Yes, here I am again. There's so many things to post I keep forgetting to post as to how we came about getting to the MAWF (Make A Wish Foundation).
My husband and I were house sitting and dog sitting for his boss and parents, they went to Italy for 2 weeks. One night we were watching the race while the kids watched cartoons in the bedroom. There was a little boy (about 9 or 10) on there getting his wish to ride in the pace car and meet the NASCAR drivers. If I remember correctly his favorite was Jeff Gordon. Well, I saw the information listed at the bottom of the screen for the MAWF, and I turned to my husband and said maybe we should look into that to see what it's about. He said go for it. He continued watching the race and I headed for the computer. I typed in the website that was shown on TV and I read all the information on their website. Then I found the referral form to refer a child. I figured I'd fill it out and see what happens. Well, we get home the following week and there is an email from one of the MAW team members saying that she would be contacting me within the week to ask me a few questions. At this point I didn't get too excited, because I didn't exactly know the extent as to what you had to have to qualify or what the dr's had to say. The day came that she contacted me on the phone and asked me what was wrong with Ethan and for the dr's information. I talked to her for about an hour I guess. She then told me it would take about 2-21/2 weeks to contact the dr's and get their information about Ethan. I never thought the 2 weeks would come. She then contacted me back telling me that he was approved for the next stage of the MAW process and she would be sending me a packet in the mail for information about the family and about Ethan and his wishes. At this point I was getting excited about it. That following weekend we went camping with the kids. I had to come home on Saturday to get a few things for the boys (I had forgotten them lol) and the packet had came. I brought it back to the camp site with me, and my husband and I read over it. Monday of the next week I got all the paper work finished and in the mail. I don't like to be late with anything. I guess it was about 3 weeks later I got an email from the wish coordinator saying that we were assigned 2 wish volunteers and they would be contacting me to set up a meeting with Ethan and to visit the family. At this point I was massively excited about the whole process. Ethan was due for a back surgery July 11th, and the wish volunteers came out 2 days before his surgery to do their interview with him. It was heart warming to see them and how Ethan reacted to them. 2-21/2 weeks after the interview I recieved an email from the wish coordinator saying that Ethan was medically approved for WDW, reading the email all I could do was cry I was so excited. On 8/25 I received the heartfelt email from his wish volunteers telling me that everything was booked for us to go to WDW November 1-7. And since that day had started off badly all I could do is cry at the good news I just read about. I had gone to the othropedic dr that morning and he told me the only way to fix Ethan's hips was to have yet another surgery on them. This broke my heart again. This surgery will make his 14th surgery. Unless the cardiac team steps in, then he will be having his 3rd open heart surgery. So, this is my story about how the whole MAW trip for us came about. It's awesome. Ethan's been through so much, he deserves a break from all the dr's and therapists. Thanks for reading.
I absolutely love the pictures of the boys in their suits. I must say my favorite is Jeremiah in his suit with the play guns 
Your whole family deserves this trip and a break from all the doctors!
