Mickey Mouse's House!
News Anchor: "Tell me Nin, what are you going to do now that you've won the CancerBowl?"
Nin: "We're going to Disneyland!"
For those of you who have been following Nin's journey from the start, or know us personally, you know that of all of the things that Nin went through while battling breast cancer, having to cancel our family trip to Disneyland last year was easily one of the hardest things for her to accept. It wasn't the prospect of getting ravaged by chemo and radiation, or having her chest meat scooped out, or even losing all of her hair, it was postponing the trip to Disneyland that we had been getting Penny so excited for. We were watching as many of the Disney movies as possible, playing non-stop soundtracks, and constantly talking with her about going to "Mickey Mouse's House".
So instead of doing Disneyland 2017, we did Double Mastectomy 2017. Not nearly as fun. And they didn't even have churros.
Unbeknownst to us, and without them even knowing that we had a Disneyland trip we had to cancel, the vacation company Get Away Today reached out to Nin's brother and told them to relay the message that they would be sending us to Disneyland after she completed her cancer treatments. I should clarify that the son of the Get Away Today owners and Nin's brother are great friends and grew up together terrorizing their neighborhoods. I wasn't there but I imagine that would be a good summary of their childhood.
Throughout this whole journey we have been so blessed by so many of you and your charity (Again, thank you a million times over). Knowing that we would be able to take Penny to Disneyland after Nin's treatment was the greatest cherry on top of it all. You now that Nin and I love to have vacations to look forward to and the prospect of this trip undoubtedly motivated Nin to rock her way through chemo and radiation so we could celebrate with Mickey Mouse & Co.
So this February, we went to Disneyland and it was more magical that we could have ever expected. Watching Penny meet all of her favorite characters and Princesses made my Daddy heart absolutely melt. She just oozed excitement and you could genuinely see the magic in her eyes.
Nin: "We're going to Disneyland!"
For those of you who have been following Nin's journey from the start, or know us personally, you know that of all of the things that Nin went through while battling breast cancer, having to cancel our family trip to Disneyland last year was easily one of the hardest things for her to accept. It wasn't the prospect of getting ravaged by chemo and radiation, or having her chest meat scooped out, or even losing all of her hair, it was postponing the trip to Disneyland that we had been getting Penny so excited for. We were watching as many of the Disney movies as possible, playing non-stop soundtracks, and constantly talking with her about going to "Mickey Mouse's House".
So instead of doing Disneyland 2017, we did Double Mastectomy 2017. Not nearly as fun. And they didn't even have churros.
Unbeknownst to us, and without them even knowing that we had a Disneyland trip we had to cancel, the vacation company Get Away Today reached out to Nin's brother and told them to relay the message that they would be sending us to Disneyland after she completed her cancer treatments. I should clarify that the son of the Get Away Today owners and Nin's brother are great friends and grew up together terrorizing their neighborhoods. I wasn't there but I imagine that would be a good summary of their childhood.
Throughout this whole journey we have been so blessed by so many of you and your charity (Again, thank you a million times over). Knowing that we would be able to take Penny to Disneyland after Nin's treatment was the greatest cherry on top of it all. You now that Nin and I love to have vacations to look forward to and the prospect of this trip undoubtedly motivated Nin to rock her way through chemo and radiation so we could celebrate with Mickey Mouse & Co.
So this February, we went to Disneyland and it was more magical that we could have ever expected. Watching Penny meet all of her favorite characters and Princesses made my Daddy heart absolutely melt. She just oozed excitement and you could genuinely see the magic in her eyes.
These goofballs.
I can't even handle the preciousness.
I didn't want to overload this post with gajillions of Disneyland photos so you just get a couple of my favorites. We went bell to bell and I think this picture of Jude effectively summarizes our level of Disneyland commitment.
We spent the last day at the beach playing in the sand and water. Just what the Doctor ordered. Of course a Doctor didn't literally order it, that would be absurd and he's probably lose his license.
The good folks at Get Away Today did not request that we post about the trip or anything like that, they just did it out of the goodness of their hearts. For that we are forever grateful. I'm going to post about them anyways, so deal with it while I shamelessly plug their awesome business. If you aren't familiar with Get Away Today and/or plan on going to Disneyland in the near future, click the image below and peruse their website. They have great contracted rates to save you a TON on a Disneyland trip. Every dollar counts when you're living on a steady diet of $10 corn dogs and $5 churros!
As an update on Nin's current condition, she's doing great. Her hair is growing back, she feels great, and life is returning to a new normal. She's still getting her Herceptin infusions every three weeks until July. She hasn't had any serious lingering side effects and appears to be making a pretty full recovery. Life is good!
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