Ways to Help July 13, 2010

I’m just going to make this as simple as possible with the least amount of wordage:)

1.  Buffie Blackledge is organizing meals for us on Mondays and some Thursdays.  If you are willing to help in this way, please contact her at:   buffie3800@gmail.com.                Phone-Home 231-3372, cell 498-7854.

2.  We have made a wish list of items that we think will be useful for our long clinic days…http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/S0D71UEEAKN1

If you have problems with the link, Go to www.amazon.com and click the WISH LIST tab and enter Sherri Springer.  It is the wish list labeled McKinley’s Help List.

The items on here do not have to be purchased on here nor do they need to be identical, it just seemed to be the easiest way to share the “helpful” things with others.  PS…..I bought three new Signing Time DVDs while we were in the hospital and they have been used excessively.

3.  Gift cards to any restaurant that has take out would be used as well.  Amazon, specifically, did not have Bob Evans and CHICK-FIL-A or Kroger gift cards.

4.  We will also need babysitters or playdates for Makayla on clinic days (Mon & Thurs).  Many of you have volunteered for that and I have a mental list, but if you are still interested or interested at all, please shoot me an email.

Again, this is very difficult to list our our needs or things that would be helpful to us…..

Please Pray June 21, 2010

So this morning her lab work showed her ANC (which is her immunity level) dropping from 300 to 60.  The doctor said they can jump around that this wasn’t uncommon.  One of her chemos causes her levels to drop up to two weeks after the medicine.

In order for us to go home, the doctor said that it needs to be at 200-300 and rising for a few days….I’m guessing they mean Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Please pray for her ANC to climb today and stay up, period!  God is big!  I want what is medically best for her, but we all desire to be home and begin a new normal of life with Leukemia.

Thank you for mentioning us to God in your prayers.  He is able!

Specific Needs June 17, 2010

This is McKinley's favorite pass time....cruising around.

I realize that my last status update was confusing.  I meant that I would post the needs later today or tomorrow for needs next week.  So sorry for the confusion.  I feel bad even asking, but so many of you have asked to help and thank you being our family.

So, here are our specific needs for next week:

**My friend, Kim Johnson, has volunteered to clean our house before we return home.  I thought it might be nice for her to have a little help.  She is going to be cleaning, Tuesday, June 22 from 9:30am-?  Please contact her at mikeandkim@fuse.net

**Grocery shopping….I have a list and money for the groceries.  All you would need to do is to shop and then put them away.  Just contact me for that.

**We will need one more mowing before we come home.  It was mowed by Tom Hansen on Sunday–THANK YOU!!  So, maybe Sun, Mon, Tues or Wed of next week.  You can contact Scott for that.