Written by Mommy
This past Saturday we went to the Riverfront to take part in the Leukemia Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk. It was only a one mile walk where supporters carried red balloons with lights and survivors/warriors carried white balloons. We went down early with my mom and brother to hang out and enjoy the evening of fun. ViviAnne and Cooper both enjoyed bouncing and sliding in the blow up things and ViviAnne had a butterfly painted onto her cheek, pink of course, and loved looking at all the kids running around and playing. She even tried to join in with some older kids running in the yard but they had pooped out by the time she mustered up the courage to run too. She was so happy and excited by all of the people and music and even the ducks swimming down the Ohio River were fun for her and Cooper! They were both a joy to watch and it was a truly touching night.Nearly $400,000+ was raised that evening for cancer patients of all ages and we signed a petition to get Congress to support research in the Leukemia and Lymphoma areas. (They currently only give money to 4 cancer research trials and they are not in the blood and bone areas.) It was moving to see all the other survivors and warriors and all the people out to support a disease that is so devastating.
ViviAnne of course did not understand why we were walking, she just enjoyed the walk and the balloons and our matching t-shirts that have her picture on the back. She thought that was the coolest! On Monday I put a plain grey t-shirt on Cooper and she said “hey, where’s me?” like he can only wear t-shirts with her face on them. She was dishing out the hugs and kisses to all of our supporters and talking up a storm, she loves to be in the spotlight! Thanks to everyone who came out to support her and gave up just a little bit of your Saturday night for our baby, I was so happy and felt so loved to see you all there!!
On Sunday her cousins Abigail and Madison came over to play. ViviAnne squealed and bossed people around and played very hard the entire time they were here. She just thinks she is such a big girl that a 6 year must want to play with her and do it her way because she has the BEST ideas! (At least that is how ViviAnne would describe the situation.) ViviAnne LOVES babies and her entire life has never thought she was one. Even when she was only 15 months old and BABY was a favorite word she thought she was a big girl and they were the babies! It is kinda funny to watch her interact with girls about 5-6 years old because that is about what age she thinks she is. She played with Abigail as if she is on her level and then Sunday night she crashed.
She slept 13 hours that night and woke up sick on Monday morning. The vomiting was controlled by the Zofran but even with a pukey Monday morning the weekend and the two weeks leading up to this one have been GREAT!!! She was playing well and smiling often. I hope today isn’t her descent down the other side of the mountain but just a fluke!
3 comments:
What a heartwarming thing to see that many people united for a common cause. And it is so good to see ViviAnne feeling well enough to be a typical 3-year-old. The pictures are adorable.
hi all! sorry we missed the 'light up the night' event...we didn't even know it was going on! I'm in charge of the Buckner relay for life team and coordinating all relay events at Buckner. We'd LOVE to help participate in any/all events possible, so keep 'em posted on the blog! pics of your weekend were awesome, thanks for sharing. lots of love! jenny & eric
Light the Night was pretty neat. The kids and I had fun. It was so awesome to see ViviAnne. I almost lost it when she put her little arms around my neck. I don't see how you guys do it day in and day out. She is absolutely precious and such a lucky little girl to have a sweet little brother and fantastic parents. I'm so very glad we were able to share that time with you guys! Good job on the pics Stace.
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