It’s been a long time since I updated my blog. Like everyone
else I got busy with Christmas. I kept meaning to write something, but never
made the time to. I really meant to write when I got my first haircut. OK it
wasn’t much of a haircut – there wasn’t much hair actually cut, but the help
she gave me to understand how to get my hair to cooperate was outstanding. My
hair is still pretty short, but it is growing and as it does it is getting curlier.
The curl actually makes it super easy to style in the morning.
The big news though is that we just got back from Florida.
We have been planning for this trip for a while now. We actually started
planning for it around this time last year, but then my recurrence kind of got
in the way. How dare you cancer! The trip then got moved back and turned into a
reward for getting through this long year.
We had a blast in Florida. And we are happy to say that we
missed out on the record cold weather that Illinois had while we were gone. The
boys were able to experience their first plane ride, go to the beach, and of
course do Disney. I had my doubts that we all would be able to hold up for 5
days in Disney plus the other things we had planned, but I’m happy to report
that we did great. The boys were real troopers and had a lot of fun. My body
also was able to handle the walking. We are so glad we were able to experience
this as a family!
But the real reason that I actually decided to write this
blog is to share with you how I got free tickets to Busch Gardens, Sea World,
and Universal Studios. I know that there are others out there that might be
planning a trip to Florida in the future and could benefit from this info. Of
course the big catch is that you have to be going through a life-threatening
illness to get the tickets. But you probably already guessed that right?
Anyway I was really excited when I learned that I qualified
to get these tickets. The organization is not well published. They do not have
a website even, but they were very friendly when I called them. They were also
very easy to work with. Their name is Compassion Partners (407-396-5320). They
are only able to work with Busch Gardens, Sea World and Universal Studios.
Sorry no Disney. All I needed to do was to get a letter from my doctor stating
my diagnosis and that she considered it a life-threatening illness. They do not
put any other requirements on it, and you do not have to be considered
terminal. When I mentioned it to my
doctor, she was more than happy to help me.
I’m also happy to report that it was very easy to enter the
parks. I had a letter from Compassion and had to show my driver’s license. That’s
it. And the whole family got in free! If anyone out there is planning a trip to
Florida soon and wants more info you can email me or else just call the phone
number above. The person who answered was more than happy to help me with the
list of info that they needed from me and my doctor.
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