Day 148: I'm a superstar! HA! HA!

Hello everybody! If you watched the news last night on channel 19, you may have heard more about my Christmas Wish. My friend, Ms. Claire, put together a news story about our family and all that happened this year. She showed my brothers and me playing together, and shared my Christmas Wish. If you would like to see the clip or read the story, you can check it out here.

http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-revera-bone-marrow-christmas-wish-122109,0,650977.story

Our current count is 110.

Thank you again to everyone who joined and made my Christmas Wish come true. And thank you to Mrs. Claire and Mr. Shane (the cameraman) for all the work they did.

And remember : SEND THOSE PACKETS BACK!

AJ

Day 146: We reached 100!

Hello everybody! This is AJ typing. First off I would like to thank the people who joined the registry and helped to make my Christmas Wish happen. Also speaking of my Christmas Wish I reached my goal yesterday! Yippee!! You can still join the registry. Remember it's free from now to the end of the year. http://join.marrow.org/ajchristmaswish

Please remember to send you bone marrow packets back to the registry.

Also you can read about my Christmas Wish in the Madison newspaper or on the news tomorrow at 6:00pm on channel 19.

This is the cover of the Madison paper!

Read the story here: http://www.madisonalmagazine.com/

Day 137:Video

http://join.marrow.org/ajchristmaswish



http://join.marrow.org/ajchristmaswish

Day 134:Getting Closer

Hi everybody!! Thank you everyone who has joined the registry. Finally, after two weeks, we are past the halfway mark on my drive. Yippee!!! So far 59 people have told us that they have or will register on the National Bone Marrow Registry. That leaves just 41 to go but I can not do it without your help! So don't forget to join the registry! Remember you can save a life!

Daddy and I made this flyer which we will be dropping off in neighbors' mail boxes.

-AJ

P.S. Mommy, Jack and I went to Vandy today. The doctors said I am doing great and all my numbers look good.

Day 122: Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I am thankful for my family and my friends. So far, I have had a happy thanksgiving. I am most thankful that Austin was a match for me and I keep getting healthier. I am also very thankful for the 18 people who have signed up to the Bone Marrow Registry. 82 people to go to reach my goal. I hope you will join the registry and help me meet my goal.

Now I am going to watch a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Have a great night.

Day 115 - Please join the registry

Austin's bone marrow saved my life! I was lucky to have a sibling match. But some people do not have matches in their family. They have to have strangers that help them. Maybe you could be one of those strangers who saves a live. Please join the bone marrow registry. It is free from now until the rest of the year. It is my Christmas wish to get at least 100 people to join the registry. Please help me reach this goal. The National Bone Marrow Registry has set up a special link to help me reach my goal.

Here is how to do it:

1. Log on to http://join.marrow.org/ajchristmaswish

2. Follow the directions.

3. They will send you a packet to complete and swabs for your cheeks.

4. Mail it back. You are one the registry. It is easy.

Austin is only 5 and he did! So can you! Remember you can help save a life.

AJ

Day 100 - Yahooey!

Guess what day it is....DAY 100! Tonight we celebrated with dinner from PF Changs, and a cake that Mom and I made. The cake was very sugary but very delicious. Mom created the 100 but I decorated it. Here it is:

Thank you for keeping me in your prayers. My line was removed on Monday. I am feeling a lot better without it. It is a little sore but I still feel pretty good. Here is me flushing my line for the last time, and what my chest looked like after surgery - don't worry that is just betadine.

This past weekend was filled with fun. Grandma and Pop Pop were here. I think you saw the pumpkins we carved, and our costumes. We also went to a drive-thru zoo safari. While we were there, a ram rammed Mom's car - she was mad, but it didn't leave any damage. We were followed by many Emu who just wouldn't leave us alone. We also saw a zebra, some alligators, a few buffalo, and some geese. It was lots of fun.

The rest of the week I am going to work, work, work to catch-up on schoolwork. But Mom is taking it easy on me this week. I go back to the Clinic next Tuesday and will also go to the Eye doctor to check my eyes for problems from the transplant. So far, all my tests have been normal.

Talk to you later!

AJ