On the Anniversary of Kerrie’s “2nd” Birthday

Happy Birthday Kerrie! Your “2nd” birthday that is.

Today is the anniversary of the bone marrow transplant. I have spent most of the day trying to remember “what we were doing when…”, but since I spent most of the day on drugs I can only remember little bits here an there.. up until the point mom and I made the mad dash accross the hospital to be there for the actual transplant..

They had unhooked me from the machine and put me in a wheelchair, and mom pushed me ( at lighting speed) accross the hospital so we could be with Kerrie while she was given the transfusion of my stem cells.

We made it just in time… I held Kerrie’s hand, the staff sang her “happy birthday” .. Mom, Dad, Ron, Joyce and Teena there with us… we were all full of such hope.

Days like today are sad… It’s hard not to think of everythign that happened that day, now knowing what would happen to Kerrie just a few short weeks later…

I’m glad we didn’t know then. I’m glad we had that wonderful day together, even if it makes today a sad day.

I wanted to say Thank you to the KAST family for sticking around. I know Kerrie is with  us here too!

I love you Kerrie and I think of you every day. I miss you every day… I love you every day!

And… I will keep my promise to you!

Jenn

P.S. for those of you who have been waiting for me to post my American Cancer Society speech on Kast I wanted to let you know it’s too big to get on the site. I am working on putting it on facebook ( in 3 parts) and will hopefully be there by the end of the day!