ChemoMoms on CureSearch!!!

Yippee! Our resource group information has now been posted on curesearch.org - the most informative childhood cancer website (in my opinion) out there! It provides information for parents, patients, survivors, and medical support about all kinds of childhood cancer!

Go curesearch.org, click on For Parents/Families, then under Resource Directories, click Find Resources, then type in your zip code. As long as you are in South Alabama/South Mississippi, you should find us!

Survival Baskets for Moms!!

So here are some pictures of 2 of the baskets I have just completed to take to the hospital!

I received a bunch of stuff today from someone at church - (please email me if you are that someone, my darling husband is not the greatest with names!) and I was able to complete the 2 baskets and start 2 more!!! Yay!!

I never received anything for the 2 families needing gas and food vouchers. I guess it is going to take some time for things to pick up in that department. I have been busy with the scrapbook crop, so maybe that will be a big success and I can use that money for those kinds of items.

Well, it is off to plant some seeds that we got at the Dauphin Island Discovery Days yesterday! I will be posting pics of that on Colette's website later!

Please be praying for Elizabeth and her family. She is going to Birmingham today to have a surgery tomorrow to remove seven inches of her central line that has been left in her chest since 2004!!! It has been causing some pain and discomfort but bless her heart, maybe that will be the end of it!

With HOPE,
Tammy

ChemoMoms need GAS!

OK, that is supposed to make you laugh!
We have a big need for gas cards. There is one family who will be traveling to Bham on Sunday or Monday for a surgery and they are taking all their kids with them, since it is Spring Break next week. I would like to give them a gas card and/or a restaurant card to O'Charley's or Ruby Tuesday (those are close to the hospital).

The second family is getting ready to go in for a bone marrow transplant. They drove to Birmingham on Monday, Apr 9, and will have to return on Friday of this same week. It is possible they will go BACK to Mobile after that, and return to Birmingham the NEXT Wednesday for additional testing! That is AT LEAST $150 or more in gas alone, much less food and hotels.

If you can ask around at your work, church or school, these families would not know how to act if they received something like this. The second family is just getting started with this journey and I think it is important for them to know that we are there for them every step of the way!

Let me know if you have any ideas!
Thanks!

Tired and Happy!

Boy, we had a GREAT Easter! I don't think we could have packed anything else into the past 3 days!!

I received some donated digital thermometers! And there is a box headed this way from Montgomery full of goodies on our list! Yay! So I am putting together 2 baskets today, and I will be going to the hospital to visit with 2 families - one going home after chemo, the other headed to Birmingham for the first time.

If you are keeping up with our basket items, we don't need any more of the following for now:

chapstick
hand lotion
digital thermometers

Anything else on the list, please feel free to pick some up! Things are getting exciting for ChemoMoms! And don't forget our 12 HOUR SCRAPBOOK CROP!!!

Happy Easter!!!

I wanted to stop in and tell you 2 things:
First, HAPPY EASTER! We had a WONDERFULLY MOVING Good Friday service at church last night. I am very excited about tomorrow's services too! (I am singing in BOTH services and I have to be there at 8 am!)

Second, if you want to donate but don't have my address, please email me or leave a comment. I don't really want to display my home address, mainly because we are getting a PO Box for ChemoMoms, and I don't want to confuse anyone. But until a box becomes available, you can send anything to my house.

Also, if you would rather make a cash donation, you can send it to my paypal address: tambabe1@hotmail.com Just go to www.paypal.com and follow the instructions to Send Money and then it will ask for my email address. It can come from a credit card or through you personal bank account, but I won't receive any of your personal information. I will get an email saying, "Mrs. Soandso has sent you a payment for $20.00" and it will show up in my account. I have a debit card that links to this account.

Here is a special gift for you....enjoy!

Slowly getting off the ground...

So it is taking a little longer than I expected to get this group going! I know we have been super busy with normal life things like soccer, church, Easter, school, but I am getting ready to dig in to ChemoMoms full force. I just want to get past Easter! LOL

I still have not really received ANYTHING donation-wise for the mom baskets that I am supplying for the hospital. I am basically going around my house and collecting things that are on the list and trying to make do until we start getting some items given to us. I know with Easter baskets and school parties, everyone is trying to get those things purchased and to the schools on the right days, I know I am doing the same thing!

We have had a donation of Avon items (chapstick, lotion, etc) - THANKS TO MEGAN in INDIANA! If anyone needs an AVON rep - MEGAN is the girl for you!

Please please please - keep your eyes peeled for holiday clearance items such as cellophane wrap and ribbon and colorful buckets. I will be more than happy to come by and pick up anything you want to send our way, just email me with your phone number.

There is a new diagnosis in Mobile - they think it is Severe Aplastic Anemia, which must be treated with a bone marrow transplant. They are supposed to be going to Bham this week for their first time. I went by and met the parents last week and took a goodie bag filled with small items (chapstick, tylenol, tums, nail file) and an address book. The mom had a notebook so she was ahead of the game! LOL

Also, if you will please advertise this blog on your websites, I would appreciate it greatly! I am praying that the right people will be led here and they will help get this off the ground. I hear from so many people that this is a great thing we are doing, so I know it is going to be a huge success at some point! I just wish it would happen soon! LOL

Well, I need to take care of the normal mom duties around the house, so I am logging out. Please take time to remember the significance of this week . . . more on that later!

With HOPE,
Tammy