Awesome RR, that is fantastic! That’s kinda made my day.

wow rapid! That’s great!

Only a small breakdown?! ;)

Thanks guys. It was pretty much a small one. My wife came into her bedroom to see what was wrong.
I haven’t cried like that since she first got sick.
What was weird was I wasn’t sad or depressed, and I went from 0 to wtf? in a second.
Didn’t see that one coming.

The last time was a year after he sickness, when we were at the Food Court in the Mall of America.
Alec had complained that we hadn’t taken any vacations that Summer, so that was it.
2 parents and their little girl came walking up. They explained they were teaching her kindness and sharing. She wanted to give Rachael a pound puppy she had begged her parents to buy her there. Rachael had done something similar with a little girl with some hair ribbons at a Kmart.
I thanked them, and they left.
It was such a beautiful thing and I was so upset over what we had lost, that I just put my head down and cried for several minutes, right there.
It is a weird thing to be happy and sad at the same time.

Its good to hear about Rachel’s progress.
You have my prayers.

It breaks my heart to read this sometimes

I wish you all the best Rapid

Thank you and sorry. I wear my heart on my sleeve, I guess.
That is just so folks don’t think I am a heartless conservative. lol

We need a major breakthrough, or at least the end of Winter.
I think we all have Cabin fever. We just got dumped on yesterday, about a foot + of snow.
I was up early this morning, clearing a path on the lawn for the wheelchair, and doing the driveway.
I can’t go for a ride on my therapy either, damnit. :D
My brother is coming over next weekend, and my wife and I are going out to eat, and we are going to see a band.
The husband of the woman my wife went to China with, plays drums.
I already told her I will be the designated driver.

Rapid R - 07 February 2008 05:42 PM

Thank you and sorry. I wear my heart on my sleeve, I guess.
That is just so folks don’t think I am a heartless conservative. lol

Dont apologize
Its just terrible to hear about sick children, especially a friends.

We need a major breakthrough, or at least the end of Winter.
I think we all have Cabin fever. We just got dumped on yesterday, about a foot + of snow.
I was up early this morning, clearing a path on the lawn for the wheelchair, and doing the driveway.
I can’t go for a ride on my therapy either, damnit. :D
My brother is coming over next weekend, and my wife and I are going out to eat, and we are going to see a band.
The husband of the woman my wife went to China with, plays drums.
I already told her I will be the designated driver.

Hope you had fun :)
nice thing about So Cal is I inly get snow once in a while (we got snow yesterday)

I’ve been reviewing this thread (I guess I missed it a while back), and a few things come to mind.

-Lance Armstrong said that he feels the thing that helped him beat cancer was information.  Not internet info, but actual medical books and such.  He said that it helped him to attack the disease in the most logical and effective way possible.  For what it’s worth…

-My late Gram had a stroke at the age of 70 that left her mostly paralyzed on her right (and dominant) side and without the ability to say a lot of words.  Fortunately her mind was, as her doctors said “sharp times three.” My Gram was a teacher her entire life, and due to some abuse by a teacher and a teacher’s aide, she taught me at home for most of my second grade.  It was probably the best year of my life, all things considered, and I always said that I learned more from her that one year than all of my other years of education.  But then I had to adjust to my Gram’s post-stroke condition and I had to really get to know her and her struggles.  And her triumphs.  And her strength.  And that’s when the real lessons began.

-And I’ve saved the most important for last and because I think that this is where it fits.  Rachael is a beautiful girl who has the look of someone who’s as happy as a person can possibly be.  I can only hope to be filled with that much joy.  Considering all that she’s been through and is going through and how she’s responding to it, you have much to be proud of.  Her strength is an encouragement.  Your family’s perseverance is admirable.  You are blessed.

And you’re not the only guy looking forward to blue skies and green grass…

We are blessed, I sometimes wallow in self pity for a while, then get over it.
The diet is helping. Today she was watching a show I thought she liked and she said “boring.” LOL
Ya don’t need to hit me in the head with a brick, so I changed the channel

Thorisin, the band thing is tonight. My brother is coming over and we are going out to eat and then coming home for a bit, and then going out to see the band.
I plan on having fun, even though I am the designated driver.