Living The Dream Foundation

LOS ANGELES LAKERS DREAM DAY

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UPROAR FESTIVAL

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:LTDF CHOC WALK 2011

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LIVING THE DREAM TOY DRIVE

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LIVING THE DREAM TOY DRIVE

:LTDF SUPPORTS NUF 2011

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:LTDF SUPPORTS FISH FOR LIFE CHILDREN

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Blakey

ltdfadmin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:35:18 +0000

Meet Blakey :LTDF,

Blakey has been in the :LTDF Family for several years now; he’s been a source of inspiration to all of us daily. Blakey lives with brain cancer and has been battling an up and down daily fight. As to be expected, nothing has been easy for him since the discovery of his cancer. Although it has been hard at times, Blakey has traveled through each day, surgery, hospital visits, etc. with a unique energy and optimistic passion for life. Blakey has a great support team at home from his Mother Miranda, Father Jason, and Sister Morgan. Together as a Family, they have forged through this journey, continuing to do all the things that they did before and more; they have not allowed cancer to dictate to them what they can and can not do. The Appleton’s have been great :LTDF Team Leaders in FL. It’s refreshing to see a family unite in this positive manner in the ugly face of despair that cancer so often offers up; the Appleton Family has called the shots on how they’re going to live their lives every step of the way. This is what Living The Dream Foundation was built on as well as stands for, and we couldn’t be more proud of the Appleton’s for representing life the way God intended it to be lived out. Yes, Blakey’s battle continues every day and we as a Family will stand by and support him through the valley’s and peaks. Thank You Appleton Family, and Thank You Blakey for helping all the people that You help just by being you. Your smile is contagious and priceless; it says a lot about the Warrior that you are.

This summer 2011, Blakey was chosen as :LTDF’s VIP Guest at Vans Warped Tour in Orlando, Florida. Terry and Kacie were in FL to gift this VIP experience to Blakey and Family, making it a special day they would never forget.

The following is Terry’s personal words describing his experience with Blakey and the Appleton’s:

I met Blakey for the first time at this years Warped Tour in Orlando, FL. Previous to meeting, I heard many stories about him and instantly had a tremendous amount of respect and empathy for him and his family, but it wasn’t till after shaking his hand, that I knew my life would change forever. Blakey and I quickly became Buddies, walking around Warped Tour giving high-fives and rock-n-roll horns to everyone that passed us; he was completely fearless, happy and clearly Living The Dream. Blakey wanted piggy-back rides back-and-forth from the air-conditioned tour bus where we were playing games like Go-Fish, to putting that on temporary hold, going back outside to rock out to his favorite bands side-stage, then back again to Go-Fish. After that went on awhile, I jokingly asked Blakey if he’d give me a piggy-back ride, and being the true friend that he is, he tells me he would. I laughed and told him I was joking (for now); we raced back to the bus and the last one there was a rotten egg. Not only was I the rotten egg, but I lost the game of Go Fish that followed; I wish I previously knew that Blakey was a pro, I would have proceeded with caution a bit more. Blakey is a very strong kid, one of the strongest I’ve ever met, not to mention, the best Go-Fisher My life has been enriched having the honor of hangin’ with Blakey and Family. I love you Blakey. Thanks for being my new friend, and look out because I’ve been practicing. Next time we play, I’ll give you more of a challenge…

-Terry:LTDF

Ps. Make sure you’re exercising your back and leg muscles because I want MY piggy-back ride. I’m sure you can give your Mom and Sister piggy-back rides for training.

Kallie

ltdfadmin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:32:49 +0000

Kallie is an amazingly intelligent, and beautiful little girl. She is 10-years-old and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. Kallie was diagnosed with brain cancer in September 2010. She had an operation to remove part of her cancerous tumor on September 16th at St. Josephs Hospital in Phoenix. In October, Kallie began chemotherapy treatments at Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH). Her fight against cancer started with complications, but soon after she began to respond to treatment very well and the tumor started to shrink.

On January 8, 2011, Kallie had a major setback. She suffered septic shock from an infection. Her heart stopped for four minutes, but the doctors performed CPR and were able to revive her. However, during that process she was put into a medically induced coma. All of her organs were failing due to the septic shock and the doctors at PCH decided to put Kallie on an ECMO machine.

On January 16th, 2011 Kallie proved once again how strong she is and was taken off the ECMO machine. She has many complications and a long difficult road ahead to recovery, but continues to surprise doctors by proving them wrong at every turn. This has been a long, heartbreaking journey for Kallie and family; we are thankful for her strong will to survive.

A couple days later, Kallie’s doctors decided to take some precautionary measures and perform a full body CT scan. The results brought us something we were completely unprepared for: a 3cm x 2cm x 3cm mass in her chest, at heart level, behind her right lung (the Dr.’s decided to hold off on determining what this mass could be due to Kallie’s body needing more time to recover from all the previous issues).

Sadly, on February 8, 2011, the doctors have decided after several failed attempts to save her right leg, that it is time for Kallie to go into yet another surgery to amputate, due to infection and circulation problem.

Despite many trials and tribulations, anyone that knows Kallie, knows what a bright spirit she is and continues to be. She has always brought joy and happiness to everyone around her. She has a contagious smile and has shown us all what true strength and courage is in her battle for life. We are honored to have her as a special part of our Living The Dream Family.

MERRI-BOWL

ltdfadmin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:24:20 +0000

LIVING THE DREAM TOY DRIVE

CHOC WALK IN THE PARK AT DISNEYLAND 2011

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LIVING THE DREAM TOY DRIVE