Tonight's picture was taken on July 24, 2008. Twelve years ago today! At that point in time, we had just found out that Mattie had bone cancer. We learned it the day before on July 23. On July 24, we took Mattie to the outpatient clinic at Georgetown University Hospital and met the oncologist assigned to work with Mattie. While in clinic, we met the dynamic duo of Jenny and Jessie, his art therapists. They were amazing women and clinicians and they made the unbearable much more manageable. They could see that Mattie loved art and was creative. That day in clinic, they got Mattie building and designing. He created this boat and decided to take it home to see if it would float! Alas it did!
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- number of people diagnosed with the virus: 4,091,062
- number of people who died from the virus: 145,063
I met Jane at Mattie's preschool. Our children were in the same class. That was back in 2005! Now fifteen years later, we are still friends, and Jane is a significant part of our Mattie Miracle fundraising team. Mattie connected me to many wonderful people.
Though my birthday is tomorrow, it is always a bittersweet day for me. As I have trouble separating out the day from the time period in which Mattie was diagnosed with cancer. It is so wonderful to have friends who wish to celebrate my day and who continue to be on this childhood cancer journey with me.
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