Handsaker Family Blog: Five Years Post Transplant

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Five Years Post Transplant - The Celebration

Thankfully, Leo was hanging out with Leslie while Georgia and I were at the SCCA, we'd made plans for a celebration after our appointments. Lauren and Blake got to play hooky from school to join in, first order of business, the reward Georgia had been promised, her first pet, a fish.

We met Leslie and the kids at PetCo with lots of hugs and smiles. The kids got right to work looking at the fish options (Betta fish) and after careful deliberation, Georgia chose one. We made sure to get our new pet a proper bowl and some fancy rocks and "grass" to fill her bowl.

It didn't take long for Georgia to come up with a name for her new pet, Tiny Betta Handsaker.

Next up, ice cream! We all headed over to the local frozen yogurt shop and piled on the toppings, Georgia's sundae was complete with her celebratory 5 candle.

Lastly we headed back to the Pittmans for some much needed play and mommy decompress.
My sister has been with me each year on the anniversary of transplant, once at the conference, once bringing balloons and always being a huge support to me. For so long we dreamt of easy playdates, not constantly worrying about germs or slathering everyone in Purell every moment, I'm so grateful that this dream came true.