I am so sorry I have not written in the past few weeks. I must say Ellie has been doing great though. She even flushed her own port and clipped her tube after she was given Chemo this past week. She also went to school for a full day this past week. My stomach was filled with butterflies the entire day. I was thrilled to hear her say she loved it and had so much fun. Thanks to Mrs. Duffy who took the girls out for a picnic lunch. I can not thank Mrs. Duffy enough for once again sacrificing her free time for Ellie.
Some other big news is Ellie is turning 8 this Sunday. Its hard to believe she was only 6 when she was diagnosed. So Ellie got a big surprise yesterday.
Yesterday was an amazingly fun day. After speech, we pulled up to our house that became a magical place for Ellie. All Ellie’s Friends, Parents, Ellie & Jake’s Teacher & many others were standing across the street ready to greet Ellie with this awesome surprise. Our Front Yard became a little pony Birthday Paradise.
At first I think Ellie was over whelmed but then she warmed up, thanks to Mrs. Duffy. I cannot thank Mrs. Duffy (Ellie’s Teacher) and Mrs. Landgrave (Jake’s Teacher) enough for coordinating such a great surprise. Both these teachers have become great friends to our family.
Jenna, Collins mother from Ellie’s class painted poster of Ponies, David, Zoe’s father from Ellie’s class painted a sign with a pony, Teachers and Friends planted tons of planters of flowers. Bows sticking from the ground, signs hanging every were wishing Ellie a Happy Birthday, and Ali Tucker a baker from Lemont donated unicorn cookies and a wonderfully delicious two tiered unicorn cake. At every post of purple bows laid a gift for Ellie to open. They thought of everything including a gift for Jake, so he didn’t feel left out, and a donation to the Ellie Fund. Oh and of course the biggest surprise of all, a pony. Yes there was a real pony thanks to one of Ellie’s classmate’s Christian’s, mom. Not only did they bring the pony over they even painted a heart and sparkles on its butt along with colorful hair extensions to make it look like My Little Pony. I think it was an even bigger surprise to the neighbors and passing cars. I cannot tell you how many people stuck there heads out the car windows and yelled a real Pony, most of them you would think it was there first time seeing a pony. Ellie was shy and scared of the pony at first but like everything else after a while she actually got up on the horse.
First thing Ellie did when she woke up this morning was go outside to look at everything once again. She told me she feels so special. Her cousins came over to see, and asked me if I would do it to there lawn for there birthday. I just giggled. This is a special birthday for Ellie she was six when she was diagnosed and now has made it a year and half battling this tumor.
Never did I dream when I held her in my arms eight years ago and they told me she was a healthy girl that she would become sick. Although this may seem like a nightmare on some days there are days like yesterday that we feel as if we are living a dream. It warms my heart every time I think of how loved Ellie is. Dave and I are so blessed to have Ellie in our lives.
We also feel blessed to live in a community that is so caring, loving, and supportive. Since the day Ellie was diagnosed it was evident that we had the support of the community, friends & Family. In the past year it keeps becoming more and more clear how incredibly supportive everyone has been. Lemont has it struggles, but I wouldn’t live in any other community. If you ever question why you live in Lemont, come live in my shoes for a day and see how amazing this community is. I am so grateful. I posted a few pictures I got. I didn’t get many; hopefully everyone will send some my way. The Patch of Lemont will be running the story on Monday along with some pictures. Thank you Again to everyone who made Ellie’s Birthday so special.
Saturday night was the Fundraiser One For The Kids. The special night for us started with a Limo Ride to the Hotel. Ellie and Jake LOVED the limo ride. Then after we arrived at the hotel the kids got to swim a bit. Then we got to meet the entire board for One for the Kids. What an amazing group of guys that volunteer there time for good causes. The party was amazing from the Band, live painter, Candy Bar, Butlers that brought out McDonald Cheese burgers at 10pm, wine tasting, and my personal favorite Tim Smith from Walter E Smith singing Summer of 69 and Lavita loco. Might I add Adriane and myself are now best buds with him. Ok maybe not best buds but I did get his business card ;). They defiantly know how to throw a party. I felt so blessed to be surrounded by Family, Friends, Community, and what my sister likes to call Ellie Groupies. I cannot tell you how much fun we all had. The hardest thing was trying to have a chance to talk to everyone. I felt bad I didn’t get to chat with everyone. From what I understand is that everyone had a great time. I was really proud of Ellie she handled the crowd really well and took pictures. After that both Ellie and her brother headed up to the room with a babysitter where they had a blast playing games. I cannot tell you how incredible it was. The only thing I wish I had was a camera on me. I am hoping to get pictures from family and friends that took pictures so I can post them. If you have pictures send them to loveforellie@aol.com. I would love to see them. I already have a couple I would love to share with you all. I cannot thank everyone enough for everyone that helped support the fundraiser in one-way or another. Thank You. Also special thanks to Dan and Jennifer Irwin for nominating our family and making it a very special night for our family. It’s a night I will never forget. Thank you. I also am going to try to upload a video of Ellie in the Limo that is the cutest ever. I am sure I will pay for this someday but for now I have to share. She was adorable acting like a chicken.
I am going to speak of two things today
- Ellie’s MRI, also included a picture at the bottom of them prepping Ellie for her MRI.
- And some information on the Fundraiser/Party this weekend
First of all just wanted to let everyone know its not too late to come to the One for the Kids Benefit for Ellie this weekend. I will have more later on this. They interviewed Ellie and I the video is posted on www.Oneforthekids.org.
So today was a emotional struggle starting this morning when Ellie was hiding in a closet crying “I don’t want to go to the hospital, Im scared” After trying to talk her down I finally had to just pick her up and carry her to the car. My other option was to join her in the closet. I heard everything from “you hate me that’s why you make me go” to “I’m stupid”. It was rough to say the least. On the way to Childrens not only was she having a melt down but I also had a melt down. I feel so bad for my mom she had to deal with both of us today. It was rough.
Ellie finally calmed down once we reached Children’s (Clark out patient for MRI) although she was still very angry and upset at me and the situation she was able to lay still for the hour MRI. I was so proud of her because we didn’t have to sedate her like in the past. We then headed over to Children”s Hospital. I struggle with the wait to find out the results. I was extremely anxious about the situation.
We found out while waiting for the doctor that Ellie’s counts were once again low. This means many things for her future treatments. First of all they are very careful not to start another set of Chemotherapy without her counts being up. If her counts go down to low they will never be able to come up and she will spend the remainder of her life doing transfusions weekly to keep her alive. One of her counts (forgot which one) is suppose to be 1200 and it was 0. Yep that’s right 0. Crazy. Well they are once again dropping her medication to a lower dosage in hopes that this will work but if not they are going to have to stop this Chemotherapy and consider other options. Other thing we found out was that while Ellie is on treatment we have to be careful of certain activites, basically no roller coasters for Ellie until she has completed her treatment. Anyhow this was the bad news, now onto the great news, no FANTASTIC.
The MRI today showed for the very first time, no growth. Yep although the Chemotherapy is killing Ellie’s body, it is working. The doctor said he is cautiously optimistic. He also let it slip that he was downplaying the severity of Ellie’s condition every other time. So this made him very pleased to see no growth but because he downplayed the bad news that he has given in the past, it was only to fair to downplay this good news too. He cracks me up. Anyhow, after a day of meltdowns and tears we finished on a huge positive note. We are thrilled and totally ready to celebrate Saturday this fantastic news. We know this is just a small step in getting Ellie to survive this but it’s the first small step forward we have had. THE VERY FIRST ONE IN OVER A YEAR. we are crazy happy right now. We will take the good news and run with it and worry about the blood counts next week. Now onto the Cocktail Party, I have had many questions about it so I am going to try to answer your questions here. Well to the best of my ability.
Many people have asked me about seating. From what I understand they have tables and cocktail tables set up. No assigned seating. From what I have been told not many people sit during the event, they are too busy socializing and having a good time.
Second question that everyone keeps asking. What is the dress for the event. You can go to Oneforthekids.org and see the photo album from last year. From what I have been told some women dress in cocktail dresses while others wear dress pants with dress shirts. It looks like men can wear a suit with or without a tie or a dress shirt with a tie. Pretty much check the website and wear whatever you want ;).. Obviously use your best judgement .
For now I leave you with how very excited we are to celebrate Ellie this weekend. Come ready for a great party and you don’t want to miss it. Also everyone pray, pray, pray Ellie’s counts come up by next week so we are able to continue on this chemotherapy that is working. I’m exhausted and going to bed now. Thank you everyone for your love and support.
Platelet transfusion went well last week. Ellie was able to enjoy her weekend and then Monday the Nurse came in to draw blood. Ellie’s platelets although they did not come up completely high enough, they came up considerably. Doctor really frightened us when we spoke about the platelets being so low. Apparently Ellie is extremely susceptible to a brain bleed when her platelets are that low. Because she has a brain tumor the littlest thing can cause a brain bleed. The examples the doctor gave us were Sneezing or coughing too hard or hitting her head. My response was awe that’s no big deal, NOT. Talk about scary. Needless to say the doctor thinking that this is going to be a regular occurrence and we might need one or two platelet transfusions a month while she is on this new Chemotherapy. Good news is that they are going to be more conscious of it so they don’t drop. I know I really took it hard last week when I found out, in the scheme of things I know its not a big deal but it was that news that kind of through me over the edge. I felt much better about the whole thing after she received the transfusion.
This Monday when the nurse came in to our home and took her blood counts we discovered her red blood cells were low. We made a decision not to put Ellie through another transfusion and see how it played out. Unfortunately when she woke up on Tuesday she was lethargic and didn’t even want to sit up. At that point we spoke with someone from her medical team and they felt it was best to come in for a transfusion of blood. So we began the Journey downtown. I call this a journey because it took us over 2 hours to get downtown. Traffic was rough. We left the house as soon as Jake was off to school. Ellie was a trooper through everything, she had lots of tears but she did everything I asked of her. We got settled in day hospital thinking it would be just a few hours. It was an interesting day because Ellie was in Day hospital for six hours getting a transfusion, sitting in a chair. I know this is not the time to be grateful, but I was so grateful it wasn’t Jake. There is no way he would sit for 6 hours. As I watched other moms try to maneuver their IV polls with there kids I realized what a good girl Ellie is. She did get to meet with Willow her art therapist for a bit. When Willow showed up it was the first time I saw her smile all day. Ellie just adores doing art with Willow. Unfortunately she was so tired she fell asleep while doing art with Willow.
I would say the most touching thing that happened all day was (not sure how to explain this so I will do my best). In the chair next to Ellie was a teenage boy that was extremely mentally challenged (not sure what the proper terminology is). He did not have any cancer issues but need a transfusion for something else. Ellie woke from a nightmare crying, we could not even fully wake her from the dream at first. Well this sweet boy started to cry because he was so concerned that Ellie was sad. Well then of course the nurses started to tear up and I would be lying if I didn’t say I tear up a little too. It was very touching at the time, but now I look back and have to giggle that we were all crying over Ellie’s nightmare.
Anyhow she was finally done with her transfusion around 4:30pm, just in time for traffic on the way home. On the way home Ellie began to throw up in the car. Wasn’t sure what to do, so contacted the hospital. Keep in mind we were only about 15 minutes from home when this began. I was thinking I would have to endure the drive back to the hospital, which was moving like a turtle. But the doctor on call just said to keep an Eye on her and if it got worse to head back. Ellie started to ball, she was crying that she didn’t want to go back. So I crossed my fingers gave her some Zofran and hoped for the best. Right after giving her Zofran she threw up again, I then held off about a half hour and she seemed to get better. I guess she just doesn’t handle blood transfusions well. It has been an exhausting couple of weeks, but I can’t complain because Ellie is amazing. I guess often I forgot about the severity of Ellie’s condition but these past two weeks I have been reminded over and over, and that just knocks me off my feet.
Next Wednesday is Ellie’s MRI and I would be lying if I didn’t say I have a knot in my gut every time I think about it. It is the most nerve-racking thing I have to go through every 10 weeks. We have yet to receive a good MRI so please pray that this one shows the growth has stopped. We just need some good news.
I also wanted to invite everyone to attend the One For The Kids event on April 28th; no matter what Ellie’s results are from her MRI this is a night of celebration. Celebrating Ellie’s life and having a great time. We cannot wait to be surrounded by Family, Friends, and Ellie supporters. You can go to ONEFORTHEKIDS.org to order tickets for the event. If you can’t make it you can also purchase raffle tickets.
I feel defeated, like I have been punched in the stomach.
Today started off a pretty good day. I started off at 6am setting up my kitchen into a mini hospital room. The nurse came before school this morning and administered Chemo and draw labs. Ellie was a champion. She has been doing extremely well with chemo lately. She doesn’t even cry when they poke her anymore. She is an amazing little girl. Oh did I mention cute as a button too. After Chemo I sent Ellie off to school for the day. She had a great time playing with her friends. Her teacher even texted me a picture of Ellie playing on the play ground. I had the biggest smile and was so pleased to see her happy and running around playing.
When I picked Ellie up, I noticed she just seemed really tired today. I just chalked it up to the Chemo. Well I received a phone call late this afternoon from the hospital and this is when I felt the punch to the gut. Ellie’s platelets are extremely low and the doctors are concerned that at any time she can have a Brain Bleed or if she gets a cut she can bleed out and die. Nice thought huh? I did everything in my power to hold back the tears for I knew Ellie was paying attention to me. This poor thing, every time we seem to get into a groove something comes and screws it up. Usually at this point I start to think about how much of her childhood she has missed already and how much more does she have to endure? It also makes me extremely nervous and cautious. Well the solution WE HOPE. We have to go downtown tomorrow morning for a platelet transfusion. Then Monday they will send the nurse to our home again to draw labs. They believe this is going to have to be a regular routine thing. We still are unsure but all signs point to yes. Once again we won the lotto. Not the good kind.
After I dropped Ellie off at Girl Scouts, I spent the hour just crying it out. I’m just so tired, and I want to take this away from her. I don’t understand why Ellie, why not me. Anyhow, as my mom would say “Have your pity party for a day, then pick your self up and move on”. So I have about an hour left of pity party today and tomorrow will be a fresh start. I will pick myself off the floor and Help Ellie fight this nasty brain tumor.
I’m sorry for the sad post. I truly appreciate everyone’s support and love through this crazy time of our life’s.
So this past weekend was the first time I had to explain to Jake more in detail about Ellie brain tumor. I have gone over a year without having to go into detail but today he started to ask questions. I tried to be as vague as possible. It all started when I told him we had to rush because we had to pick Ellie up so she could take her Chemo Pills on time. He asked me why she was taking pills. I then proceeded to tell him the pills were to help her bump from not growing. He said “but what if her bump grows?” I was a little stumped at this point. I knew the day would come when I needed to explain more in detail to him but I never prepared myself for this. So I stuttered a little and said “well that is why she is taking medicine so it doesn’t grow.” He then proceeded to say, “If it grows will Ellie die.” I wasn’t sure how to proceed from there, my heart sank I then tried to end the conversation with “we are doing everything to make sure it doesn’t grow” and kind of brushed him off a little.
This this past weekend began Ellie’s second six weeks round of Chemotherapy. It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year.
Ellie was a rock star with her Chemo this round. She took every pill with ease. I couldn’t of been prouder of her. She is one incredibly strong resilient little girl. Yesterday the Chemo hit her pretty hard. She was throwing up and lethargic. I’m happy to say today she was feeling better. She went to school, came home and even did her homework. I noticed she has been crying and tired quit a bit the past week or so. Even sometimes talking back to us. It’s such a difficult situation because I would never put up with this attitude if Ellie wasn’t going through what she is going through. I am finding a hard time balancing discipline with Ellie. I guess this must be an issue that all parents with children that are terminally ill face.
Yesterday was also a challenging day because I received a phone call around 6:30pm informing me that my father was being rushed to the hospital to have surgery on eye. His retina was detaching and they had to do surgery immediately. My sister and spent the evening at the hospital. The Doctor said he was extremely lucky. He had two spots his eye had already detached and three holes in his retina. The Doctor believes he was able to save his eye. We got home around midnight but was so happy that my Dad’s eye should be ok if everything heals properly. Not a dull moment in our lives. But we have to count our blessings. It seems like we have been extremely lucky in many ways.
Exciting updated information on the Fundraiser coming up for Ellie. One for the Kids on April 28th.
Coopers Hawk will be doing wine tasting, a very popular artist will also be doing some art on the spot and auctioning the pieces off, and of course the band is suppose to be out of this world. If you have yet to get your tickets please make sure you order them. We are looking forward to an awesome evening. We also have some pretty good auction items. A stay in Hawaii, A week stay in a cabin in Wisconsin National Park, an autographed Bears football, a night stay at Indian Lakes Resort, and much more. Follow the link to get your tickets. You can also purchase raffle tickets online at this link. Or if you happen to run into me you can purchase them from me. This evening sounds like tons of fun. Please don’t forget the tickets to the event include all you can drink, appetizers, entertainment, and desert. http://oneforthekids.org/cocktail-party/
Also I wanted to mention the new video to the left of Ellie singing. She had no clue I was recording, this just makes Dave and I smile so much we wanted to share it with Ellie supporters.
Yesterday was a pretty good day downtown. The doctor informed us that Ellie would be able to do most of her chemo at home. They are going to send an in home nurse to the house to administer Chemo. This would mean Ellie would not have to miss so much school. We all left the hospital feeling excited about the next few weeks at home. We began her pill chemo treatments last night and continued every six hours.
Ellie did an awesome job taking her pills through the night and this morning. She even went to school this morning. I then received a phone call from her doctor to inform me Chemo had to stop immediately because her counts are low. So tired of taking two steps forward only to take five steps back. I’m so proud of how Ellie has been handling herself and all the changes. If someone asked me a year ago if Ellie was going to be able to handle everything, I probably would say defiantly no. But she has proven me wrong. What a strong and amazing little girl.
So, here we are moving forward the best way we know how. Now we wait a week, have an in home nurse come draw her labs, hope and pray her counts are high enough to get Chemo.
So Ellie received her second half of her wish. Ellie was able to go to Disney with her cousins. It was a long week but exciting week for Ellie. We found that she absolutely loves roller Coasters. By the end of the week I had an MS relapse and was in a wheel chair for a few days. Luckily I have some great family that was able to help me. I’m just so glad she was able to complete her wish. I was so happy to be home, I missed Dave so much. When we got home it was really difficult to get the kids back to school. They were so upset about going back. When I walked them in, Ellie’s teacher informed me that there is a little boy that has a crush on Ellie. He even went out and bought her a Valentine’s Day Gift. My heart melted. I even had a few tears when I got to the car. I never dreamed I would ever hear those words. I was so grateful. I often think about Ellie’s future. I pray every day that Ellie will survive this brain tumor. I often think of the challenges that are ahead for her. One of my fears is that she will never find someone that will love her unconditionally. Needless to say this gave me great hope.
Yesterday we went downtown for Chemotherapy and a Physiology appointment. It took around two hours to get downtown, traffic was horrible. Ellie did a great job speaking with the physiologist, she was a little silly. I was so proud that she did a great job with Dr. Goldman also. Ellie’s counts were all low but she was in good spirits. She was even able to get her Chemo. We did run into another family we met at family brain tumor camp. They were downtown for their final chemo treatment. I was so happy for them but at the sometime it made me extremely sad inside. The mom asked me about Ellie and I told her that the chemo was not working and we had to switch regimens and start over. I want to reach our final Chemotherapy but more so I want her tumor to be stable. We are praying that this Chemotherapy Works so that someday I can experience that feeling. I know the challenges in Ellie’s life will always be there but I just want her to live. Moving on to something on the brighter side..
I wanted to talk about the One for the Kids fundraiser for Ellie on April 28th. It is shaping up to be a great event, they are going to have wine tasting from Coopers Hawk, Photo Booth, An awesome band, A performing Artist (which looks awesome). If anyone has something they can donate for the Silent Auction please let me know. We need all the help we can get. You can email me at loveforellie@aol.com To purchase tickets just follow the link below. http://oneforthekids.org/events/ I cannot thank everyone enough for your love, support, and prayers. Without our friends, family and community I’m not sure where we would be at this point.
So I have decided Cuiching Family = Drama
This weekend Ellie spiked a fever and we had to go down to Children’s ER. Dave had to come strait from work and met us downtown. The doctors had me so freaked out. They were telling me it could be a problem with her kidneys, which is a side effect of the Chemo. Luckily after many tests and many hours, they gave her some antibiotics and sent her home. It was extremely hard because we were unsure whether we were going to be hospitalized and Ellie was so sad and crying for a good part of our stay. That night around midnight Ellie spiked a fever again. This time it was 104.3. So Dave and I took turns taking her temp and cooling her down with wet washcloths. The fever finally broke around 4am. I was so happy; if it didn’t break by morning then we would be back in the ER. Needless to say drama ended and life was good. Today was Chemo day. I unfortunately was sick so I couldn’t take Ellie downtown. I am so grateful for my mom who took Ellie to Chemo today. Unfortunately my mom said Ellie had a meltdown in the lobby of the hospital. She was refusing to go upstairs. Eventually with some convincing Ellie made it upstairs. She even did well enough to get a dollar from Doctor Goldman. Ellie is now home with me and resting. So, just another week in the Cuiching household of Drama.
I am so sorry for not keeping the blog upto date. But as you read on I am sure you will understand that I have been running on steam. So here we go... It’s hard to believe it has been a year since Ellie was diagnose with her brain tumor. Three surgeries and 40 weeks of treatment later we are still fighting this disease. As most of you know we were able to go on Ellie’s Make-a-wish Vacation last week (checkout my blog loveforellie.com a mothers blog to see pictures). If you have been keeping up with my blog you would know that the Friday before we left on her Make-a-wish, we received word that Ellie’s tumor is once again growing. Since they have taken as much as they can of the tumor without damaging her brain we were unsure what the next step would be. We continued onto our Vacation and put it out of our mind. So Wednesday was our first day back to Chemotherapy since before our vacation. I expected to speak with Dr. Goldman and find out that we will continue on course like we have done in the past. Ellie struggled with every aspect of the day; I think she forgot reality on vacation also. When Sandy, Ellie’s nurse was doing her normal checkup with Ellie, she hinted things were going to be changing. I knew things were not good when Doctor Goldman came in with a straight face. So he informed us that her Chemotherapy is not working and we have another option. They rarely put kids under teenage age on this regimen. The new reginmen would consist of 4 days every 6 weeks (1-4 chemo pills every 6 hours, administered by myself), Everyother week going to the hospital for vincristine, and once a month going down to the hospital for infusions of antibiotics. The kicker is we would start at week one of 60 weeks. I did everything I could to not cry, it was already hard coming back to reality but to add this in the mix really did not help. So the only way we would be able to go on this Chemotherapy is if we could get Ellie to swallow 4 pills every six hours. Ellie has never swallowed a pill and when it comes to medicine it is extremely difficult. So we went home to practice for a week before beginging her new Chemotherapy treatment. The side affect list is long but the alternative is worse. The biggest concern is if Ellie has a particular Gene it could cause her to have leukemia also. They do not believe Ellie has this Gene but they cannot be certain. So as of right now the plan is to go with this regimen, there is one more option but it lacks in research and especially with this type of tumor. The Tumor Board made it very clear that the one with the pills is the one they prefer and is best. Since this time we have begun our first set of Chemotherapy pills at home. I am proud to tell you that she was able to swollow the pills. I am so proud of her, she just rolls with the punches. The hardest part was waking her up in the middle of the night. Now everyone just pray that this chemotherapy works. So moving on to more exciting news. Our family ended up getting chosen for the major fundraiser One for the kids cocktail party. Things have started and are moving forward quickly. While we were on vacation they had a board meeting and since I was unable to attend Kelli went for me. She was super impressed with the foundation. She also said the Event sounds amazing. The tickets are $90 for one or $160 for a couple. The event is at the Hyatt in Oakbrook, IL on April 28th of this year. Everything is included in the ticket price. Alcohol/drinks, food, and Entertainment. They are also selling raffle tickets for some big prizes. I am hoping we can pack the place with our family and friends. Please purchase tickets as soon as possible. Just to let you know one of the food stations is going to be a Brazilian Steak House. This sounds like it is going to be top notch and a good time. We feel extremely honored. They did ask since this fundraiser is mostly for us that we help out in any way as possible. We are looking for any Silent Auction or Raffle prizes for the Event. If anyone knows or can help with this, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact myself or Dan Irwin which is the man that found our family. The link for more information and to get tickets click on the link below http://oneforthekids.org/cocktail-party/This foundation one for the kids is a 501c3 so your ticket is tax deductable also. A huge percentage of the funds raised at this event will go to the Ellie Fund the remainder will be split for the following childrens charities. Special Olympics, Special Childrens Charities
Benton House Community
The Heart Institute for Children
Hopefully I think I covered everything on this email. Sorry if it doesn’t make too much sense. I We have had a very emotional difficult past few days but unfortunately life must go on.
Thank you again for everyones support through this nightmare we have been going through. We are so blessed to be surrounded by such great family, friends, community, and people who care.
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