Post-Disney Visit
Just a quick update. Yesterday marked the end of our adventures at Disney World. We focused on the “left-side” of the park, visiting primarily Adventureland and Frontierland. The highlight (for my daughter) was getting to actually meet with Ariel (pictures soon); we waited in line for 60 minutes, but we got to see Ariel (for those of you who scoff, it’s much like waiting in line at a Six Flags for the newest rollercoaster that last for only a few minutes). Other excitement included a ride on the Jungle Boat, the Peter Pan ride, and “It’s a Small World” (which I would have been happy to avoid, but my daughter and younger son really enjoyed the ride).
Much of the joy of the trip was watching my daughter as she took it all in. Everything was exciting and magical and that, as much as anything, made the trip a success. Of course, the kids immediately asked when we were going back, and my response was that we’d go back in 2013, to celebrate my 5-year survivorship.
We are currently visiting with my father and step-mother. My dad continues to have breathing problems (though, from what I can tell, the doctors are not completely sure what’s going on). As a result, he gets winded easily and appears much more fragile than I know he is. Nevertheless, I am glad that we can add this visit onto our family vacation. Tomorrow we head back home and real life. I’m not sure I’m ready for that. I much prefer having to worry about important things like which park to go to or which rides to do.
As I said, I’ll have pictures from the last day up for your viewing pleasure shortly. Thank you for “joining” us on our family vacation. You are all invited to join us in 2013, in person, if you would like.
Cheers,
Merle
Hi Merle,
I love the tee-shirt. I’m glad you and your family had a good trip. What a relief it must be for the chemo to be done. I can only try to understand your feelings about having done all that current medical care can offer and leaving things up to natural healing. As always, I wish you and MB and the children (adorable by the way!) the very best.
I’ve encouraged some of my students in the Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases class to read some of your posts and possibly comment. I suggested these dates 7/28/08; 8/14/08; 9/13/09; 10/27/08; 12/31/08; 3/19/09 as a starting point. It would be neat if you would like to do a posting with my class of community health students in mind. If not, that is ok too. I’ve described you as a virtual guest speaker on living with cancer, telling your story via blog. I know you offered to come to class but I think this will be a good alternative. Thank you and take care.