We had a balloon release Wednesday afternoon at Hutchins Playground. We had 67 orange balloons we released. Those balloons represented Cory's battle with leukemia. They had cards attached to them with the names of the medical staff and departments we were in contact with at Texas Children's Hospital. We had numerous white balloons we released as well. Those represented hope and faith. Any guest could write a personal message on a card and it was attached to those balloons.
It was a beautiful afternoon to have the release. The wind wasn't blowing like it had been for the past two days and it was slightly warm. We had lots of family and friends that came and celebrated Cory's one year "birthday" and the celebration of God's gifts to all of us.
I read his bible verse that hung on the door to his hospital room and hangs on his bedroom door at home. I thanked everyone for all the love, support and prayers they gave us during the 159 days of our stay in the hospital and with that, we released our balloons....
These pictures do not begin to capture the sense of peace the balloon release gave us. I truly believe God was there yesterday...the balloons stayed together the entire time as they floated up to Heaven. There were three balloons that were caught in a tree. When they were finally freed, they didn't slowly float up, they moved fast, almost like they had to catch up with the rest for fear of being left behind.
There were three orange balloons that didn't make it to the release. One was popped and the other two didn't have enough helium to rise. The cards had the names of Dr. Michelle Redell, Dr. ZoAnn Dreyer and the Renal Dept. I guess God was telling us it is not time to let them go. Dr. Redell is Cory's primary oncologist and we see her once a month, the Renal Dept. is monitoring Cory's blood pressure meds and we are keeping in constant contact with them. As for Dr. Dreyer, at this time we are not in contact with her but maybe we will be in the future.
We thank everyone for taking time out of their day to join us for this celebration. It means the world to Cheyenne, Cory and myself that you remember us and keep our little man in your prayers.We truly do not know what we would have done without your support and love during those days and it is a debt we will never be able to repay.
Love to all,
Jenn