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Helping Other People Everyday.
Blair's Dad Tom and Stepmother Kim were sitting outside looking at the sky and trees and
were discussing Blair’s journey one night. It was then that they talked about how they
could Help Other People Everyday to reduce their stress. Thus our mission statement
“Branching out to Help Other People Everyday with practical daily services so that the
families could spend more quality time with their child who has a life threatening illness”.
Blair was diagnosed with Leukemia on Wednesday June 22, 2005. This began her very
heroic journey. She was 14 years old at the time of her diagnosis and she was 16 years
old when she passed away on March 25, 2007.
Blair spent over 300 days in the hospital. This journey started with chemotherapy, then
onto her stem-cell transplant, she battled several infections including influenza with time
spent in PICU from Dec 24th, 2005 through Jan. 20th, 2006. After surviving the PICU (which
we were told most patients that were in her condition while in PICU did not survive) she
continued to battle which took several months before she was really up and around and
able to do things. She had a feeding tube in 5 times and we were told it would never come
out. She was so excited to start her sophomore year at Hopkins High School and we are so
glad she was able to make it through as much as she could. She was determined to try
and be as normal as possible but it just seemed like she got hit with one thing after
another but she persevered.
On February 5, 2007 we were told that she had a respiratory virus and it was discovered
that the Leukemia was back. She was admitted to the hospital where they began the
treatment and cured the Leukemia. Unfortunately, the respiratory virus continued to
progress and she was once more in PICU where she remained on the ventilator to assist
her breathing until March 25, 2007 when she earned her Pink and Orange Wings.
Throughout Blair’s journey Tom and Kim spent many hours at the hospital and at doctor
appointments. They also kept up her medications (up to 32 pills a day). Both Tom and Kim
worked, managed the household (laundry, bills, lawn care, groceries snow removal) be
with the other family members, working with the school, her tutor and many other things.
Tom and Kim do know first hand the stresses that families go through as they went through
just about everything that one child could go through, hospitals, tests, doctors, running out
insurance, PICU (twice) so you can put your trust and HOPE in them knowing that they
have been there done that!
Blair's Dad Tom and Stepmother Kim were sitting outside looking at the sky and trees and
were discussing Blair’s journey one night. It was then that they talked about how they
could Help Other People Everyday to reduce their stress. Thus our mission statement
“Branching out to Help Other People Everyday with practical daily services so that the
families could spend more quality time with their child who has a life threatening illness”.
Blair was diagnosed with Leukemia on Wednesday June 22, 2005. This began her very
heroic journey. She was 14 years old at the time of her diagnosis and she was 16 years
old when she passed away on March 25, 2007.
Blair spent over 300 days in the hospital. This journey started with chemotherapy, then
onto her stem-cell transplant, she battled several infections including influenza with time
spent in PICU from Dec 24th, 2005 through Jan. 20th, 2006. After surviving the PICU (which
we were told most patients that were in her condition while in PICU did not survive) she
continued to battle which took several months before she was really up and around and
able to do things. She had a feeding tube in 5 times and we were told it would never come
out. She was so excited to start her sophomore year at Hopkins High School and we are so
glad she was able to make it through as much as she could. She was determined to try
and be as normal as possible but it just seemed like she got hit with one thing after
another but she persevered.
On February 5, 2007 we were told that she had a respiratory virus and it was discovered
that the Leukemia was back. She was admitted to the hospital where they began the
treatment and cured the Leukemia. Unfortunately, the respiratory virus continued to
progress and she was once more in PICU where she remained on the ventilator to assist
her breathing until March 25, 2007 when she earned her Pink and Orange Wings.
Throughout Blair’s journey Tom and Kim spent many hours at the hospital and at doctor
appointments. They also kept up her medications (up to 32 pills a day). Both Tom and Kim
worked, managed the household (laundry, bills, lawn care, groceries snow removal) be
with the other family members, working with the school, her tutor and many other things.
Tom and Kim do know first hand the stresses that families go through as they went through
just about everything that one child could go through, hospitals, tests, doctors, running out
insurance, PICU (twice) so you can put your trust and HOPE in them knowing that they
have been there done that!
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