The Countdown Is On!
It is almost go time! Tomorrow we will leave for Chicago to spend some family time before Don and Ella head out on Monday morning. We are finishing up the packing today, plan on doing some swimming this afternoon, hopefully get a good night’s sleep and then go to church services in the morning before leaving. The kids are super excited about going to Chicago and swimming at the hotel:) The hotel is very close to the airport so that will take some stress away come Monday morning. Hoping to keep Ella’s morning routine normal so that she is ready for the plane ride.
I think we are all experiancing those butterflies right now. It is exciting knowing that Ella is only days away from getting those miracle stem cells for the first time yet we are also getting very sad the closer their departure gets. I will be happy when I know they have landed safely and are at the hospital…..I think I may be able to breathe a little easier then:)
We have made contact with another family who will be at the Qingdao hospital with Don and Ella, they fly out tomorrow. Tricia said she will be taking along her video camera and will take video footage of Ella and send to me:) I cannot wait!! We are all set up on Skype so will be doing video calls to stay in touch plus lots of emails and phone calls can also be done on Skype. Thank goodness for modern technology.
I will be posting to this blog as well as updating the website and adding pics as I receive them from Don. Keep checking in! I am going to try to link this blog to our website or vice versa so bare with me while I figure all this out.
Thank you for the continued prayers!
Tanya
5 comments June 28th, 2009
