From Left to right - Kyle, Gwenda, Laura, Michael, Lisa, Amanda, Nickolas, Cheryl, Marie, Shannen and in strollers Katheryn and Nickolas (the others stayed off camera)
We had our Spirit Wheel Walk Run yesterday. And raised over $2400!!!! I still have more donations coming in, and won't have a final amount until the beginning of July. To say that I am surprised and flabbergasted by all the support we have received would be an understatement. Our goal had been $1000 and 10 walkers and we ended with 12 adult walkers and 4 kids in strollers.
Thank you to our walkers:
Amanda, Kyle, Katheryn and Nickolas Ridding, Gwenda, Michael, and Laura Bartley, Marie, Shannen and Madison Ridding, Lisa Aubertin, Cheryl Parsons, Mike and Devon McDonald and Andrea and Zivah Smith. My father Gord Bartley decided to sprain his knee 2 days before the walk and wasn't able to make it. Katheryn, Nickolas, Madison and Zivah were our junior walks, but enjoyed the ride in the strollers.
We walked along the Durham lakeshore, from Liverpool pier to Rotary Park in Ajax, and then turned around and walked back. The weather was.... interesting. It was hot and sticky, but nicer once we got a breeze from the lake, and then it rained off and on, but usually just enough to cool us down and put on rain jackets, before needing to take them off again. Afterwards we went to my parents for a party and the sun was out and we relaxed by the pool. And had a couple of dips as well (sometimes as a result of a couple of bear hugs).
So this is the kid we are walking for? He was wearing his shirt that says
This is what Spina Bifida Looks Like. And he smiled and blew bubbles the whole way!
Sister Katheryn is celebrating the walk with the rest of us - with her lei's and pinecones.
I'm already thinking about how we can do this for next year! (I think doubling the walkers and the amount raised is a start)
Anyways, we got the A-OK!!! Everything looks great, we'll see him again in 1 year and get another MRI. Sounds great! So I'm officially labelling my kid. Yup, he is a happy, healthy baby!
We walked along the Durham lakeshore, from Liverpool pier to Rotary Park in Ajax, and then turned around and walked back. The weather was.... interesting. It was hot and sticky, but nicer once we got a breeze from the lake, and then it rained off and on, but usually just enough to cool us down and put on rain jackets, before needing to take them off again. Afterwards we went to my parents for a party and the sun was out and we relaxed by the pool. And had a couple of dips as well (sometimes as a result of a couple of bear hugs).
Yes I'm upbeat and feel like a little celebration today. Any specific to celebrate? Not so much. Just celebrating being with my family. It's nice to have some normal days and not be so caught up in the turmoil and worry that seems to take up our lives. So today I am celebrating nothing, normalacy.
We've got Nickolas a new chair from physio. It's called a corner chair and is meant to let Nickolas sit, but also get his hands free so he can play with toys. It kind of looks like he's sitting behind a big business desk, and he can sit behind it and make plans for Ruling the World! (evil laugh). Katheryn likes it as a place to put her dvd player. It is on loan from Bloorview Kids for as long as we need it.
This just shows an example of how we spend our day. Katheryn tries to jump from as high as she can get (the top of the couch) and Nickolas watches and laughs at what she is doing.
