CCMC Fundraiser

December 14th -
I heard some great news about CCMC today that I wanted to share as today’s post. As some of you know Declan is a frequent visitor at CCMC; so much so that one of the women at the front check-in desk knows Ryan by name when Declan has check-ups with his specialists; she is practically typing our names into the system and printing off our visitor badges before we get up to the counter!! And last winter we unfortunately had four hospital admissions there where we became a familiar face to some of the staff. When the ER nurses recognize you and say they remember Declan that’s not a good sign!! The 7th floor (that’s where the respiratory patients generally end up) became a second home from November to February; but not in a good way. I was spending the nights there and driving straight to work the next day. The Starbucks in the parking garage lobby was a frequent stop for me on those mornings! Either that or the Dunkin across the street! And as I would head out to work (with much needed caffeine in hand-those hospital machines will keep the most sound sleepers awake), Ryan would come in to spend the day with Declan until I was out from work and then we traded shifts so that he could go out to work; and we would do it all over again each stay!!! We are so grateful that now we have a lot of the “tools” at home to help Declan to manage most illnesses.
Well CCMC had a PJ day fundraiser that a lot of places including schools participated in and they raised close to $1 million total which is amazing!!! So I just wanted to share that awesome news today!!