On our anniversary, I was at a seminar for a majority of the day. When I got home, sitting in the table was something wrapped up with a big bow on top! I ran over to the table, and ripped open the plastic bag. Inside was a new wool coat!! Nate got home and I thanked him over and over! We both got ready for a nice dinner. While at dinner, Nate told me that the coat was the first part of my surprise. He told me that he booked a trip to New York for the week of New Years!! A trip of a lifetime! He got me the wool coat to wear while in New York! I was on cloud-9! He booked our flights and paid for our hotel that is located right in Times Square, right next to the ball drop!!
The next day we got news of my tumor...
This whole time, we have been worried that we wouldn't be able to go on the trip - the non-refundable trip! Yesterday, we decided to ask my Surgeon if it is even remotely a possibility to still go on the trip? If not, we wanted to get a doctors note and start the process of at least trying to get our trip re-scheduled. Yesterday, Dr. O'Donnell told us that if I get surgery within the next month, that most likely it would take 6 weeks to walk again and that I should be back on my feet in time for the trip!!!!!! He told me that he would make a gap in my treatment so that we could go on this trip! He made me promise that while on the airplane, that I would get-up and walk the isles so that I wouldn't get blood clots in my leg. I told him I would!
This trip is symbolic of so many good things.... My husband booked this trip BEFORE we knew of any of this. He booked this trip without a care in the world. For the last month, I've said so many times that I wish we could go back to the way it was. I wish none of this happened. We were beyond happy that the Surgeon told us that there is a high probability that we could still go! Time to plan our activities for this trip! What a GREAT distraction/fun-time this will be!! Nate has already bought tickets to see Wicked on Broadway, and the Rockettes!
Please continue to pray that my surgery gets scheduled within one month and that the tumor comes back low grade!
I want your help planning our trip! What activities should we do while in New York during the holidays?
Love you all!!
Happy Anniversary! :) See Facebook for my side commentary ;P
ReplyDeleteHappy late anniversary to you and Nate. You deserve this trip. Have a blast when your there love.
ReplyDeleteNYC is incredible during the holidays. Other than the obvious (see the tree), make sure you take a romantic walk in Central Park. Hopefully you will get lucky enough to have it snow while you're walking! I recommend the entrance at Central Park West & W 72nd St. so you can see John Lennon's apartment building and Strawberry Fields/Imagine mosaic. Have a frozen hot chocolate or sundae at one of the Serendipity's. Take the subway downtown to SoHo and TriBeCa for some people watching and shopping...my favorite place in NYC.
ReplyDeleteIf you have time - visit Beauty and Essex in the Lower East Side http://beautyandessex.com/. It's a speakeasy that looks like a pawn shop from the outside but super fabulous inside (they serve complimentary pink champagne in the ladies lounge).