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

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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

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

the open doors!