Make a Wish Trip September 17-23, 2007 About This Page:

[JaimeandChad]

Beautifully said.

[cherylf]

Have a wonderful, magical trip

[KimM]

I am so happy for your family. This is going to be such a magical experience. Lots of coming your way for your DD's good health! I can't wait to hear all about your experiences.

[KirstenR]

Bill, your last post was wonderful. I am truly grateful as well for the anticipation I see in my daughter as we talk about our MaW trip, she just came home from the hospital today, and she is such a trooper, but sometimes it's just hard.
She has such a great team at OHSU taking care of her, and they do everything they can to make her stays fun and not a *punishment* for getting sick. The IV nurses putting in her PICC IV line ran the ultrasound around her arm looking for the vein that was saying "pick me, pick ME, I want the PICC line", making her giggly. The respiratory therapist wadded up a paper towel and put it in her nebulizer tube so she could blow it out like a spitwad and do her therapy that way. (making her hysterically giggly) But it still stinks that my baby came home with an IV in her arm and meds to last for two weeks. Sometimes having a *happy place* to go to is another lifeline, something that helps you keep a smile on your face and a strong will for your children to keep fighting.

Thank you for expressing what so many of us feel and cannot find words to express.

[luvnwdwgal]

Bill, that was just beautiful.

[David's Mom]

[Jookiba]

Your posts have left me completely teary-eyed. God Bless you and your family.....and I hope your trip is truly once-in-a-lifetime magical!!

[DISNEY03]

How beautiful, I am sitting here crying! That was beautifully said and very inspirational. God Bless you, your wife, daughter and your family. I hope you all have a truely magical trip.
I will look into the gtkw and spread the word to support the foundation.
Again, thank you for sharing, and God Bless

[Bill_Lin]

Does anyone know anyone who is going to Give Kids the World Village September 17-23? We are trying to connect ahead of time with some folks.

We only have 21 days left!!!!!

Wow!

I have a trip report on disboards also:

A Real Princess Goes to the Magic Kingdom! - The DIS Discussion Forums - DISboards.com

Thanks to all for the sweet thoughts.

Bill

[DyanKJ130]

I don't know anyone.

for the link

[magic mickey]

Welcome Bill! You have a beautiful way with words and I am sitting here with tears in my eyes, praying for your darling princess and all of your family. Have a woderful and magical trip.

[Nimros]

What a beautiful and heart-warming story! What a darling daughter you have - and how lucky she is to have a dad like you! (And your whole family, for that matter.)

We'll be at WDW the same time as your family and I hope we'll catch a glimpse of each other. If I see a pretty little Princess smiling from ear-to-ear because her wish has been granted, I'll know it's you all!!

[lynbarsim]

You will have a great trip. We stayed at Give kids the World in 1996(my older son had AML & a bone marrow transplant..my younger son was a match) They are wonderful people there. They have things for the kids to do there & try to help you as much as they can. God Bless & have a magical time!!

[Bill_Lin]

We have 19 Days left ! It is hard to believe that the trip is approaching so rapidly, although it must seem to the kids like time is going VERY slowly . We have done most of the planning that will need to be done. We will have to start getting everything together Labor Day Weekend. That sounds kind of early, but I work 10 1/2 hours shifts plus an hours RT commute and will be gone to my niece's wedding the next weekend. We will have the Friday and Saturday before we leave home to pack. The day before we leave, we will drive to my inlaws to spend the night. They will drive us to the airport EARLY the day of our departure.

The next event we have is a "Send Off Party" with Make a Wish . My DD chose Chuck e Cheese for that dinner. It is in Spokane, about an hour away. Chuck e Cheese has really poor quality pizza, but lots of arcade games and such for kids. The host is an animatronic (poor quality) mouse. Several other such figures perform on a little stage. It is definitely a kid-friendly place.

At the party we will get our airline tickets and funds for the trip. The date has not been set yet.

Last night, my DD and I watched the travel channel show on Sea World before bed. She got into it a lot more this time that she has so far. She asked me to look up on the internet to see if she was tall enough for Journey to Atlantis. She is by an inch . She was also very interested in the Arctic ride.

Yesterday her grinchy friend told her that all the characters she will meet at Disney World are not real, but are just people dressed up. She is pretty cynical for a 7-year old, but I think there are some sour grapes going on as well . It is hard to know how to approach this. We want the magic to work for her, especially related to Cinderella. My DD is pretty sure that Minnie, Mickey et al, must be people in costumes, but the actors like the Princesses and Peter Pan seem real to her.

We will keep you posted.

Bill

[DyanKJ130]

Sounds like you have a busy couple of weeks, with a lot of stuff packed in! Glad your daughter is starting to get into it more. I wouldn't worry to much about what her friend is telling her. I am sure once she gets there the magic will take hold and that will be the end of that! Won't be much longer now