Dakotah has 2 wishes - 1. Live Longer and 2. Meet Bon Jovi
I can't do much about her first wish, except to take the best care of her I can - take her to all her doctor appointments, give her medications, etc. but I can try my best to make that second wish come true. Thanks to wonderful listeners of Tom and Dan's Mediocre Time Podcast, we have a hotel for the 3 nights and we also have had money donated that I'll be able to use to eat, etc. One of my co-workers (I teach) actually put the airline tickets on her credit card until I can pay her back. I also have to sincerely thank my true Jovi sisters who have stuck with me through this whole ordeal and have donated to help make it possible for us to get to Toronto - one step closer to making her wish of meeting the band come true. I won't name them individually but if they read this, they know who they are. :) I also have to thank my best friend of over 25 years for ALWAYS listening to me and being there for me to cry when things have been bad and take late night calls when I've been excited about something to do with this trip! She knows who she is too.
Now if I can just get someone from the band, newspaper, news station to read the few most recent posts on this blog and get word to Jon and the guys, Dakotah's 2nd wish can come true. She even has a little present for each of the guys.
I am feverishly emailing anyone I can find online that could possibly help. And I'll be tweeting this blog address over and over and over in hopes it finds it way to someone that can MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!!
Traveling from Florida to Toronto alone with a child in a wheelchair who is totally nonambulatory will be difficult, but she's worth every drop of sweat and every twinge of back pain. I love Dakotah with all my heart!!!!!!!
