Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving! For all of you who are our regular blog readers, I'm very thankful for you! And as a treat, no boring paragraphs from me! Today I finally put some pictures on the blog for you to see with your own eyes what Mac does daily! I promise to put more on soon!

Here is Mac in the ambulance being transported to St. Jude on July 15. This is when it all began! (You can tell by his cheekbones and tan!)


This is Mac getting platelets in the medicine room.



Mac with the original Team MacAttack!! Dr. Reiss is our primary hematologist and she's a courageous, skillful, caring, genius doctor! Martha is our wonderful nurse practitioner who sees Mac in the clinic. We love her so much! And Katherine is Mac's Child Life Specialist who comes in to see Mac but I usually end up talking her ear off....





These are pictures of Mac at PT with Angela. The stretching part is hard work (for now) but mostly it's fun and games!





This is Mac getting his blood drawn from his central line with Debbie. He gets this done MWF for now.




Here is Mac with Melissa who is one of the great nurses on the 2nd floor. Needless to say we got to know them all and we love them. They truly care for the kids they take care of!


Peter and Annie and Mac in their new Team MacAttack tshirts! (Looks like a good Christmas card photo to me!!)



Here's Mac and my mom - Carmelina - in the waiting room of the Hematology clinic in early November.

Hope you are enjoying your turkey! I'll be asking you to pray again tomorrow; today is reserved for thanks!


10 comments:

  1. SO nice to see pictures! Thanks for sharing. Hope everyone had a great day today. Lots of love from Grandpa and Nana and Uncle Willie...

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  2. Thanks for sharing with everyone. We continue to pray for Mac and the rest of the family. Know that God is always with you.

    We think that the picture of the three of them is the perfect Christmas Picture. I hope you and Mac will get to home soon.

    Tell Mac not to be flirting too much with those pretty nurses.

    Take Care
    The Cottrell's

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  3. Thanks for sharing pictures! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving together.
    Much Love & Many Prayers!!
    Jodi & Baron Schwing

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  4. Thanks for posting the pictures. We continue to keep you in our prayers.

    The Landrys- Colin Landry
    Christian Brothers

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  5. Sounds like ya'll had a great Thanksgiving! Loved the pictures, especially the smiles! Always thinking of you guys. Keep the smiles on and hope to see you soon.
    Love, The Schultz's

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  6. Barbie - Katie just sent out the email to let us Camp girls know what was going on. MY HEART and PRAYERS are with you and your family. Isabella Hicks Cole - PARIS, KY

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  7. These pictures equal awesomeness, Lets just hope they still have team mac attack shirts left, I feel I see the hot new Hollywood t-shirt. Maybe Mac could get his own reality show. I hope yall had an awesome thanksgiving. And Remember December 7th is the feast of St. Nicholas so put your shoes outside. Hope you all have an awesome holiday season.

    See you soon
    (Ordained Elder of the Presbateryain Church United States of America) Bennie!

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  8. Love the picture of the three of them! I am so thankful that you had a good thanksgiving as a family. We miss you and can't wait to have you back...the Elvirs

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  9. hi barbie:

    Katie sent us Nakawanians a link to the blog - this appears to me to be one of the bravest, happiest, inspirational 11 year olds I have ever seen. I would love to meet him in person someday. Big hugs from Big D.

    xoxo,

    Carol Carlock Vig

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  10. Barbie! I just got Katie's email on facebook. I had no idea all of this was going on. I'm just so happy that things are going so much better now. Mac (and his family) is super brave and very inspiring. Much love to you! Lori

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