know if I will be able to get on here tonight or in the a.m. Tyler is really nervous about tomorrow. I'm very anxious to see if we can get some answers. All these intestinal disorders/problems with so many kids is really scary!!! They believe Tyler possibly has a blockage and I'm praying that they will find the answer tomorrow. His PTSD(Post traumatic Stress Disorder) does seem to be getting better and he is sleeping for more than 4 hours at night now!!!:banana:
If you can spare some prayers for him I would really appreciate it. Thanks!!!:goodvibes
 
Maroo, will keep William in my prayers. GI issues stink and are so tough on kids. Please keep us posted.
 
Don't know if I will be able to get on here tonight or in the a.m. Tyler is really nervous about tomorrow. I'm very anxious to see if we can get some answers. All these intestinal disorders/problems with so many kids is really scary!!! They believe Tyler possibly has a blockage and I'm praying that they will find the answer tomorrow. His PTSD(Post traumatic Stress Disorder) does seem to be getting better and he is sleeping for more than 4 hours at night now!!!:banana:
If you can spare some prayers for him I would really appreciate it. Thanks!!!:goodvibes

I will be thinking of Tyler tomorrow....I pray it is not any intestinal blockage, my son has dealt with these from time to time and scary is right. Hope you get some answers tomorrow...:grouphug:
 
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