Bailey's On the Radio

Believe it or not, Bailey woke up this morning at 6:30 and we made it down to the atrium at 7:00 to meet Jim Denny and listen to the WFMS radiothon. It was so much fun! First time I've heard the morning show in 4 months! Jim Denny (Mimi's husband) is such a sweetheart - and so are Kevin and Debra, of course. They were trying to get Bailey to talk with them a little bit this morning, but she was too nervous. But they played a Keith Urban song just for her!

We went back upstairs at 10:00 to meet Michelle, Bailey's teacher, to get some more math work done. Michelle didn't stay too long before she let Bailey take a nap. Then she came back later and worked 2 or so more hours on math. They're almost done! They think they'll be able to finish up tomorrow. Yeah!!! No more homework!!!

Mimi went on the air at 4:00 this afternoon, and Bailey and I met her down there shortly thereafter. I knew there was high risk that I would get emotional, but I certainly didn't expect to cry at the first words out of Mimi's mouth which were something like, "I have my special friend, Bailey, here with me today . . .". That was enough to do it for me! Bailey held up just fine, though. She even did the weather reports for them, and got lots of people to call in pledges. 192, to be exact! They started out with a goal of 100 for the "Bailey/Village Pantry Power Hour", then when they met that, they increased it to 150 for for the hour and a half, and they blew that out of the water with 192. A HUGE THANK YOU to all of you out there who phoned in. The people answering the phones would yell over to us and say, "such-and-such called in and said hi!"; and "your Aunt such-and-such just called!". I'm sure we weren't informed of everyone who called in, but we did get the messages from a lot of you, and THANK YOU for helping Riley out! It truly is a special place full of special people - patients and the medical staff. Bailey's sleeping in in the morning to be able to have enough "umph" to finish math, but Mimi asked her to join her again in the same time slot in the afternoon tomorrow. So, listen again, and you'll probably hear Bailey. If you didn't get a chance to call your pledge in today, there's plenty of time tomorrow . . . don't forget!! (The Radiothon runs through Saturday.)

No battery issues today! We plugged in everywhere we went, and we didn't stray too far. Shwewh! ( . . . or however you would spell that)

I've got a short Dr. T story to share. He came in this afternoon when she was taking her nap. I could just tell that he wanted to torment her. So, he picked up this gold crown made out of pipe cleaners that someone made for her this morning at the radiothon. He placed it on her head while she was sleeping and stood next to her so I could take a picture of them. We both had too much fun with that one! It's very entertaining to watch them try to one-up the other. I showed Bailey the picture this afternoon, and she said, "What?!!!"

Have a good night, everyone! Bailey will talk to you tomorrow on the radio - same time, same place!

Good night,
Angie