Three years ago we did the Briggs and Al walk for Children's Hospital in honor of my nephew Vincent who was born at 32 weeks. My sister had placenta abruption which is when the placenta pulls away from the uterus. When this happens the baby is not getting its full supply of blood, instead it just spills back into the mom. Thank goodness my sister had noticed Vinny wasn't moving that day and went to see her Doctor. She was quickly sent to the hospital where they then did an emergency c-section. Vinny had lost a lot of blood causing him to go into cardiac arrest and needing several blood transfusion. Four weeks later he went from from the NICU and we continue to be very grateful for all the care they did to keep him with us.
So as a thank you we show our support by walking in the Briggs and Al walk.
Again this year we had absolutely beautiful weather! And to our surprise a few guests, that the kids fell in LOVE with, were there.
The boys were first to get their picture taken with the storm troopers.
And once the girls saw how cool that was, they too followed suit. I have no clue who the guy on the right is, but the boys of course did so we got his picture too.
Our pack ready to walk!
We started dead last in line because we were waiting for a few slow pokes in our group to arrive, but Vinny in the green up ahead quickly caught us up to the other walkers.
And then we slowly inched our way along until people got going and spaced out.
Three miles later we made it to the end
We enjoyed some food by the fairgrounds and let the kids do some slides.
It was another great year, spent with some amazing people, all for a good cause!
See you next year Briggs and Al!
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