Re: Wishes coming true

August 19, 1999

Dear , thanks for the advice we will pack our cooler. And will take

alot of pictures. My daughter even has a hand held fan and sprayer to stay

cool. Thanks for sharing and we will keep all the pumpkins in our hearts

this coming week.

thanks,

annette and alissa cvid,asthmatic,ataxia

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>To: " PEDpid " <PEDpidonelist>

>Subject: Wishes coming true

>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 07:00:12 -0400

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>Hi. I wanted to say that I think it's great that so many kids are getting

>their wishes filled. had his wish fulfilled when he was 31/2. We

>went through Dreams Come True who is the wish provider for the oncology

>kids in our area. We chose to go to Give Kids the World down in Orlando.

> loved it--so did his brother ! The house was great, the food

>was great, the entertainment for the kids was wonderful. Even though

>really doesn't remember it--other than the pictures and video tapes, it was

>a time for ALL of us to forget about his treatments for a while--yes, he

>still had to take his pills everyday, and his chemo shot was delayed a week

>for it, but it was so worth it. Disney, Sea World, Universal studios, and

>Epcot were all on our agenda. We went to Disney twice, Sea World and

>Universal once. The last day we just lazed around.

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>The trips are for the whole family--we were provided with a place to stay,

>2 meals a day, little gifts left for the kids daily,and a place where

>everyone else has pretty much " been there, done that " as far as the kids

>were with health. My husband and I both teared up when we left there. If

>your kids can qualify for a Dream, take advantage of it--the memories will

>never fade out of your mind. To know that these dreams are run entirely

>from donations and volunteers makes them that much more special. To those

>getting ready for the trip--ENJOY!!! Take lots of water with you to

>drink--I took a small cooler with bottled water in--freeze them the night

>before--water at the parks can run to $2.00 each! Have a blast.

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