Fundraising

This time last year, we were sitting in a hospital, checking in for round 2 of chemotherapy. We were in there, after being told, that chemotherapy for the first round would never work. I am so thankful that it did. We got a few more months with Bastian. Sometimes, I think to myself, "did I do enough?" As parents that had to make some really hard decisions from the day of diagnosis, I feel like sometimes we didn't. But in my heart of hearts, I believe we made the best decisions for our family.

We have a trip planned to the hospital where Bastian was first diagnosed. On our trip there, we would like to give a few gifts out to the nurses, and to the families that have to stay there for long periods of time. So we would like to fill their pantry with food, and lots of it. Imagine having to stay inpatient for months at a time. There isn't a kitchen, but a microwave, a toaster and a fridge, sometimes full, sometimes empty. Now you're a contestant on "chopped." You have to figure out what you can make with just the ingredients you have. Sometimes, I ended up going down to the cafeteria for food, but more often than not, I would have to try to figure out what I was going to eat, in the pantry they set up in the ward. We were lucky that they allowed Bastian a bed to sleep in, as the hospital policy was that someone had to be supervising him at all times. Even asleep. So I had to ask one of the Nurses to keep an eye on him through the window, while I ran to grab something to eat when I was alone. Which was pretty often. On days they were really busy. My only meal would be 10pm because he was so nauseous, and the smell of food would make him sick. When he was so exhausted from throwing up all day, he would finally go to sleep, and I would sneak out to the pantry, and grab a quick bite, and watch him from the window.

We need your help to fill this pantry. We are still waiting on paperwork from the IRS to be able to start our nonprofit, in Bastians honor so this donation would not be tax-deductible, but future fundraisers will be. If you would like to donate, Please let me know! Thank you :)