May Day

Somehow, it's May already.

Is anyone else having that, "Where did April go?" feeling?

Eddie and his mom, Kori, certainly are. Eddie spent a week in the hospital in April, and hasn't been well since. He's requiring new kinds of care, and new kinds of pain management with some pretty heavy duty drugs. Kori told me that they were in Boston FOUR TIMES last week (!) for appointments, some of them lasting all day and well into the evening hours. How she manages to keep up with their life--the medical appointments, the therapies, the tutors, the nursing staff, and her other son Marshall's schooling and life--I really don't know.

Except I know that lots of you have continued to provide support to the family, even in the racing-by month of April. Kori and I are so grateful to you. Handfuls of you continue to bring meals to their house every Monday, Wednesday, or Friday evening; Kori often spreads these meals out throughout their week. (And if you'd like to join our amazing team of meal folks, please use the link on the right to our Helping Hands calendar--many of us who don't live near Kori and her family have food delivered to them instead of delivering it ourselves, so all it takes is a phone call and $20 on your credit card). Some of you have continued to donate to the Fund; a few of you are monthly supporters, and your $20 or $50 a month goes a long way to helping us help Eddie's family pay their bills and keep up with their medical expenses.

So it's May. A new month that will hopefully usher in a new season--summer, yes, but also we hope, new lungs for Eddie. Thanks for joining with us as we wait with his family for his transplant and as we do all we can to keep them encouraged (and fed, and cared for) during these months of waiting. All of your efforts are noticed and so appreciated.