We're all packed!

It's been a whirlwind of a weekend, but I think I can safely say that we're all packed and ready to head to Stanford in the morning. My parents have packed all the comforts of home to sustain them during their two-month absence. Mom has all the ingredients for her Chinese comfort food and Dad has all the necessities to cook and bake his specialties. All of us have lots of reading material, listening material and comfortable clothes. True to Pedersen form, we are well-organized and loaded down with food! All duties have been assigned: visiting Grandma, running the office, watering the yard, pulling the weeds, feeding the cat, collecting the mail and paying the bills. It's an understatement to say this is a group effort! We certainly wouldn't be able to make room in our lives for this transplant without the help and support of so many friends and family. My word for this weekend has been "abundance." We've had phone calls, visits, dinners and just so much love from so many people. It almost takes your breath away! We are blessed beyond words.

Tomorrow morning we pile into three cars and caravan north. Joy and Jade will be with us for the first week and our Aunt Debbie will be there for the day of the surgeries. Several people have asked where we will be staying. For the next month, we will be at the Residence Inn Palo Alto/Los Altos (4460 El Camino Real, Los Altos, CA 94022).

I hope that Joy or my dad will be able to add a post on Wednesday night after our surgeries and let everyone know how things went. I'm sure the cell phones won't work in the hospital, but my mom always says that "No news is good news" so just keep a positive thought for us and assume the best!