About Eddie's Fund

In 2006, our 10-year-old son had a bone marrow transplant. While recovering in isolation at home, he determined to do something to help a bone marrow transplant family we had met while in the hospital. Something to help his new friend, Eddie. We started Eddie's Fund that week, and seven years later, as Eddie continues his post-transplant recovery and waits for a double lung transplant, our family of five continues to raise funds for Eddie and his family. 100% of all donations to the Fund are paid directly to bill companies to help Eddie's family financially manage the intensity of Eddie's recovery. On behalf of Eddie and his family, we thank you for offering hope and help and joining with us to support our buddy, Eddie.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Waiting for lungs...

Dear Friends:

Eddie has returned home again after another week-long stay in a Boston hospital. He developed a serious lung infection and was admitted to the ICU. Thankfully, the infection is under control, Eddie has returned home, and the nursing care Eddie is now receiving seems more consistent and helpful than before.

It's very hard for me to express how grateful I am to those of you who continue to make time each month to bring (or send) them a meal (if you'd like to get involved, see the link to our Helping Hands website on the right). Kori told me that she continues to stretch these as far as she can, sometimes saving leftovers in the freezer for future dinners. Especially in these really difficult last couple weeks, they have needed again our support, and you have been there. Over and over Kori continues to reiterate that she doesn't know what she'd do without the support of the folks involved with Eddie's Fund.

Two days ago when we talked by phone, she also told me how much she's enjoying meeting the folks who bring meals there. I know some of you have gone the extra mile--making home cooked food, bringing groceries, surprising her with a cup of coffee, staying for some time to visit with her. What can I say for all the kindnesses you have shown except...thank you. Kori's life is too consumed with stressed you and I can't even fathom; having these adult conversations and interactions--however brief--are so meaningful to her. Kori and I both feel that in all the difficulty of their lives in these last years, these gifts of kindness are like bright candles that light her path just enough to keep her walking. Whatever else you do on this earth, you can know you have been part of a very small and humble effort to love and encourage a really great family.

Please know how grateful I continue to be for your support for our friends. Over and over Kori keeps saying that she doesn't know how I know so many kind and wonderful people; you all are a gift of goodness to me, and now to Eddie and his family, and I'm grateful to be sharing you with them.

And thanks for continuing to pray for strength, wisdom, and healing for Eddie and his family as they wait for his new pair of lungs. These are scary--and difficult--months.

I love you all.
Melissa for Eddie's Fund
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