To Sarah's Team:
Hello - it has been a busy couple of week's for our Sarah - she is getting the job done at CHOP and now starting to reap some rewards. Now she can get a day pass on weekends to leave CHOP for awhile. On Saturday the 3rd, Sarah got her first day pass from the hospital and her Mom, Dad, some cousins and family friends took her for a tour of the Univ of Penn campus. Brigid thinks Sarah will someday enjoy the Museum of Anthropology @ Penn, and the King Tut exhibit at the Franklin Institute, but on her first day out Sarah was content to go to Starbuck's, the U of P bookstore, The Gap, and Aunt Annie's pretzels. It just got too late for the cultural stuff - drat - but Sarah didn't seem to mind.
Then on this past weekend, her Aunt Sally and cousin Mary got the bright idea to throw a party for Sarah. Lots of her cousins, aunts, and uncles, as well as some local friends visited Sarah over the weekend down at CHOP, and then the next day we partied at our house. The two co-conspirators from back home (Sal and Mary) thought it would be cool to bring to Sarah a couple of her favorite things from W-B: Angelo's pizza and Pal, her faithful dog. So after her cousins saw her at CHOP on Saturday, we picked her up at noon on Sunday, just beating the St. Patrick's day parade traffic and headed out of town toward Valley Forge for the party. We had lots of great pizza, soda, ice cream, and all kinds of treats and Sarah played cards with her cousins and got to see Pal. We are still gathering up the confetti, balloons, and streamers here- it was a great time and Sarah had a blast. I think she wants to go to the King of Prussia Mall on her next pass. You can't get the "go" out of Sarah, just say the word and she is ready to roll. What an inspiration, she is moving forward every day. Go Sarah!
Until the next road trip…Uncle John.
4 comments:
Howdy Sarah!!!
We are so glad to hear about your continued progress. It's great that you now get to go out on day-passes.
Futhermore, it is great to hear you had a party. It sounds like you had a great time with your cousins and friends!!!
On your next day-pass, make sure you take your Uncle John to see some historical sites. I'm sure he hasn't seen any since 1993, which is when I forced him to take me to the Liberty Bell.
Love, Your Cousins from WI
sarah my family and i think about you every day and we are so happy that you are doing so well we also spend alot of time hoping your parents stay strong - i know you will be back to your old self, laughing and making everyone smile with you bubbly ways - love you sarah and i miss seeing you - you always bring a smile to my face
kathy disler (DINO, KELLY AND BAILEY TOO)
Dear Sarah, We think about you all the time and are keeping up with your progress. The people of St. Patricks have you in thier prayers allthe time. I am so glad that you are improving. I miss your great smile. It sounds like you had a great time at your party.
Irene Clark
Hello Sarah from the Philly "Burbs", Lansdale, PA!
We are so happy to hear of your continued progress. Just like Rocky, you are the comeback kid. We never doubted that for one minute. You are an inspiration to so many.
Love, Ann & Gus
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