Blood Transfusion #132

IV in...check! Ready to feel better...check! It's going to be a long day, but that's ok...check!

I turned around and this is what I saw...melts my heart, that's for sure.

Hopekids

Mia has been a Hopekid since Kindergarten and it's time for the annual 5K walk - to walk in the name of HOPE!! Our family has been so blessed by Hopekids over the years...they provide fun activities for the WHOLE family, because a life threatening illness doesn't just affect the child who has the illness, it affects the entire family.

If you would like to donate to Team Mia's Marrow...CLICK HERE !! Even a dollar helps...and many families will be blessed because of you. The best medicine, is HOPE.

Mia dancing in her Hopekids shirt...showing her doctor how to 'flip' his hair. We are so blessed with all these wonderful nurses and doctors who love and take care of my sweet girl. Thank you!


http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/mia-mcpoland/2015hopewalk

When you Donate Blood / Others May Live

It's true. When you take the time out of your day to simply stick a needle in your arm, drain some of the blood from your body and give it to someone else, they get to keep on living. Like Mia. She's is ONLY alive, and I mean only here because someone like you donated their blood. You shared your life, so that Mia could go to the beach on another annual family vacation. Thank you.

"It's better to be absolutely ridiculous then absolutely boring." Marilyn Monroe - and Mia's instagram post. 

Mia truly believes that the ocean is healing...there's something about the water.

"Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:13-14

Water is refreshing...the smell, the sound, and the feeling.

Ice cream is good too, you can never go wrong with ice cream!!

Sisters and ice cream go hand in hand...especially at sunset by the ocean.

I heart blood donors...and everyone who steps up to save a life. 

Thank you God for another annual family vacation at the beach...we are blessed because of you.

Mia's 131st Blood Transfusion

Mia finally feels better after #131 ...bless her sweet heart. Thank you blood donors for helping her be on this earth for another few weeks. We could never say thank you enough for taking the time out of your day to donate blood. 

Our family doesn't know what we'd do without Mia.

Toy Delivery

Look at these sweet girls...ready to deliver Mia's request (in lieu of gifts for her birthday, donate toys to the hospital toy closet) for the children at Cardon Children's Medical Center. There were so many toys donated...thank you SO much!! We hope it brings smiles to children going through rough times. 

We happened to see Molly the Therapy dog, back from her summer vacation. We love her...she's so sweet and loves visiting people in the hospital. We ruff you Molly!!

Good Blood

If you haven't seen this yet...you must!! The creators did such a great job with this video, and they are truly raising awareness for Be The Match, bone marrow transplants, and #GoodBlood!! We love it. Our hope and prayer is that one day Mia will be healed, either remission (God's healing hand) or through a bone marrow transplant via Be The Match. (None of Mia's 3 sisters are a sibling match to her which has better survival rates.) We will never give up hope...and we will never cease to pray. God can do anything...and if Mia is not healed in this life, she will be healed when she meets Jesus in heaven. Amen!!

Zendaya's Birthday Wish

#tbt - 2 years ago today...Mia got to meet Zendaya in the JJ&R studio after her 100th party at the hospital. They invited her to come when Zendaya would be there. SO cool!! If you've never seen her in person, she's so tall! Mia and Zendaya share September as their birthday month. Zendaya wants people to help her with a goal for her birthday...please consider helping her!

https://www.crowdrise.com/zendaya

We are always looking for ways to GIVE BACK - and this is a great way you can help! We hope Zendaya reaches her goal. 

Thank you Zendaya for being an example to kids today to not think about themselves but others who are fighting whatever it is they are going through. #GIVEBACK

Click Here to see when Mia was in the studio with Zendaya.