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ALICIA'S JOURNEY WITH FA

Welcome to our blog where we try to keep family & friends updated on our daughter/granddaughter, Alicia, who is one of the most adorable five year olds ever! She was born with a very rare & aggressive disease, called Fanconi anemia, which causes bone marrow failure, as well as different cancers . She is currently undergoing a bone marrow transplant to try to cure her bone marrow issues. If you'd like to gain a little more background, please visit our first entry HERE.



Thursday, June 19, 2008

Day 0!!!!!!

TODAY IS THE "BIG" DAY. WE ARE SOOOOO EXCITED. IT IS SET FOR 1PM (TIME IN CINCY) WHICH IS NOON IN KANSAS. ALICIA WOKE UP THIS MORNING INA VERY GOOD MOOD, BEING SPUNKY AND BAD AS SHE IS JUST HER SELF. DENISE AND I WENT TO SHOWER AND STOPPED BY THE GIFT SHOP AND WE GOT INTO A LITTLE SPAT ABOUT WHO COULD GET HER THE BIGGEST BALLOON, THE FIRST DAY DENISE WAS HERE HER TINA AND I WENT TO WALMART AND KEITH AND JACY STAYED WITH ALICIA AND DENISE BOUGHT HER THE BIGGEST BRAT DOLL IN THE WHOLE STORE. IT WAS ALMOST THE SIZE OF HER. SO THE COMPETITION WITH THE BALLOONS WAS KINDA FUN. BUT I KNOW MY GRANDDAUGHTER BETTER THAN ANYONE AND I KNEW WHICH ONE SHE WOULD LIKE THE BEST SO I BOUGHT HER A VERY HUGE DORA BALLOON AND DENISE GOT HER SPONGE BOB. SHE LOVED THEM BOTH. (BUT MINE WAS BIGGER!!!!)

AND TO MAKE IT BETTER IT MATCHED EVERYTHING IN HER ROOM. THERE IS DORA EVERY WHERE. TINA MADE HER THE CUTEST COUNT DOWN CALENDARS WITH HER 100 DAY COUNT DOWN WITH DORA'S ON THEM AND TODAY A PACKAGE ARRIVED FROM JOHN DIANNE AND MICHELLE AND IT WAS A HUGE DORA POSTER (THANKS GUYS SHE LOVES THEM)

ME AND DENISE ARE ALSO DRESSED LIKE TWINS. WE LOOK LIKE TOTAL DORKS,WHEN WE WALK DOWN THE HALLS EVERYONE IS STARING AT US AND IT WAS EVEN WORSE WHEN WE WERE CARRYING THE HUGE BALLOONS.

O MY LORD GOT TO RUN THE NEW CELLS JST GOT HERE, AND THEY ARE EARLY!!!! I WILL UPDATE IN A LITTLE WHILE, MY HEART IS BEATING SOOOOOO FAST... HERE WE GO!!!!!

MEE-MA

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