Monday, December 29, 2014 So Much to be Thankful for We had some pretty amazing people make this holiday so special!!! Addie coming home was the best possible gift ever... A gift straight from Him!! We had some amazing people make our best gift ever even better... As I have said in the past, there is no possible way that I could thank everyone enough for their incredible generosity to our family! It makes me want to be such a better person... I see people go above and beyond for us and I so badly want to return those favors!! I wish there was someway I could show my thankfulness more... My heart overflows again and again!! Thank you to everyone who sent gifts, letters, cards, money, gift cards, and food to the hospital and to our home!!! Thank you to everyone for the inspiring comments and love!! Thank you to the Regis Middle School 8th graders for the special gifts... I left the room for five minutes to get food and I came back to Addie covered in bows and opening a huge box of presents!! She was in heaven!! Another thank you to Oelweins FFA... They brought around gifts to the children in the hospital, boxes of them! What a sweet group of kids, thank you so much!!! A special thank you to the Childrens Cancer Connection for helping make our Christmas that much more special... The gifts and gift cards were just perfect for our family!! Thank you to the families who sponsored us... I felt like you knew our family personally by how perfect the gifts we received were!! A huge thank you to the Black Hawk County Sherrifs Department for sponsoring our family this Christmas and getting all of us such amazing gifts!! What an amazing site walking into my house and seeing our tree overflowing with gifts from the amazing people who keep our community safe... We should be the ones getting you all gifts! So special!! The girls loved everything they received and the smiles that morning and giggles were unforgettable!! A very special thank you to the wonderful people here at the Hospital who nursed my baby back to health... Thank you for going above and beyond and for loving our Addie Bean!! You truly help make us feel at home, and we always feel so taken care of by you!! Jessica (Jekika) we love you so much... I always feel right at home when you are our nurse!! You make that home sick feeling go right away!! Thanks for loving our baby and taking such good care of her and us!! You are a wonderful nurse and we feel so blessed to call you ours!! Naughty Veronica... We love you and dont know what we would do without you!! The hospital wouldnt be the same without our Naughty Veronica! You became a part of this crazy family the second you found Addies green bike, you didnt know what you were getting yourself into :) Erika... Our beloved night nurse!! Thank you for bringing such fun to the long nights in the hospital!! You are a wonderful nurse... Thanks for taking such good care of our Addie Bean! Dr. Kate... Our ICU resident!! We will forever remember you and the ICU team, you saved our sweethearts life!! There will never be words to tell you how much we appreciated all of you and what you did!! Dr. Kate you will do great things, the love and passion you have for medicine is so amazing... Many lives will be saved by you!! Kayla, our physical therapist! You were so persistent and so sweet... Always patient and never rushed or irritated by Addies demanding ways!! Thank you for helping our girl walk again! Dr. Potter... No picture yet :). You are number one in my book!! I would be having an anxious moment and you would enter the room and make it all go away!! Thank you for your calming presence and your caring spirit!! We feel truly blessed to have had you as our surgeon... It was you who removed that awful tumor that was killing our baby!! You are a hero in our book and the best surgeon around!! Mary (Murray).. I love you Mary!! We arent done with you yet :) There will be many pictures of this wonderful woman to come!! Without you I dont believe I could make it through this whole process!! It was you who we wanted during our toughest moments, you bring such peace to our hearts and I feel that you truly love our little girl!! It was you who said, just look at her... She will make it through, and praise Jesus she did and she will continue to! You are such an amazing woman! I honestly dont know what I would do if I didnt have you to go through this process with!! I missed your calming and caring presence during transplant and I am anxious to get back underneath your umbrella of expertise!! Thank you for continuing to check in on us and for always making yourself available... You are one special lady and we love you!! We have been touched by so many wonderful doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses and other medical professionals during our stays at the U, I wish I could have a picture of all of them!! We cant thank you all enough... You will forever hold a special place in our hearts!! We are truly blessed to be surrounded by such amazing people both at home and at the hospital!! It was a remarkable Christmas, one that we will never forget!! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!! Go Team Addie... This team inspires me to be the best Mom I can be. You bring me hope when I feel down and you show me day in and day out that this world is full of remarkable people!! I thank God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy. Philippians 1:3-4
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