I am currently in Manhattan running some errands before I start school on June 4th and had to go by Memorial Sloan Kettering to drop off some cartoon DVD's that we accidentally brought home with us after we checked out of the hospital back in March. I was able to see some of the staff we were cool with, including Julianna Y. & Alyson S. They were very instrumental in the ability of all three of us to deal with our ordeal with cancer. Something they said really struck a cord with me. They said that they miss us still and that various staff members and families still ask for us and about how we are doing. They told us that so many people feel that we were role models for being great parents that did every thing possible to provide AA with every opportunity to succeed with his battle with cancer. It was very unexpected but it was a nice way of AA honoring us through his experience. We never did this to gain respect or admiration from anyone, we just did what we needed to do to fight for our boy. The boy we love. There was only so much we could do against something that does not understand compromise but we are satisfied in knowing that we placed all our cards on the table and have no regrets about how we treated AA. Most importantly, AA knows that now and I am sure he knew it then.
Roi
I recently had the pleasure of working with Michelle and learning about Andrew and his strong battle. Although I never had the chance to meet this "angel", his story has deeply affected me. He has helped me to focus on what is important and stop sweating the small stuff. Thanks for sharing him.
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