I've never considered myself a political person but before my own eyes, I've found myself becoming a lobbiest for Stem cell research. The other day in fact, I received a call from Washington DC. It was one of our ND senator's offices and they had seen Ethan's videos...We're hoping that Ethan's progress will push the funding committee to invest the allotted funds toward adult stem cell research in the near future. We had always joked about us going to capitol hill and now here we are... it might be closer to reality than we realized...or so I hope.
Other than that, we are doing well. Ethan is officially POTTY TRAINED! Yeah!!! Yet another feat that we weren't sure would ever be accomplished but he did it and better yet...he doesn't need any help! Yeah! Anyhow...that's likely tooo much information but it was exciting so I thought I'd share.
I've posted our latest TV interviews...(see below)...enjoy!
Until later...
Lisa
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
I believe in Miracles--our 1 year anniversary
Where did the year go? Tomorrow is July 15th and it was one year ago that we were in Dusseldorf, Germany waiting for our little miracle to happen. Today we're not waiting any longer as our miracle is here.
I think back to that day...it was a day of many tears. Yes, I was afraid...more afraid of the unknown than anything but I truly think that they were more tears of happiness than anything. The one thing that our child wanted...we were attempting. It wasn't that one toy that your child "HAS" to have...it was something simple...a pair of legs that work. What more could one little boy ask for?
Today... we have a little 6 yr old boy, running (okay...walking very fast) with his crutches. He climbs our playhouse ladder, goes down the slide, kicks the ball with his brother, rides a bike (and wipes out too), he does it all (including gets put on timeouts)... He's an every day run of the mill little boy. He loves the Nintendo DS and the Wii... and more times than not, he loves to pick on his sister (sometimes he sits on her)...
Life is good. Yes, we still have our challenges and his walking pattern might not be "pretty"...but you know what? I don't care. My child is happy & he's successful in reaching his goals at this stage of his life. What more could a parent ask for. We have absolutely no regrets and would do it again in a heartbeat.
Anyhow... today we had 2 news inteviews with FOX and NBC. I'll post them as available. Both went incredibly well and even the news people were astonished at where Ethan is today. He definitely has come out of his shell.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us this past year, we couldn't have made it without your support and prayers.
Until later...Lisa
I think back to that day...it was a day of many tears. Yes, I was afraid...more afraid of the unknown than anything but I truly think that they were more tears of happiness than anything. The one thing that our child wanted...we were attempting. It wasn't that one toy that your child "HAS" to have...it was something simple...a pair of legs that work. What more could one little boy ask for?
Today... we have a little 6 yr old boy, running (okay...walking very fast) with his crutches. He climbs our playhouse ladder, goes down the slide, kicks the ball with his brother, rides a bike (and wipes out too), he does it all (including gets put on timeouts)... He's an every day run of the mill little boy. He loves the Nintendo DS and the Wii... and more times than not, he loves to pick on his sister (sometimes he sits on her)...
Life is good. Yes, we still have our challenges and his walking pattern might not be "pretty"...but you know what? I don't care. My child is happy & he's successful in reaching his goals at this stage of his life. What more could a parent ask for. We have absolutely no regrets and would do it again in a heartbeat.
Anyhow... today we had 2 news inteviews with FOX and NBC. I'll post them as available. Both went incredibly well and even the news people were astonished at where Ethan is today. He definitely has come out of his shell.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us this past year, we couldn't have made it without your support and prayers.
Until later...Lisa
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