George and I continue to be humbled and amazed by the support system in which we have found ourselves. The kindness of friends and strangers has been completely overwhelming. So, whether you're a friend or a stranger, we hope this message reaches everyone.
We are so lucky, so blessed, and so fortunate to have the most amazing people loving and supporting us. We love to read everyone's messages and even though we may not always respond, at the end of every day, George and I are able to find comfort in those messages. Each act of kindness, whether for helping to put together Clayton's swing set for Christmas or organizing a raffle or rallying coworkers together to give lots of hospital goodies or cooking dinner or even raking our yard or trying to clean our house; nothing has gone unnoticed and nothing is without our deepest appreciation. I have not had the opportunity to write everyone individually and wouldn't even know everyone to write, but we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Everyone's prayers, encouragement, and support give us the daily strength and courage to fight this fight.
To a rather large and amazing family at the City of Fairhope: We love y'all. All of y'all from each and every department. We have not had the pleasure of meeting most of you, but George and I can say and mean from the bottom of our hearts that our lives are better with y'all in it.
As I mentioned we are so fortunate to have our amazing friends and family. We've had friends open a benefit account for Clayton, while others have taken it upon themselves to do fundraisers. We are so appreciative of all of their support. We are aware that there are astronomical costs associated with cancer treatment and have no idea what we might end up with later. For that reason we feel so blessed to have such wonderful people thinking about that for us. We are also blessed to have AWESOME insurance. Seriously, the best of the best, so hopefully we won't be hit too hard. Since it is so hard for George and I to accept help for impending medical bills down the road, we have put a lot of thought into what we would like to do in terms of money raised by fundraisers and money donated to the benefit account. We have decided that all funds will go directly to the benefit account. If we end up needing help with our medical bills we will have the security of knowing that we do have that account thanks to the generosity of so many amazing people. However, if we do not need the funds or if we have any funds left over after paying for treatment costs, then we are going to donate that money to a pediatric cancer research fund. It is a cause that is ridiculously underfunded and now so very close to our hearts. READ MORE HERE. We have also talked about the fact that when all of this is said and done we are going to continue to advocate for pediatric cancer and try and organize fundraisers to help raise money for research.
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