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May 3, 2007
By Margot | May 3, 2007
The Family with TEAMSAM
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The kickoff for Coins for a Cure went really well on Tuesday. The whole Swami’s team rode their bikes to the school and the kids thought it was so cool. Gary Emerson, Mrs Emerson’s husband (he’s to my left in the picture)told the kids that they are renaming their team TEAMSAM for the Race Across America and that Sam is going to be their team captain and if he says to go slow they’ll go slow, if he says to go fast, they’ll go fast. He was really awesome. Sam was talking about it all day. We were in the hospital yesterday for chemo and we flipped by a channel on TV with a bike race on, he made me go back and we watched bike racing all afternoon. The race on TV was in France and Sam said, “Is our team, you know, TEAMSAM, are they going to have to go to another world for the race?” So I told him that our guys are going from San Diego to Flagstaff through mountains and a desert.
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They said last year the night temp in the mountains got down to about 30 degrees and the desert was about 115 degrees. These guys are crazy. An added benefit of doing the Coins for the Cure kick-off is that Sam really wants to go to school this week. Thank you Kate Sessions and Swami’s. You made Sam very happy and the money being raised is desperately needed and we are so grateful. A few of the girls and I are considering following the team with kids in an RV (Darcy’s idea). Though I’d stay off the road between here and Flagstaff if I were you, if we are actually driving an RV. It should make for some good web posts so stay tuned. The actual race is on June 10th and 11th.
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Sam is feeling pretty good this week. He threw up breakfast yesterday but seemed to feel fine afterwards. He fell asleep towards the end of chemo yesterday and stayed asleep for a couple of hours only to wake up in time for soccer. He had plenty of energy for practice and had a huge smile on his face the whole time. Andy and Charlie are doing well. Andy had a Cinco de Mayo party at school today but fell asleep before we could go. He’s going to be bummed when he wakes up because he really wanted to wear a sombrero. Charlie is standing up on his own for longer and longer and Elizabeth taught him how to do a high five yesterday.
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Margot
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