Re: Took Kids To Dream Street Camp Wow!!!!!

[Guest guest]

I am so thrilled for the kids and you (hubby too). Enjoy this time around

and sleep and panper yourself or just do nothing. As a teacher and mother, I

know how it is to never be away from kids - this is your time.

laurie

> From: mitooggo@...

> Reply-To:

> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:27:42 EDT

> To: adultmito , mito , Mitoldies

> Subject: Took Kids To Dream Street Camp Wow!!!!!

>

> Hey guys,

>

> Forgive me for posting so much about the camp thing this summer but I am

> hoping that maybe someone else will learn a little from my struggles. Anyway

> We, the hubby and I took the kids to Dream Street Camp in The Hills of

> Laguna. They were supposed to ride the bus down. We drove to children's

> hospital

> from our house 2 hours so they could catch the bus. Well, unfortunately there

> was a confusion and they sent to limo Vans instead. They didn't have enough

> room for all the kids and luggage so we decided we would just drive our three

> and the rest of the luggage of the other kids to camp. Poor he was a

> little disappointed. He wanted to ride in the " limo. " Oh well. It was a van

> really with limo written on the side! LOL but you know! Anyway we get down

> there, and I was shocked!!!! These kids are not staying in cabins, nook!

> They

> are at a full blown resort!!!!!! NO joke!!! I wanted to stay. Hotel rooms

> air-conditioned, one counselor for every 2 kids! Kira was in heaven! Now

> mind

> you they loved and I mean loved MDA camp! But this type of camp is right up

> Kira and Krisalynns alley! Hot showers! LOL. You name it they had it for the

> kids from food to toys to video alley they called it where there are video

> game machines set up and they can play to their hearts content and don't need

> any

> quarters! That blew away! LOL They had food galore from popcorn to

> cotton candy machines to hot-dogs snow cones all for whenever they want all

> week long. There were baskets of every type of candy imaginable for them at

> their will to take. They have a pool and horse back riding and a lake they

> can go

> out in a boat on apparently but I didn't see any boats. The best thing is

> they have a full triage center, Nine hospital beds set up with curtains

> around

> them to create a private pod, a full crash cart, A full range of medicine

> that you would find in any ER room, and nebulizers pulse ox machines, each

> " cabin " which is two hotel rooms so about 8 kids, is assigned their own

> nurse, she

> sleeps in the room with the kids as well as their regular counselors. and

> there is one doctor to 3 cabins. I met with the kids doctor who had taken the

> time to read up on Mito because he had never heard of it. He pulled out

> articles from the UMDF site and asked me questions he had about my kids

> specifically.

> I almost fell over!!!!! He is a cancer specialist. When he took '

> blood pressure, it was high 140/90 so he asked permission to call DR Boles

> and

> see if he wanted him to do anything with about it. I wanted to hug the

> man. Everyone there is a volunteer as well. He told me not to worry they

> would take good care of the kids both mentally and medically. Of course

> because I

> was now a 2nd time Mom at the camp thing and my hubby came with me I was miss

> braveheart in the flesh! I didn't even cry this time! Ya HOO!!!! My kids

> were glad when we finally left though! Lol. I slept like a baby last night!

> I almost feel a bit guilty! LOL Anyway I will let you all know what the

> kids think when they get back next Sunday. When we left Kira was helping to

> deck

> her room out in Hawaiian decorations as the theme is something like Maui

> Wowie in the sun or something like that! They all will have decorated theme

> rooms. The best part was Krissy didn't cry this time either! Anyway thanks

> for

> letting me share!

>

>

>

> big hugs to you,

>

> O

>

> When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we spend so

> much time looking at the closed door, we don't see the open door. Look for

> the open doors!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

This is so wonderful to hear, I hope others will be encouraged by

your happiness with the two camps.

Take care,

RH

> Hey guys,

>

> Forgive me for posting so much about the camp thing this

summer but I am

> hoping that maybe someone else will learn a little from my

struggles. Anyway

> We, the hubby and I took the kids to Dream Street Camp in The Hills

of

> Laguna. They were supposed to ride the bus down. We drove to

children's hospital

> from our house 2 hours so they could catch the bus. Well,

unfortunately there

> was a confusion and they sent to limo Vans instead. They didn't

have enough

> room for all the kids and luggage so we decided we would just drive

our three

> and the rest of the luggage of the other kids to camp. Poor

he was a

> little disappointed. He wanted to ride in the " limo. " Oh well.

It was a van

> really with limo written on the side! LOL but you know! Anyway we

get down

> there, and I was shocked!!!! These kids are not staying in cabins,

nook! They

> are at a full blown resort!!!!!! NO joke!!! I wanted to stay.

Hotel rooms

> air-conditioned, one counselor for every 2 kids! Kira was in

heaven! Now mind

> you they loved and I mean loved MDA camp! But this type of camp is

right up

> Kira and Krisalynns alley! Hot showers! LOL. You name it they had

it for the

> kids from food to toys to video alley they called it where there

are video

> game machines set up and they can play to their hearts content and

don't need any

> quarters! That blew away! LOL They had food galore from

popcorn to

> cotton candy machines to hot-dogs snow cones all for whenever they

want all

> week long. There were baskets of every type of candy imaginable

for them at

> their will to take. They have a pool and horse back riding and a

lake they can go

> out in a boat on apparently but I didn't see any boats. The best

thing is

> they have a full triage center, Nine hospital beds set up with

curtains around

> them to create a private pod, a full crash cart, A full range of

medicine

> that you would find in any ER room, and nebulizers pulse ox

machines, each

> " cabin " which is two hotel rooms so about 8 kids, is assigned

their own nurse, she

> sleeps in the room with the kids as well as their regular

counselors. and

> there is one doctor to 3 cabins. I met with the kids doctor who

had taken the

> time to read up on Mito because he had never heard of it. He

pulled out

> articles from the UMDF site and asked me questions he had about my

kids specifically.

> I almost fell over!!!!! He is a cancer specialist. When he took

'

> blood pressure, it was high 140/90 so he asked permission to call

DR Boles and

> see if he wanted him to do anything with about it. I wanted

to hug the

> man. Everyone there is a volunteer as well. He told me not to

worry they

> would take good care of the kids both mentally and medically. Of

course because I

> was now a 2nd time Mom at the camp thing and my hubby came with me

I was miss

> braveheart in the flesh! I didn't even cry this time! Ya

HOO!!!! My kids

> were glad when we finally left though! Lol. I slept like a baby

last night!

> I almost feel a bit guilty! LOL Anyway I will let you all know

what the

> kids think when they get back next Sunday. When we left Kira was

helping to deck

> her room out in Hawaiian decorations as the theme is something like

Maui

> Wowie in the sun or something like that! They all will have

decorated theme

> rooms. The best part was Krissy didn't cry this time either!

Anyway thanks for

> letting me share!

>

>

>

> big hugs to you,

>

> O

>

> When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times

we spend so

> much time looking at the closed door, we don't see the open door.

Look for

> the open doors!

>

>

>