Sunday, June 19, 2011

FUNdraising a good time.....

WEDNESDAY JUNE 22nd

Highland Pacific Restaurant & Oyster Bar 
3934 W 32nd Ave.
Denver, CO. 80212 

 .....  *LIVE MUSIC      *GOOD PEOPLE      *GREAT FOOD        *LIBATIONS  .....

We will be raffling a 2010 Fall tour poster signed by the band, a 1996 framed Warfield poster, a Y2K framed Warfield poster, a custom made WP pendant made by a dear friend of ours as well as other special donations being given to us for the event.  Tickets will be $5 each or 5/$20.
We also will have T-shirts and with Mercy's logo for sale as well.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns or donations...please send me an e-mail @ mercymccullough@yahoo.com

***Special thanks to those who have contributed and especially to Ed and his family for providing us a place to come together.


Happy Father's Day, Daddy
We love you!

Friday, June 3, 2011

beneFIT for MercyMay


WEDNESDAY JUNE 15th

and
WEDNESDAY JUNE 22nd

Highland Pacific Restaurant & Oyster Bar 
3934 W 32nd Ave.
Denver, CO. 80212 

 .....  *LIVE MUSIC      *GOOD PEOPLE      *GREAT FOOD        *LIBATIONS  .....


 Here's the scoop:
A friend of ours has offered his business as a venue to raise money for our family.  Ed and his wife also have a child with special needs, which comes with enormous medical expenses and have held fundraisers for her through their business with live music.  We have a very strong connection to music and believe it helps us with the healing process. We are asking you to come down and join us. Eric Martinez and Tori Pater will be playing both nights. If you are looking for a more laid back, mellow environment then I would suggest you come on the 15th, (restaurant opens at 4pm) have some dinner, a few drinks and donate.  Mercy and I will be available to mingle and chat (providing we don't get the call for her liver, otherwise we will be admitted to the hospital).  After 9pm, the party will certainly start to "pick up". 
As for the 22nd, the atmosphere will be a little more crazy :) Widespread Panic will be playing the following weekend at Red Rocks which is a HUGE deal in Colorado. From what we are told, the restaurant will be nuts by 9:00 pm.  We will be raffling a 2010 Fall tour poster signed by the band, a 1996 framed Warfield poster, a Y2K framed Warfield poster and a custom made WP pendant made by a dear friend of ours as well as other special donations being given to us for the event.  Tickets will be $5 each or 5/$20.
We also will have T-shirts and with Mercy's logo (see above) for sale as well.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns or donations...please send me an e-mail @ mercymccullough@yahoo.com

***Special thanks to those who have contributed and especially to Ed and his family for providing us a place to come together.

Let the sun shine down.....

Well, we are embarking on our 2nd week at the RMH. Crazy how fast time goes.  Dinner has been prepared by volunteers almost every night except Memorial Day. The Mile High Harley Davidson Chapter came by and passed out toys to the kids and let them take pictures with their bikes. I thought dressing Mercy in her I <3 (heart) MOM onesie was appropriate since I see alot of MOM tattoos on bikers, steroetypical for sure but funny.  Of course, MercyMay was a hit.  One fella even offered his liver, which was very thoughtful of him. I chuckled and said "no thank you, we're looking for a more lively liver". He  thought that was the funniest thing ever.  Yesterday, there was a lady volunteering chair massages in the lobby, I missed that one unfortunately.
So far, we've had a a few check-up appointments (labs have steadily elevated), three successful feeding tube placements (one with help, two by myself :), and stool gone acholic (lol....kinda like girls gone wild, but not really).   The purpose of the feeding tube is to "plump her up" and keep her in good condition come time for the transplant, so far she has not gained any weight. In fact she has been 6.7 kg consistently. We will increase the strength and duration of her feedings starting tonight.  In the meantime, still waiting for "The Call".....
FUN REPORT:
As awesome as the RHM is, the walls start to close in pretty fast so we are fortunate to have people near that come scoop us up for some fun.  Gotta take advantage of the good days. We have spent an afternoon in the park having lunch, cooperatively cooked dinner at the RMH with a group of friends, took a supply run to Target, had a fantastic dinner with friends at their home, checked out the Art Walk in downtown Denver and took a visit to the zoo.  THANK YOU!!
Daddy should be pulling in anytime, he is driving down for a weekend visit.  It's been almost a month since we have seen him so we are very excited for his arrival!