Thursday, November 29, 2012

People

I will admit that growing up and well into my 20's I was a fearful and angry soul; mistrustful of people and their motives. Given that fact, the way that people have stepped forward to show support and love for our family has been shocking for me. I am continually stunned at how people reach out, rally together and go out of their way to show us kindness.

There have been so many instances of generosity that to try and list them here would inevitably result in my forgetting someone. However, this most recent act of generosity stunned me in the organization and pulling together of women in my community that it must have taken. The other day an amazing mother named Lindsay texted me and asked if she could bring over the "25 Days of Christmas" for Tessa. I didn't know what this meant, and kind of had this image of one of those advent calendars from Trader Joe's, you know...the ones with a door for each day of December leading to Christmas with a little chocolate behind each one. So when she and my good friend Colby rang the door last night and walked in bearing two big baskets filled with gifts I was flabbergasted! Thank you to the women who have shown such kindness to my little girl. Her face when she saw those gifts was priceless!

On another note, we had a really nice Thanksgiving here at home. My mom, dad, brother, sister and Auntie Julie (another incredibly generous being) and Uncle John came to celebrate with us. Everyone pulled together to make the day really low key and enjoyable. Tessa had a really good time spending the days with her Nana and Poppy and her Auntie Jenny and Uncle Mattie.

She's been in good spirits. Christmas is in full swing in our house and we are enjoying the crafts/activities that go along with the holiday.

We hit a wall with the weaning of the steroids and the pain returned leaving Tessa unable to walk for a couple of days. We went back up and she's back on her feet. We have almost weaned completely off of the methadone, which is great. Her tummy pain seems to be flaring back up, not sure why. We are headed back up to Los Altos this afternoon. We have appointments for x-rays, labs and a meeting with the transplant team tomorrow. We'll spend the weekend with family and get to make gingerbread houses with the cousins on Sunday. Back into the doctor on Monday for some appointments and then hopefully returning that afternoon.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We have much to be grateful for!

2 comments:

  1. The light in her eyes when she saw all those gifts was truly priceless. Her smile radiated and her eyes were like saucers. It was the biggest thank you I've ever gotten.

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  2. Her eyes were like 2 snow globes! Too sweet. oxox

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