Hope For Natalie Nakatani from Patrick Biesemans on Vimeo.
There are lots of little fighters out there any anything you can give is greatly appreciated.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Hope for Natalie...
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Yoga Cures Cancer
(Flexible Katie...crazy!)Well, my Yoga Fundraiser was a success!
Thursday, I gathered about 12 people to join the Yoga Class offered at Brooks by Bothell Yoga & Fitness! They typically have 4 "students" so there was a good group of people for class!
It turns out, runners are inherently inflexible. Granted there were several people who were able to do crazy poses, but for the most part, we were all in the same boat!
Everyone thought it was fun, and most complained about being sore the next day!
I was able to raise about $150 and there should be a few folks straggling in (at least I hope!).
Thanks to all of those who came out!
Stephanie
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
A note from our Honored Team Mate...
Things To Do In The Hospital When You're 2
by Ryan Peterson
1. Sleep well at night and take good naps.
2. Flirt with the nurses.
3. Learn how to examine yourself so you blend in with the doctors.
4. Peruse equipment carts for fun toys. Continually try to steal the blood transfusion kits.
5. Learn how to disable your IV pumps, so they have to be sent back to be reprogrammed.
6. Take your own blood pressure and temperature.
7. Lick the floor when you have no immune system (makes mom scream out loud).
8. Chase big brother around, be chased by big brother, ride cars and bikes with big brother.
9. Make friends with the cute siblings of other patients. Make friends with other cute patients.
10. Cheer up other parents when they're sad or just have been here too long.
11. Help the cleaning lady wash down your room.
12. Try to poke things into your central line when no one is looking.
13. Hoard pen lights, empty saline syringes and paper products from the night nurses.
14. Obsessively measure your own height using the measuring stick on the wall; cry and kick when someone else tries to do it for you.
15. Ignore patient privacy rules and try to thumb through other patients' charts whenever possible.
16. Whenever you see two or more nurses talking, regardless of what they're talking about, run up and join the conversation.
17. Test mom or dad's reflexes: burp loudly, pretending your tummy is upset. Pretend you might barf. See how fast mom or dad can reach for the barf pan. Sit back happily after they break the world speed record trying to get the pan near you, but don't ever actually throw up.
18. Dance on the bed.
19. Pull down people's shirts and look in. If you're only 2, you can be forgiven. After that, who knows.
20. Take in all the love every day, and focus on getting better!!!
These are all things Ryan does practically on a daily basis. Fortunately, he spends most of his time on #20. :)
by Ryan Peterson
1. Sleep well at night and take good naps.
2. Flirt with the nurses.
3. Learn how to examine yourself so you blend in with the doctors.
4. Peruse equipment carts for fun toys. Continually try to steal the blood transfusion kits.
5. Learn how to disable your IV pumps, so they have to be sent back to be reprogrammed.
6. Take your own blood pressure and temperature.
7. Lick the floor when you have no immune system (makes mom scream out loud).
8. Chase big brother around, be chased by big brother, ride cars and bikes with big brother.
9. Make friends with the cute siblings of other patients. Make friends with other cute patients.
10. Cheer up other parents when they're sad or just have been here too long.
11. Help the cleaning lady wash down your room.
12. Try to poke things into your central line when no one is looking.
13. Hoard pen lights, empty saline syringes and paper products from the night nurses.
14. Obsessively measure your own height using the measuring stick on the wall; cry and kick when someone else tries to do it for you.
15. Ignore patient privacy rules and try to thumb through other patients' charts whenever possible.
16. Whenever you see two or more nurses talking, regardless of what they're talking about, run up and join the conversation.
17. Test mom or dad's reflexes: burp loudly, pretending your tummy is upset. Pretend you might barf. See how fast mom or dad can reach for the barf pan. Sit back happily after they break the world speed record trying to get the pan near you, but don't ever actually throw up.
18. Dance on the bed.
19. Pull down people's shirts and look in. If you're only 2, you can be forgiven. After that, who knows.
20. Take in all the love every day, and focus on getting better!!!
These are all things Ryan does practically on a daily basis. Fortunately, he spends most of his time on #20. :)
Our Saturday Adventures...
So, what do we do on Saturday mornings while most folks are still snuggled in their beds? Well, we run. We get up, we meet the team, and we run. This Saturday we ran the Kirkland Marina and it made me want to move there. It was gorgeous! Here is a synopsis of our journey!
(This is the half way waterstop that was just beyond the hill that we scaled! Volunteers keep the Gaterade and water flowing!)
(Coaches and Captains getting us all up to speed on where we are running to—oh yah, and how to get up the very steep hill along the way!)
(Overlooking where we started running from!)
Many more runs to come! Woo Hoo! We ran half of a half marathon last weekend! 6.59 miles...
(This is the half way waterstop that was just beyond the hill that we scaled! Volunteers keep the Gaterade and water flowing!)
(Coaches and Captains getting us all up to speed on where we are running to—oh yah, and how to get up the very steep hill along the way!)
(Overlooking where we started running from!)Many more runs to come! Woo Hoo! We ran half of a half marathon last weekend! 6.59 miles...
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