Tuesday, May 5, 2020 -- Mattie died 553 weeks ago today.
Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2006. Mattie was four years old and very excited about the fact that his crib/toddler bed was dismantled and in its place he got an adult twin bed. Mattie even got to pick out his sheets. Given that he was a Bob the Builder TV show fan, it made sense that this theme carried over into his sheets. Not to mention sheets with dinosaurs, trains, and of course Lightning McQueen.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
Today was like running the marathon. Sunny had his one month follow up appointment with his surgeon. So that was in Vienna, VA. About thirty minutes from where we live. Then in the afternoon, he had his first physical therapy appointment in Leesburg, VA. Which is over 40 minutes away from us! So literally we were in the car for several hours today. I would have to say that Sunny is exhausted and dealing with pain tonight. However, he got a good report from both his surgeon and therapist. The therapist calls him "her highness." As she loves his personality, yet regal nature.
The highlight of my day was lunch! This is the first meal in 50 days that we haven't cooked ourselves. Because we were running around from one appointment to the next, we stopped at one of my favorite stores to get a salad.
The rest of the day was like living in the land that time forgot. I was glued to the computer managing Walk related questions and donations all day. But being busy is a good sign, because that helps us get closer to our Walk financial goal of $100,000!
So here are tonight's walk facts:
Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2006. Mattie was four years old and very excited about the fact that his crib/toddler bed was dismantled and in its place he got an adult twin bed. Mattie even got to pick out his sheets. Given that he was a Bob the Builder TV show fan, it made sense that this theme carried over into his sheets. Not to mention sheets with dinosaurs, trains, and of course Lightning McQueen.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- number of people diagnosed with the virus: 1,203,892
- number of people who died from the virus: 71,043
Today was like running the marathon. Sunny had his one month follow up appointment with his surgeon. So that was in Vienna, VA. About thirty minutes from where we live. Then in the afternoon, he had his first physical therapy appointment in Leesburg, VA. Which is over 40 minutes away from us! So literally we were in the car for several hours today. I would have to say that Sunny is exhausted and dealing with pain tonight. However, he got a good report from both his surgeon and therapist. The therapist calls him "her highness." As she loves his personality, yet regal nature.
The highlight of my day was lunch! This is the first meal in 50 days that we haven't cooked ourselves. Because we were running around from one appointment to the next, we stopped at one of my favorite stores to get a salad.
The rest of the day was like living in the land that time forgot. I was glued to the computer managing Walk related questions and donations all day. But being busy is a good sign, because that helps us get closer to our Walk financial goal of $100,000!
So here are tonight's walk facts:
- We have participants from 32 states
- 172 registered virtual walkers
- 12 corporate sponsors and 15 individual sponsors
- Raised $69,709 so far
- On-line raffle sold 339 tickets
- 201 individual donations
- 12 walk teams
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