To Kidney - and BEYOND! MAW PTP

:wave: Joining in!

I've read everything you've posted so far. First of all, I need to give you this :hug: and one of these :flower3: and then say :bday: (belated). :teeth:

Your boys are absolutely adorable - so handsome! When I read of all your son has been through, well ... :sad:. I said a prayer for you all. :littleangel:

I think what you are doing for William is a fantastic idea, and I totally love the plans for a big reveal. :thumbsup2

I'm glad the call finally came for you and can't wait to read more as all of your plans come together. popcorn::

pixiedust:
 
:wave: Joining in!

I've read everything you've posted so far. First of all, I need to give you this :hug: and one of these :flower3: and then say :bday: (belated). :teeth:

Your boys are absolutely adorable - so handsome! When I read of all your son has been through, well ... :sad:. I said a prayer for you all. :littleangel:

I think what you are doing for William is a fantastic idea, and I totally love the plans for a big reveal. :thumbsup2

I'm glad the call finally came for you and can't wait to read more as all of your plans come together. popcorn::

pixiedust:

Welcome, welcome! Thanks for the hugs, prayers and compliments on my little hooligans! :flower3:
And actually you are right on time - today is my birthday!:cake: We had cheesecake - it was SO yummy! I'll have to eat celery and radishes for the rest of the week now...:rolleyes:
 
Happy Birthday!!! pixiedust::cool1::bday:party: Sounds like you are having a wonderful day!!! You are super strong wonderful mommy and I hardly know you but already know you are! Super adorable kids too, too cute! :goodvibes I loved reading your report and can't wait to see your plans. I related with alot of what you wrote and can't wait to hear more of your plans and see it all come down eventually! So Fun!!! :cool1:
 

Happy Birthday!!! pixiedust::cool1::bday:party: Sounds like you are having a wonderful day!!! You are super strong wonderful mommy and I hardly know you but already know you are! Super adorable kids too, too cute! :goodvibes I loved reading your report and can't wait to see your plans. I related with alot of what you wrote and can't wait to hear more of your plans and see it all come down eventually! So Fun!!! :cool1:

Thank you!!! I'm looking forward to getting to "know" you too! :cool1: transplant mommies unite!:dance3:
 
I hope you had a great birthday:cake:

I am just joining in! My daughter's wish trip will be the week of Thanksgiving. I completely understand not trying to go on a holiday, but I am a teacher and have to conserve my days off that I am taking! We used to half joke in our house that if it was a holiday or I was off work for any reason...we would be inpatient!

Hope your meeting goes well, can't wait to hear about it;)
 
I hope you had a great birthday:cake:

I am just joining in! My daughter's wish trip will be the week of Thanksgiving. I completely understand not trying to go on a holiday, but I am a teacher and have to conserve my days off that I am taking! We used to half joke in our house that if it was a holiday or I was off work for any reason...we would be inpatient!

Hope your meeting goes well, can't wait to hear about it;)

I would honestly love to go at Thanksgiving more than Spring Break, but my husband's grandfather passed the day after Thanksgiving last year - so we want to be there with his grandmother.:lovestruc
I use to teach high school science, before becoming a mommy and now I'm about to start evening classes for nursing - from one unappreciated job to another!:rolleyes: Thanks for joining in!!!:welcome:
 
Taking baby steps, getting Matthew out and about, helping him with crowds and people. Only TWO meltdowns today (and one was because he was hungry - so that didn't count;)) We went to the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga. I know I have one in Atlanta - but honestly, they are both an hour away and Chattanooga has LOTS less traffic!:drive: Plus, I feel relaxed and happy there, as I went my first time when I was 13 - so I feel slightly sentimental to it.:goodvibes Our other meltdown was due to lighting - some of the lights were similar to OR (hang over the bed) type lights and he had a moment...or a few moments actually.:sad1: But he did really well after we told him NO doctors - NO owies - and NO RIDING ON BEDS!:thumbsup2
Here's a pic of a wonderful family day! (and my shirt says "I believe in miracles, thanks to my son's organ donor" I'm kind of walking billboard for organ donation when I leave the house):lmao:

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What a sweet family photo! And good for you on the T-shirt - what a great way to spread the word! ::yes::
 
I just want to say that your children are beautiful and I hope your son and your entire family enjoys your trip to Disney. I found out I had kidney disease when I was 15 years old. I started dialysis when I was 20 and I got a kidney transplant when I was 25. I had twelve wonderful years dialysis free. I adopted my two beautiful children within that time but unfortunately my transplant failed a year ago so I am back on dialysis waiting for transplant number two. It is hard but it has made me truly appreciate how precious life is! I am currently trying to plan a Disney trip that will revolve around my treatments. I am hopeful that a transplant will come and give me many more years of freedom. I hope your sons transplant lasts for a very long time! You are a strong mama and your son is strong as well. That will help him throughout his life!
 
I just want to say that your children are beautiful and I hope your son and your entire family enjoys your trip to Disney. I found out I had kidney disease when I was 15 years old. I started dialysis when I was 20 and I got a kidney transplant when I was 25. I had twelve wonderful years dialysis free. I adopted my two beautiful children within that time but unfortunately my transplant failed a year ago so I am back on dialysis waiting for transplant number two. It is hard but it has made me truly appreciate how precious life is! I am currently trying to plan a Disney trip that will revolve around my treatments. I am hopeful that a transplant will come and give me many more years of freedom. I hope your sons transplant lasts for a very long time! You are a strong mama and your son is strong as well. That will help him throughout his life!

Thank you for stopping by and sharing your story!:flower3: I'm so happy you had twelve years from your gift of life!:yay: I hope dialysis goes smoothly with no complications and a donor is found as quick as possible. Blessings and hugs to you and your family!:grouphug:
 
Taking baby steps, getting Matthew out and about, helping him with crowds and people. Only TWO meltdowns today (and one was because he was hungry - so that didn't count;)) We went to the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga. I know I have one in Atlanta - but honestly, they are both an hour away and Chattanooga has LOTS less traffic!:drive: Plus, I feel relaxed and happy there, as I went my first time when I was 13 - so I feel slightly sentimental to it.:goodvibes Our other meltdown was due to lighting - some of the lights were similar to OR (hang over the bed) type lights and he had a moment...or a few moments actually.:sad1: But he did really well after we told him NO doctors - NO owies - and NO RIDING ON BEDS!:thumbsup2
Here's a pic of a wonderful family day! (and my shirt says "I believe in miracles, thanks to my son's organ donor" I'm kind of walking billboard for organ donation when I leave the house):lmao:

How fun!!! Ya'll are so cute!!!! What an adorable family you are!!! I'm so glad ya'll had a fun day out with minimal meltdowns! Nice shirt too! ;)
 
Wooo - unexpected absence there due to the tragic 4 wheeler death of my neighbor's husband.:littleangel::sad1: Still helping them out, but able to be back over here in the evening/nights again.
Our wish granters arrive on Saturday!:banana::banana: It's been the shining light that has blinked happy thoughts into my mind all week long. So far, Matthew has wished to "ride doors with Sully", "eat honey with a heffalump", "shoot Zurg in the head - kind of violent for a 4 yr old no??":scratchin or "chase the robot trashcan" (aka PUSH) We'll see what magic can be brought about with those wishes... I'm excited yet nervous that all of a sudden he will wake up and want to ride a cow that day, and that will be written down as his wish. Fingers crossed we are not sent to a dairy farm for the afternoon!;)
 
So sorry to hear about your neighbor's husband. :hug:

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that Matthew's wishes are granted ... and that they are all of the Disney variety! :lmao:
 
So sorry to hear about your neighbor's husband. :hug:

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that Matthew's wishes are granted ... and that they are all of the Disney variety! :lmao:

Thank you - it's been rough, they have two little girls I've been watching. :sad1:
So far, it seems we are on a Winnie the Pooh kick - but that can change at any time! Fingers, toes and eyes all need to be crossed with this little guys imagination!:eek: 13 more hours!!!!!! :yay::yay::yay::yay:
 
Good luck today! I know your ds will make a wonderful wish! I am sure the wish grantors will figure it out that "visiting a Dairy farm" is not his one true wish!!! Haha
 
Our wish grantors just left - had to run and post. Our "official" wish is to go to Disney World to meet the Pooh characters and PUSH the robot trashcan. :cool1::yay::banana:pooh: So excited! We put down February as our first choice, April as our second and May as our third. Fingers crossed - it should take 4-6 weeks they said to hear back. Now to practice my patience....:crazy2:
 
Our wish grantors just left - had to run and post. Our "official" wish is to go to Disney World to meet the Pooh characters and PUSH the robot trashcan. :cool1::yay::banana:pooh: So excited! We put down February as our first choice, April as our second and May as our third. Fingers crossed - it should take 4-6 weeks they said to hear back. Now to practice my patience....:crazy2:

Yay for his official wish!! :cheer2: Hopefully you get your first choice of dates! I need to practice my patience too.. Trevor's isn't until May. It seems so far away!

Jackie
 
Our wish grantors just left - had to run and post. Our "official" wish is to go to Disney World to meet the Pooh characters and PUSH the robot trashcan. :cool1::yay::banana:pooh: So excited! We put down February as our first choice, April as our second and May as our third. Fingers crossed - it should take 4-6 weeks they said to hear back. Now to practice my patience....:crazy2:

YAY! :banana: :yay: :woohoo: So glad it went well for you and I'm hoping you get your first choice!

I've seen the youtube videos of PUSH - so cool! :thumbsup2
 














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