On displacement (Part One).

I’m writing to you now from a Barnes and Noble café, stealing electricity and Wi-Fi. I don’t move into my rental until tomorrow, so since I flew back on Saturday from Austin, I’ve been bouncing around from place to place. I hate this feeling of being unsettled and unable to relax. I have no space of my own and it feels like a loss of independence. Maybe it’s only really bothering me today because I’m so close to having a place. I’m sure it’s that combined with a million and one other things, so I need to take a deep breath.

The last two days in Austin were phenomenal. There’s more on those days in the “Miracle Maddie” section below. My return to New Jersey has also been epic, and that’s why I’ve decided to break this post into three parts: Miracle Maddie’s last days in Austin, my airport misadventure, and the My Chemical Romance show. So let’s start with my girl, Miracle Maddie.

Miracle Maddie

Friday was our last day in Texas at the Austin Center for Developing Minds with Dr. Brandon Crawford and his amazing, outstanding, compassionate, and knowledgeable team! That building is bursting with love—there’s no other way to say it! They gave us a home care plan and there was so much laughter We have so much hope for the future!

And what an honor and blessing it was to meet Tim Siegel and Ronda Johnson from Team Luke Hope for Minds! They have done so much for families like ours with kids like Maddie, and they are wonderful. Maddie has a home chamber for HBOT thanks to Team Luke and they have remained generous to our family and countless others.

What a glorious week! Maddie worked so hard and it was so rewarding to hear good news, to hear that she is healing. Dr. Cordell told us Maddie’s vestibular system was balanced, meaning her hearing and vision and balance have all improved! It was so WONDERFUL to hear good news! It’s such a blessing that Maddie’s hard work is paying off! THE TREATMENTS ARE WORKING!

Austin Fundraiser

So we’re back from that wonderful and successful trip to the Austin Center for Developing Minds in Austin, Texas with Dr. Brandon Crawford and his amazing team, but we want to give anyone interested every opportunity to be able to win some cool and valuable gift cards, so LET’S GET THESE BOXES GONE!

Pick a number to fill a box! When you choose your box, you’ll commit to donating that dollar amount towards Maddie’s therapy intensive with Dr. Crawford and his team, and to purchasing related equipment for the provided home care plan!

There are THREE ways to claim your box: 1) Venmo the amount to @Melissa-Wagenhoffer-1; 2) Use Cash App: $MelissaWagenhoffer; 3) PayPal: john_wagenhoffer@yahoo.com

There are 10 gift cards in mystery numbers throughout the chart–choose the right box and you could win a gift card for gas, to Amazon, Starbucks, and more!

Winners will be announced when every box is gone!

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