Thursday, April 29, 2010

Hi, Bridge is continuing to do well. She has been in school full time since last Tuesday and loving it. She is tolerating the brace well, about 21 hours a day now. We have been doing a lot of yoga at home, and she actually looks forward to it. We are very fortunate enough to share our amazing story about Bridgette and Paul with channel 13. We meet with Benita Zahn and her team at my mom's house Tuesday the 11th. The National Kidney Foundation set-up this great opportunity for us to hopefully give some incite, hope our just plan awareness of how many people out there suffer from kidney disease. Maybe if it doesn't inspire someone to give their kidney, maybe it will inspire people to sign up for organ donation in general. We have some other amazing news going on. We are going to Hawaii in June through 'The Make A Wish Foundation'. Bridgette was approached in dialysis in Albany about a week after she learned of her illness, and they asked us if Bridge would like a wish. Mark and I kind of were upset about being approached and couldn't wrap our brain around the thought of it, so we put it off for a good while. Finally we came to terms with it and realized this was not about us and our feelings, but about Bridge's, so we asked Bridgette if she could have anything in the world, meet anyone, go anywhere, what would she want and she responded" I just want to be with my brother and swim somewhere warm". That was truly her wish. Finally after months of thinking about what to do, she asked if she could ask for a luau and maybe swim with the dolphins. We let Make A Wish know and they came back with you got your wish!!!!! We are all so excited. We have been reading about Hawaiian culture and the different foods we will try, but the best part is that we will be all together in the warm sunshine, swimming and not having to "worry about a thing" as Bob Marley would say. Thanks again for all the love and support, I kept my promise, I am updating more even though I am back at the hospital and driving a lot, but I love being back!! Take care, Megan

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