Welcome to Georgia's Journey

Georgia Lily Lucas was born at home on October 6th, 2008 4:15am, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was diagnosed with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) on April 1, 2009.

On April 3rd Georgia was taken home, to be near her sisters and the rest of her family and friends. Nearly three weeks later, on April 21, 2009, she died peacefully -- in the loving arms of her mother and in the same room in which she was born.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Coming Together

The last week has been quite tiring but things are definitely coming together for Georgia's Journey of Hope. Ticket sales are quite good and the t-shirt sales have been great. I feel the need to clarify some of the information on the t-shirts. The toddler sizes come in pink and blue. There are also youth and adult sizes in a variety of colors. I have ordered a few more ladies long sleeve tops in chocolate brown because several people have been asking about them. The toddler and youth shirts are being sold for $15, the adult shirts are being sold for $20 while the long sleeve shirts are being sold for $25. All proceeds are being donated to Unite for the Cure.

I haven't been doing much blogging lately as there aren't enough minutes in the day to get everything done. Calla came down with a bad cold a couple of days ago. For someone in perfect health this would be no big deal but she is asthmatic. We spent a lot of the night before last up with her working on her breathing. We avoided the emergency room and today she was feeling much better. The thought of taking her into Emergency actually had me sick to the stomach. It has never been a bad experience with Calla. In the past she has received a ventolin treatment and then we have left. The last time I was there however, I was with Georgia. Watching Calla struggling to breathe has always been difficult but now I find it torture.

I let her go to school today because she did seem significantly better and it was picture day but I had my cell phone next to me at all times. I even debated calling the school at one point to ask how she was. Wow! I really am starting to feel crazy! Did I mention that the school is across the street?! Can't really get much closer!

It has been another long day and despite the fact that there is more fundraising stuff to do and there is a load of laundry waiting to be folded, I think that I may take a break and watch Grey's Anatomy. The PVR is all set up and it is my favorite show! In fact, it's kind of the only show that I really watch. I'm kind of excited now!

Love to you all,

Kristen


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  1. DevonSeptember 24, 2009 at 10:26 PM

    What a great idea for a fundraiser, Kristen!!

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  2. EmSeptember 25, 2009 at 10:32 AM

    Noone can blame you for being more sensitive to Calla and her breathing....completely natural-we all worry about our kids but after Georgia you are going to have a different level of anxiety. Know that it is totally understandable and YOU ARE NOT CRAZY!! (not anymore than you already were before this year anyway!) :-)

    I know when we chatted you had only ordered a few ladies tops (long sleeved) so I didn't want to 'take one' from anyone who was there volunteering etc. but if you have more I would LOVE to buy one, along with ones for the girls of course! If you can let me know if you have enough that would be awesome.

    I hope Calla is feeling better today and I hope the anxiety you feel can lessen somewhat, for your own sake...you already must be drained from everything and having another precious little one to worry about is so hard.

    I hope you were able to escape into Grey's, even if it is only for a short time. We are thinking of you always. Hugs, Em

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