Friday 22nd October 2010

Erin & Mad Micheal eating Chocolate. Their last physio together!!

Erin enjoying swimming with daddy!!

What a sad day today for us all here. We said a very sad farewell to Hayley, Bill & Harry this morning as they are returning back to England today wish them a safe trip & then a very sad farewell to our lovely Angie in the kitchen. A really super lady who looked after us really well. A big farewell to Carlos a super guy who had us laughing so much. We have the lovely Whitney, Stephanie, Nicki & Richard. Tomorrow tears I feel will flow as they love Erin so much that they nearly kidnapped her to stop her from coming home. We are really gonna miss their smiles & laughter. It was also Erin's final physio today at St Louis Children Hospital with the truly wonderful Mad Micheal. He gave a whole new meaning to physio & Erin is gonna miss him & the others so much. I can just see her now telling her physio well Micheal did it like this. Micheal let me run him over with a bike can I do that to you??lol. Can't see that happening. Once we said our fond farewells to the hospital staff we returned to the hotel & Erin went swimming with daddy. What a great swimmer she is turning into. Later we are off to dinner with the lovely Jones. What a great way to spend our last day here in ST Louis.  We would also like to say a huge THANK YOU to the Amazing Dr Park for improving our precious daughters quality of life so much so she will not be needing those canes for long. Look out UK strong willed redhead is on her way back. A huge THANK YOU to all of the Doctors & Nurses who took wonderful care of Erin before, during & after her operation. An amazing service of care & they really do care about the children every single one of them. Then there is a big thank you to Mad Micheal & the entire physio department at the Hospital more truly wonderful people who we are so gonna miss. Erin loves you Micheal. We would just like to say a huge THANK YOU to the wonderful staff at the Residence Inn Marriott. All the staff have been truly amazing & we are gonna miss you all. They have truly gone out of their way to make us feel so welcome. We have so so many fond memories to take home with us & feel so lucky to have been able to make this possible for our daughter. We would also like to say a great big heart felt THANK YOU to our wonderful Children & Family back home for giving us this time to help Erin so so much. We know its been difficult for all but you guys have been fantastic & we have not had to worry about a single thing whilst here. We are truly blessed to have such a truly wonderful family. We would also like to say a huge WELL DONE to our little princess. She has been through so so much & has come out the other end the biggest achiever we will ever know. Life has not been easy for her at all but she has always managed to pull it around to her benefit & achieve anything she wants too. She is truly an inspirational little lady. Now she thanks to St Louis Children hospital & her hard work/determination has the biggest chance at a normal life one where she can truly be just like us. We love you sweetheart so much. We are so looking forward to flying home tomorrow but sad for leaving such wonderful people. This will be our last daily blog but we will let everyone know when we get back just how everything is going. Take care everyone. Love to all that have made this possible for our wonderful little Princess xox