Post #254275 by danlovestikis on Wed, Sep 13, 2006 8:34 PM

Hi Andy, this note is not for you so please skip on to the next one. This is only for grown ups who need some information from your mom and I. I'll talk to you later tiki buddy. Love, Wendy

Hi TC'ers. There have been those who noticed a discrepancy in the time line I presented about Andy. How could what I was saying work out right and be real. It was a time line that I had put together from a number of sources and it looked off to me as well. So today I wrote about that to Barbara and I'm going to do my best to transfer her email directly to this post. This is real, and all of you who have worked to cheer him up are his heroes. He doesn't have his dad any more but he has a poor in comparison substitute - us. I'm thankful it helps to brighten his day. We are all making a difference.

I'll go now and try to put on the email, if it doesn't work then I'll type it myself into the next post. OK it didn't work so here goes:

Hi Wendy, I just got home from work. Well, the picture I sent you with the clown is when he was going in for testing, at that time my husband was still in Iraq. Andy was having some discomfort but all tests taken by GP came back negative. Finally after several trips to the GP, he decided to put him in the hospital for more testing. This all took place from when he was almost 7 to now, he just turned 9. My husband was aware of him going to the hospital for testing, but was killed before the diagnoses, which came later. Andy was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia. It's a type of cancer that starts from white blood cells in the bone marrow. At this point it has spread to his central nervous system. I'm debating whether to go see my mother, this week, she will not fly under any circumstance and I have been at odds over what to do. Time does not seem to be on our side and i would like her to see him. i think this is something I need to do. Went to Dr's office today and all seemed so pointless, not alot of new information, left me frustrated. Thank you for everything you have done, the suggestion for Make a Wish trip to Disneyland sounds wonderful and I know Andy would love it but at this point I just want to spend what little time I have with him. This all seems like a nightmare to me, it seems it happened so fast, but I realize I have little control over that. I'll write you tomorrow, the nurse is leaving here and I need to get his meds ready for the morning, thank again, Barbara

I really trust Barbara, I hope that you all will as well and do what you can for Andy. Thank you all who already have. Tiki people are so special and I feel it every day. I will post photos of Andy as soon as I have them, Wendy