Monday, December 19, 2011

Made a wish?

So, every child that has a life threating illness earns a wish through the Make a Wish foundation. Some wishes are to meet a singer, sports start, a dignitary or political figure and some wishes are fairly vague or cant be met because of restrictions, whether it be the age of the child, their condition, or the foundations resources. We had some troubles with Mattie's wish. They ask for 3 different wishes and cant guarantee which could happen. Mattie wished to take the Disney cruise in the bahamas not to go somewhere tropical, but he saw a video of the boat and it had water slide tubes on it, and he has been infatuated with water all his life. They said he had to be 12 to take the cruise to international waters. His second wish was to learn how to surf in Hawaii, primarily because he was a huge sponge bob squarepants fan and thought bikini bottom meant Hawaii. I think that was discounted due to budget issues. His third wish was to ride in a monster truck that was completely discounted. Instead we got a 10 day trip to Orlando disneyworld all expenses paid. We settled with that and had fun being VIP visitors, but learned many wishes get put into this category and their real wish never developes. We partly fulfilled Matts wish by taking him to a water park and swimming in a shark pool and doing the wave pool, but are planning that trip to Hawaii sometime after his treatment end date....

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