Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Travel Log

Mom here - we got back late last night from a family trip (4 days) for fun to New York. The kids had never been there and with Nick having a break from chemo, I thought it would be a nice treat to see NY at Christmas time.

We went to see the NY Islanders play (our local Utah Grizzlies are the farm team for them)compliments of Adrian Denny from the Grizzlies; our seats were center ice and 8 rows up in the middle section, right behind the visiting team. I specifically wanted this game because none other than the Penguins, and yes, SID the KID Crosby, were there much to Nick's pure delight. It was fantastic to see him put the pieces together that the Penguins were playing. We saw Crosby score, the Penguins won and we saw a marriage proposal. We had a great time riding the subway and train, too.

Then we went and saw the Lion King on Broadway - spectacular! To top off our trip, we all went skating at Rockefeller Center, with the tree lit and Christmas music playing. We'll get some pictures posted soon.

Great time!

Now we are literally on our way to the airport to catch a flight to Boston. We have a meeting with an ENT surgeon at Children's Hospital of Boston at 7:30 a.m. (sheesh!) and then with Dr.'s Albritton and Grier at Dana Farber at 11:30. We fly home tomorrow night with our first official 2nd opinion.

Then, we finally can concentrate on Christmas shopping! Our next trip is back to NY on the 26th for a meeting with Dr. Wexler on the 27th for our second official 2nd opinion.

More to follow later!

Mom

3 comments:

Obsessedwithlife said...

Good luck with everything! I'm happy NY was lots of fun!

Dr. Albritton is awesome. We met when I spoke at a national COG event and have corresponded since!

Rachel

Anonymous said...

Dear Nick,


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Love Always,

Unconditional Love

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas Lori and family,
I can't imagine what gifts you'll be able to buy that will be better than the wonderful memories you created in NY. May love, peace, and joy - the gifts given by Jesus - be abundant under your Christmas tree.
Love from aunt Chris