In addition to meeting the world renowned bear, we met several doctors, and some energetic kids. One of the people that we met was Diamond, who has been treated for leukemia at Floating since she was 3 year old. She is now 17 and studying Psychology in college, and she has been a rider in the hospital's annual "Ride for Life" fundraiser . . . a fellow cyclist :)
After the hospital, we headed across town to visit Kyleigh at Boston Children's Hospital. On the way, we took a break at a local joke shop where Matt had an opportunity to pose for the tacky picture of the day . . . Tom was unimpressed.
Across town we met up with Kyleigh and her parents, Angela and Rob. Kyleigh has been in the hospital for several days now, and she had to go in for some x-rays and an ultrasound this morning. She just turned three and will continue treatments until September, the same time that we will be finishing our ride. Since Kyleigh wasn't feeling well, we took a picture with her dad wearing a whale hat (the doctor wasn't one of Kyleigh's - he just wanted to share in the excitement :) . . .
We'll be putting up a special post for Matt soon. His time with us is over, and he is flying out in the morning. He has to go back to his job in Iowa. As for me, Tom, and Nick, we'll ride on into . . . Tropical storm Beryl. She's supposed to broadside us in the morning. Get your rain slickers ready boys.
~ Austin
2 comments:
is matt the only reason for a tacky picture of the day?
Anne Reardon
good question Anne . . . now that Matt has left us, you'll have to wait to see.
~ Austin and Tom
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