Giving Thanks

Long  day for the Keanut man.

He had three therapy sessions at his little therapy school.

From there, we raced home, scarfed down some lunch, 

picked up Elly Moomey, stopped by his Orthotics doctor's office

to get fitted for his new foot braces

and then headed to the hospital.

 We had been asked way back to take part in a video St. Luke's

was shooting to be used for a donor appreciation dinner and an accreditation 

process.

The video is a tribute to the outstanding nurses who make 

St. Luke's a special place.

Of course, we have many, many nurses we adore-- but told

the producers about three nurses in particular we especially love.

So today, they had us and these three nurses come down to the

cancer clinic for interviews and video.

Silly me forgot to take any pictures of our part-- but here's 

as shot of an interview as we were leaving.

We talked about Liz-- my favorite nurse who took care of me

when I was on bed rest on the second floor for those 75 days.

(She also delivered Kean).

We then talked about Joe-- who was so cute and went above and beyond

in taking care of all of us when Kean was so sick and fighting for his life

after his diagnosis.

And finally, we focused on Penny, the nurse in the cancer clinic we

refer to as the "Chemo Queen".  She sings and dances for Kean

when they are accessing his port or administering Chemo.

These nurses have all made such difficult experiences as pleasant as possible.

We love them and were excited to give them some recognition

for all the extras they've done for us.

And yet, the woman in charge of the project surprised us with a large

gift bag for our family as a thank you.

 Talk about spoiling us-- the girls were thrilled.

Kean was in bed-- he literally cried from

about 5:30 until 8:30.

I'm hoping he was just exhausted from his big day and

from missing his nap.

There should be something in this pile of goodies

that will make him smile tomorrow!