Stephen's Journey: Cookies for PKD

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Cookies for PKD

I've got something really exciting to share and it can benefit both you and Stephen!!! (if you're on Facebook, you've already seen this on my wall) It's cookies to benefit the PKD Foundation!! And not just any cookies, but amazingly delicous, have-to-have cookies...Christie Cookies!!!

Each month Christie Cookies chooses a children's charity and makes a special tin of cookies with the charity's logo on the front and 20% of the price of the tin is donated to the charity. Each tin of 18 cookies is $29.99, so for each tin sold, $5.99 will be donated to the PKD Foundation. Obviously, the PKD Foundation is not a widely-known charity, but Billy's Aunt Mary Ellen, who works for Christie Cookies, got them to choose the PKD Foundation in honor of Stephen! We're so honored that they chose something so near and dear to our hearts!!! So....we need to buy, buy, buy cookies!! The more tins they sell, the more money they'll donate, and if they sell enough tins in September, we'll have a good chance of Christie Cookies choosing the PKD Foundation again next year.

And trust me when I say that theses cookies are amazing!! We actually gave the cookies as favors at our wedding and they make awesome housewarming, Christmas, and thank you gifts. Click on the picture below to read more about Christie Cookie's Charity of the Month, the PKD Foundation, and to purchase a tin:

Thanks in advance to everyone who supports the PKD Foundation through Christie Cookies!!!!

1 comment:

AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 8:55 PM
I GOT MT COOKIES!!!
MEF
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Our Crazy Kidney Life

As many of you already know, our son Stephen, was born with a very rare kidney disease called Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD). When the disease was discovered during my 27th week of pregnancy, Stephen was given a less than 1% chance of living more than a few hours past birth. He was to have such severely underdeveloped lungs that the doctors said he would likely not even take one breath. However, on January 4, 2011, we were granted our 1st miracle - and Stephen came into this world crying (and breathing!) and fighting for his life with fierce determination. At 6 days old he had BOTH of his kidneys removed and began peritoneal dialysis. Stephen came home from the hospital when he was 59 days old requiring 12 hours of dialysis every night as well as enteral (feeding tube) feeds during the day and overnight.

On May 9, 2013, we were granted our 2nd miracle, in the form of a new kidney from an extremely generous friend. Stephen received a kidney from a non-related living donor at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He spent 13 days in the hospital recovering from his big surgery and ever since has been living life the fullest! His life is still a delicate balance of medications and weekly lab work, but he's an extremely vibrant, loving, active 2.5 year old.

This blog is Stephen's journey told through my eyes (his mother's), thoughts, and emotions, with extreme highs and lows. But there's no way we would be where we are today without all of the support, thoughts and prayers from our family, friends, and readers! Thank you!!