Poe, a real friend

Christmas 2009 was different. We spent it at my cousin Dan's house and had a good time. The kids always ask if cousin Renee is going to come, because they say she always gives the best and most meaningful gifts.

This year did not disappoint and she gave Mattie a stuffed Ugly Doll. It was a green bat and we soon discovered that Poe, as he would be named, would be unseperable from Mattie especially on hospital visits. Poe has undergone chemotherapy, MRI's, CATscans, blood draws, surgeries, and when Mattie lost his hair Poe lost some hair too. Everyone at the hospital knows Mattie as the boy with the bat named Poe. The Ugly Doll company discontinued the bat, so we are very careful to know where Poe is. It is almost like a second son that I have that I never have to discipline...