March 3rd - Valerie Center Wish Lists

 I've written and talked a fair amount about how great our level of care has been at the Valerie Center.  It's a small part of Goryeb Children's Hospital at Morristown Medical Center. 

Since Connor has been admitted so many times this cycle, we've gotten to know some more of the staff.  One of our favourites has been Kristen, one of the Child Care team workers.  She loved that Connor and I will play cards, and she's introduced us to Monopoly Deal, and we've introduced her to Uno Flip!

She mentioned that the Valerie Center has some wish lists to provide games and things like this for kids that are hospitalized.  I'm including them here:

Valerie Center Wish List - This goes to stores like Best Buy, American Girl, Buy Buy Baby, and Walmart

Amazon Wish List

Target Wish List

If you choose to purchase something, please include a gift note stating your name, email address and if you are part of an organization.  If you choose, you can include Connor's name as well.

We have had lots of offers to help, and we are blessed to afford excellent medical insurance so right now all of Connor's bills are being taken care of.  But continuing to help this fantastic place helps us, as well as many others who aren't as lucky as we are.  (I actually counted up the bills submitted to insurance so far, and not including the current hospital stay we are at ~$972,000.  For the Canadians, the amount submitted to insurance isn't the amount that the hospital actually receives, the insurance companies have agreements in place to only pay a portion of the billed amount.  But if we didn't have insurance, that would be the total so far!)

These wish lists may not be feasible for my Canadian friends and family, and of course there is never any expectation for any donation at all.  You can however donate directly to the Valerie Center. Just make sure to change the country in the address before adding your credit card.

Thank you to all who are continuing to read and follow our journey, we are about 1/2 way through the intense treatment phase, so seeing more light at the end of the tunnel - to say nothing of more sunshine on this bright March day.

I'll add another post later with Connor's numbers!

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