Update 8/27/10

Most of you reading have read updates on SMO or probably have heard from Maria or myself as to what happened transfer day.

I'm sad to say we were unable to transfer Wednesday. There was 1 match to Hailey in the 12 that were sent and according to the dr, that embryo was not a good quality and was not looking good. There was 1 that was a partial match but we are unsure of exactly how partial. We did not want to transfer an embryo that would not benefit Hailey. That would basically defeat the purpose of trying to find Hailey a match. So they are freezing the embryo that was a partial until the drs can figure out if that partial would be benefically to Hailey. I was taken off the meds and for now we are waiting for my period to return. Once it does we will take it from there.

The Kents have 15 frozen embryos from an egg retrieval Maria had earlier this year. So once my period comes and we begin the process and they will be planning to thaw those 15 embryos. Depending on how many make it after the thaw, we will try and see if there is a match in there for Hailey.

I am really sad to see the Kent Family disappointed again. I can't imagine how they feel. I really hope and pray there are matches in the frozen embryos. So I am staying positive that there will be something for us in those embies.

The Kent Family holds a very special place in my heart as well as my families and we are here to do whatever it takes to help them get Hailey her match!

Just a small update on the donations...

Previous balance from last blog update $200.75

BR-$10 (.59)

Current total minus paypal fees $210.16


Thank you for your support! If anyone has an idea for fund raising to help the Kent Family please let me know. Hope you all have a great weekend!
~Lilianne

Update for 8/24/10

Well here we are on the night before transfer....can't believe the day is finally here. Feels like it took forever to get here but at the same time its going so fast! We know that 12 eggs were sent to be tested but so far that is all we know. We should know how many are matches tomorrow! I want so much for this to work for the Kent Family. They deserve a break in the heartache they have had. So if you can please pray for us tomorrow or if you don't pray thats ok we'll take some "sticky vibes" too! :)

On facebook I have this app thats called Today God wants you to know. And yesterdays was "On this day, God wants you to know ... that all is well. All is going according to plan. Trust that there is a bigger picture. Trust that life is unfolding as it should."
And todays says "On this day, God wants you to know...You've been worrying too much about the future lately. So tonight, go ahead, put your faith in God, and just have a peaceful evening and a restful sleep"

I believe we came into eachothers lives for a reason and at the right time. And I hope and pray that all the pieces will fall together and they will get the gift they so much deserve, want and need!

I hope to have a great update for you all soon!
Thank you again for all your support!!
~Lilianne

Update 8/20/10

Sorry its been a little while since I updated last. We've been waiting for some good news to update you all with :)

So since our last update things have been going really well! Maria responded well to the meds and had her Egg Retrieval early this morning. They were able to retrieve 32 eggs! And the dr said 25 of those are mature and he is happy! So awesome news there! Maria is resting now recovering from her busy morning. We should hear tomorrow how many fertilized and then off they go to be tested for Hailey's match along with the frozen ones that Maria already has. So everything is looking great. Transfer is going to be Wednesday the 25th which is just 5 short days away! I am continuing on my delestrogen and just started my progesterone. So when the transfer time comes my body will be nice and ready for those beautiful embryos. (BIG thanks to my hubby for doing those injections for me xoxo)

We have just a few donations to add to the list and a correction to one. There was a .45 fee from Paypal that I forgot to list in one of the previous postings so I will repost the entire donation list and correct amount and give the current total. If you have donated and you don't see you initials on her then I did not receive your donation. You might want to check your paypal account and make sure it cleared to the right email address because I know there were some that were being sent to the wrong email address. Thank you again for your donations! Hopefully we can find some ways to bring in some more donations to help the Kents!!

TB-$4
SC-$2
MS-$5
CH-$15
SG-$5
KM-$5 (.45)
IZ-$10
AC-$2
JB-$5
LE-$50
CT-$2
JC-$45
Homemade Gourmet sales so far-$18
KF-$5 (.45)
SD-$2
LC-$10
SS-$1
BT-$5 (.45)
NS-$5 (.45)
SM-$2
SE-$5 (.45)

That brings the total of donations, minus the Paypal fees shown, to $200.75

My friend Lupe extended the Scentsy fundraiser from July as well!

https://wickless-rocks.scentsy.us/Home

And on the left side you will see "My Open Parties" You need to Click on the "buy from party" next to the "Help Hailey Kent Fundraiser" so that the proceeds on anything you purchase will go to Haileys Fund. Big Thank you Lupe for extending that!!

If anyone else has a fundraiser going on for Hailey please let me know so I can add it to the blog!

Thank you again for all your support!! I will try to update as we get news in the next 5 days and hopefully we will be sharing some great news with you very soon! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Update for today!

Hi all, hope everyone's week is going well. Just wanted to update on our appt today and also on the latest donations.

Everything was well today and is moving along very nicely as to be expected. I am starting on Delestrogen tomorrow. Maria will be beginning her meds Monday to prepare for her Egg Retrieval. So everything is right on track and so far our dates for transfer are still around the 23-25th of August. Which is just right around the corner. Very exciting! We will be back at the Drs next week to see how things are moving along.

Just wanted to take a minute or ten LOL to thank you again for all the thoughts and prayers and of course the generous donations. Thank you to those who are taking their own time to make siggys on SMO so people will donate. You all take the time to think, pray and donate to Help Hailey, some of you know her, some of you don't. But the fact that you do so either way is just amazing! You are all amazing!! I have had the awesome pleasure of meeting and spending time with the entire Kent family on multiple occasions since we are blessed to live so close and we enjoy their company everytime we get together. I feel so blessed to have met them and our kids absolutely adore them too. So thank you even if you have never met Hailey for offering those thoughts, prayers and/or donations. I'm sure there will never be words to express how much all of that means to their family.

Also a huge thank you to all those that have been here helping and supporting us. We are so greatful to the Drs and staff at Fertility and Surgical Associates, Jamie & Dana at Surrogacy Options for doing our matching, screenings, etc and answering all my questions :) And Hilary Neiman and Theresa Erickson for doing the contracts representing The Kents and I. And thank you to my friend Kira, without you I never would have known the Kents and their story in the first place. Thank you for putting me in contact with Maria, answering my silly questions, and for being such a good friend. And a big thank you to my awesome family and friends for being so supportive and offering your help from babysitting or fundraising. And my hubby and kids for putting up with me thru the hormones and the shots. I love you guys! And to Maria and Rick thank you for giving me the opportunity to try and help you and for being so strong. I don't know the feelings of your pain nor your struggles from personal experience and I can't even imagine. But I do know you are amazing people with amazing strengths inside and an amazing love for your beautiful daughter!

Ok I have to quit now because these hormones make me emotional. So back to the donations :)

Balance from the last update was $ 105

Homemade Gourmet sales so far $18
JC-$45
KF-$5(0.45)
SD-$2
LC-$10
SS-$1
BT-$5(0.45)

Which brings the current total to $190.10

I'll leave you with this beautiful picture of Hailey courtesy of Toki Lee Photography. Just in case you didn't know Hailey won a cutest kid contest and this is one of the pictures from their session. She's such a doll!!!

Last day of July :)

Hi all, Just wanted to update a few links etc. I found out last night my lovely friend Lupe is willing to extend her Scentsy fundraiser so all you have to do if you are interested is go to her website

https://wickless-rocks.scentsy.us/Home

And on the left side you will see "My Open Parties" You need to Click on the "buy from party" next to the "Help Hailey Kent Fundraiser" so that the proceeds on anything you purchase will go to Haileys Fund. Big Thank you Lupe for extending that!!

Also another awesome woman is offering to donate the profits from the sales on her website which is for Homemade Gourmet. Lots of yummy items on there. You can see her website here sorry the information was incorrect on the previous posting. But this one is the correct one :)

www.homemadegourmet.com/jclemens

Big Thank you Jodi for doing that!!

There may also be some other fundraisers going on this month. I am waiting to hear on those and I will update as soon as I hear. There have also been other fundraisers in the last month or so, I will update the amounts that have been raised by those when I hear from them. Thank you so much to all who have/are/will be supporting us again whether its with thoughts, prayers or some form of donation we appreciate everything!!

So far this is how the Paypal looks....

Donations will only include initials, amounts and if Paypal fees were removed so we can show the total that we have so far. Hope I got the initials right, on some of them the spouse is on the paypal so I had to try and figure out who it was LOL :)

TB-$4
SC-$2
MS-$5
CH-$15
SG-$5
KM-$5
IZ-$10
AC-$2
JB-$5
LE-$50
CT-$2
TOTAL: $105

Hope you all have a great rest of the weekend! :)

Happy Birthday Maria!!!

Wanted to wish Maria a very very Happy Birthday! May this year bring you all the happiness and joy you deserve! I'm very happy and feel very blessed to have met you and to call you my friend. I hope you have a great day today!!!!

~Lilianne

Hope For Hailey

Hailey Kent Benefit Fund

Trying to get up to date

Please hang in there while we try to get up to date here. We'll try to post a better update soon But its getting late and the Lupron makes me sleepy so I need to get some sleep :)

But just a brief update. As of right now I am still on the BCP's and the Lupron. Next week we should have some news after our appt. But right now we are looking at an ER (Egg retrieval)date of about Aug. 19-20th and a transfer somewhere around Aug. 23-25th. Very exciting that the time is coming closer.

Also, There are just a few more days left in the fundraisers that are going on right now. One lovely lady is offering the profits from her Tupperware sales to The Kent Fund and also there is another lovely lady who is offering the profits on orders under the Haiely Kent fundraiser to help out. So if you want to place an order now is the time. There are only another 1-2 days left.

Here is the link to the Tupperware http://my2.tupperware.com/tup-html/V/vickiwadsworth-welcome.html

Here is the link to the Scentsy https://wickless-rocks.scentsy.us/Home
(this one you have to click on the left side where there are parties listed and click on Haileys fundraiser in order for the profits to go to her.)

This lovely lady is also donating profits to The Kent fund thru her business Homemade Gourmet. http://www.homemadegourmet.com/HG-redesign-index.aspx

Also one last one is Urban Sparrow. They are donating a percentage of the sales of these beautiful "Joy" necklaces. I love mine!! They are great gifts as well as for yourself! http://www.urbansparrowdesigns.com/i...products_id=58


Thank you for all the love support and prayers! And a special thank you to the awesome ladies who are offering their profits in support! All the help is very much appreciated!

Will try to update soon :)

A little bit of Hailey history....

Hi everyone for our first post I wanted to give a little background on Hailey for those who don't know. This background story was taken from Hailey's Carepage.



Hailey was born on June 6th 2006 prematurely along
with her twin brother Ryan. They were born at 33 weeks
and 5 days. They both required oxygen and
needed to learn how to eat. They spent 15 days in the
NICU. They both came home and seemed to be progressing
nicely but shortly after Hailey began
having problems with her health. She began vomiting
and getting Petichae(pinpoint bruising) and running
low grade fevers, after several trips to the
pediatrician & bieng misdiagnosed with a typical virus
Hailey was sent to the emergency room at Tarzana
Hospital and was then rushed to Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles on October 4th 2006. She was in
critical condition & was not expected to make it
through the night,she was diagnosed with a rare
aggressive form of Leukemia ( Infant ALL with the
mll gene) she started an aggressive high dose chemo
regimen the next day and achieved remission on day 28.
She has spent a total of ten months of her
life as an in patient & countless days in the day
hospital. She was an extremely sick baby and had
several infections and fevers along the way, siezures
and many many surgeries and spinal taps. Afer four
months and still on chemo she relapsed in Feburary
2007. She was started on another even higher dose of
chemo to get her into a temporary remission so a bone
marrow transplant could be performed. During
this time she had several setbacks with infections but
was eventually back into remission. Unfortunately her
brother Ryan was not a close enough match
so the search began for a marrow donor. There were no
perfect matches on the National Marrow Donor Registry
so we held several marrow drives but Hailey was too
sick to wait. She recieved a mismatched Umbilical cord
blood transplant on May 30th 2007 at Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles. Afer an intense conditioning
regimen she recieved her transplant and spent another
four months in the bone marrow unit. She was extremely
sick but got to come home on September 4th 2007 and
she is still at home under strict house
isolation along with her twin brother Ryan who is also
isolated so that he wont bring any illnesses home to
Hailey. She has developed Acute and Chronic
Graft versus host disease (where the donor cells
attack her cells)do to the mismatched transplant. She
must stay at home indoors and avoid the sun. She
also suffered from VOD (venous occlusive disorder) but
she is free from it now. She takes several medications
daily and is on high dose steroids & anti-rejection
drugs. She is also recieving in home therapy,
physical, Occupational, Feeding and speech four to
five times a week and has to go back to Childrens
hospital weekly. Her risk of relapse is very high but
we continue to pray this will never happen, this would
require another transplant which is usually not very
successful. She has recently lost her hair again and
it is believed it may be due to the graft versus host
disease and she is having Thyroid problems due to the
chemo she recieved. She still has issues eating but
she is quite happy most of the time in spite of
everything she has been through and has recently
learned how to walk. She is a very strong baby girl
and she is our hero & a true miracle from God.