WISHES

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OK all.....Don't be afraid to get your kiddos involved with Make a

Wish!

Last week, I got a phone call that Maggie's Dr. had submitted her

for a wish with MAW. An hour later, they called and said he had

signed all the necessary documents and that they were ready to grant

her wish. I was reeling a bit since it seemed to be happening

REALLY fast...Two days later, the Wish Grantor's came to our home

and interviewed Maggie. Monday (2 more days leter) MAW called and

asked when we could go to Disneyland and asked if we could be ready

to go by next Friday. After some schedule juggling, my husband got

cleared from work. Yesterday (Wednesday), they called again and

said that a limosine will be picking us up at our home next Friday,

taking us to the Airport. We will be spending 7 days at the

Disneyland Hotel and they are giving us 2 day passes to Disneyland,

passes to Knottsberry Farm; passes to Universal Studios, a day with

the princesses for Maggie, breakfast with the princesses, and a

rental car so we can spend time at the beach. This all came down in

a matter of 5 working days! The girls are soooooo excited. We have

never gone on a family vacation....not even my husband and I since

our honeymoon. The girls need this so badly....their fun consists

of spending an extra day in California when we have to go to the

hospital so they can go to the beach....we spent 4 hours at

Disneyland one day after they were at the hospital.

We will let everyone knows how it goes! I really want to encourage

everyone to look at these programs. They are there so that families

that are dealing with non stop medical stuff can take a break

and " try " to be a normal family for a change and have

fun....something we all know our kiddos need.

Terri Cerda (mom, 46; Molly, 6 and Maggie 4 CVIDers with B and T

Cells disorders)