{"id":44,"date":"2009-12-17T03:59:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T03:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/?p=44"},"modified":"2011-06-29T03:59:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T03:59:59","slug":"fundraising-results-and-general-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/fundraising-results-and-general-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraising Results and General Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi friends, its been a few weeks since I have blogged. I was extremely  busy preparing for an event at my church that took place from  12\/6-12\/13. It went very well.<\/p>\n<p>I have also been juggling a few side jobs\u2013 babysitting little  Nicholas a few times a week\u2013 he is talking more and more it\u2019s so  adorable! I have been assisting another gentleman with his business as  he is going blind and cannot read his emails\u2026he is a treasure and I have  been \u201cadopted\u201d by him and several of his friends! I helped out a good  friend by taking him to work and his boys to school when his car broke  down the past week\u2013 I was kinda of turning back into a morning person  for a few days\u2026it was strange being awake at a ridiculous hour of 5:30  am. I have been helped in the past and I wanted to pay it forward by  helping someone else. I am also slowly growing my fashion\/image  consulting business\u2013tis the season for shopping! I love helping friends  shop for their spouses, significant others, or family. If you don\u2019t want  to do your Christmas shopping, or you don\u2019t have the time to, or simply  hate shopping, please let me handle it for you! It keeps me busy and  from sitting at home dwelling on my kidney stuff.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, Nicholas\u2019 mom, Kimberly hosted a Silpada Jewelry party  for me last week\u2026we had a good turnout despite freezing drizzle and  snow- 12 people showed! I am still receiving orders after the fact and  so so far have raised close to $400.00. I even had friends and family  order that already have a Silpada rep. God is good!<\/p>\n<p>I continue to meet some incredible people and share my faith\u2013 just  last week, my good friend (who\u2019s car broke down) invited me to a  Christian activist group- I decided to check it out. Wow- very awesome!  Turns out I was the inspiration of the group by being the first to bring  up God, faith\u2026the leader and his wife have strongly encouraged me to  join. For those of you in the Kansas City Area, go to  www.meetup.com\/jessewoodrowkc. I hope you become part of this awesome  group!<\/p>\n<p>Now, for an update on my health status- i had labs done Monday this  week and got the results today- my hemoglobin has dropped a little over  1%; this is NOT good. I now, have to get my epogen shot weekly\u2013 I was  getting bi weekly or as needed. I have gotten better at eating more  protein. I keep protein bars in my car. I guess it will take a little  while for this to improve and show in my labs\u2026I will certainly keep you  posted..<\/p>\n<p>Well, one year ago today (as its 12 am on 12\/17\/09), I was diagnosed  with IgA Nephropathy\u2026it all still feels like a bad dream\u2026. I look  forward to another year from now, hopefully with a new kidney, or better  yet, miraculously healed!<\/p>\n<p>Happy Holidays to you and yours,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi friends, its been a few weeks since I have blogged. I was extremely busy preparing for an event at my church that took place from 12\/6-12\/13. It went very well. I have also been juggling a few side jobs\u2013 babysitting little Nicholas a few times a week\u2013 he is talking more and more it\u2019s<br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/fundraising-results-and-general-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}