Surreal

I received an email from family friends that just blew me away. They set up a bank account for people to donate too, if they wished. I was floored, that was one of the most thoughtful gifts. The costs of this adventure is not cheap, $10,000 for the surgery alone, plus taxi's, flight, hotel, food, and all the unknowns. I would like to thank everyone who has been so generous, large or small they all have help enormously.


It is a long trip for most people, let alone someone with MS. Fortunately enough I live a very privileged life. My work allows for me to take time off as I need it. My beautiful wife also has a great job that allows her to book time off. With that, we will set off with my daughter to help my old man get down to Costa Rica and help support my mother while dad is in surgery. Document the good times and bad for you to read and Emily will provide the healing hugs.


The next day after receiving that email, I was still floored, speechless. I thought, "hey, this is one of those story's you see on T.V., Man goes on a cross country trip to find a cure for his horrible disease. Donations can be made to ...." Very surreal.


Of course that was followed up with it actually coming true. The local newspaper, The Nanaimo Daily Free Press wrote an article, "MS patient heads south to try controversial treatment". Under the picture the caption read, "Don DuBois will travel to Costa Rica next month to undergo treatment for Multiple Sclerosis. A once-avid golfer, he hopes he can get back to the sport he loves."

And that's where the idea came for the blog address.