The Cat Is Out Of The Bag - Craig Update

eric38
eric38 Member Posts: 583
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Craig was feeling much better today so I went to see him. To all of you who participated in getting Craig a gift - Thank you so much and I know there were many more of you who would have gotten involved but I had a short time to contact everybody and I am sorry if anybody feels left out of the loop. That having been said , it went over smashingly. Craig was overwhelmed. He kept saying " I don`t know what to say." He was rendered almost speechless. I said when I post this, I`ll tell them you were speechless and he said to tell you " That is hardly ever the case." My new profile picture is the gift we gave him. His name is Davinci. He got that along with a plaque that says Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, It`s learning to dance in the rain. With the money that was left over we got him a $75.00 visa gift card. He also got a giant card with all your names and the various messages you gave me. He said he was going to find a special spot for Davinci and he will always remember this. I`ll post some pictures on my expressions page later. I was not able to get pictures of the event because nobody wants pictures taken of themselves when they are in a hospital gown, but I did get pictures of all the gifts and the card. We did a good thing and all of you came through like champs. Craig and I spent about 3 hours chatting and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I met some of his family and they were wonderful people. I think I`m going to adopt them.

Eric ( : . )
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  • just4Brooks
    just4Brooks Member Posts: 980 Member
    Eric
    Thanks for all that you did for us and Craig. But I sure wish we had a pic of him in his hospatal gown!!


    Brooks
  • Patteee
    Patteee Member Posts: 945
    that is so cool. Thanks for
    that is so cool. Thanks for doing that! Here's to Craig! (sipping on a beer!)
  • robinvan
    robinvan Member Posts: 1,012
    Outstanding!
    Thank You Eric for taking this all on and being our semicolon presence to Craig. I love Davinci! What an awesome robot!
    Craig... speechless... LOL!

    Rob; in Vancouver
  • eric38
    eric38 Member Posts: 583
    robinvan said:

    Outstanding!
    Thank You Eric for taking this all on and being our semicolon presence to Craig. I love Davinci! What an awesome robot!
    Craig... speechless... LOL!

    Rob; in Vancouver

    I forgot to mention that I
    I forgot to mention that I entered the room playing you`ve got a friend by James Taylor.
    Eric
  • AceSFO
    AceSFO Member Posts: 229
    eric38 said:

    I forgot to mention that I
    I forgot to mention that I entered the room playing you`ve got a friend by James Taylor.
    Eric

    Too Cool!!
    Right On! Eric!
    Thank you so much for all your work on getting this together! It makes me feel relly good that we could do something for Craig thata exists outside of cyber space. Not to take away from what goes on here, but you know what I mean...
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    Wonderful
    Awwww thank you so much for doing us the honor and going to visit him when we weren't able to do it ourself. You are so gracious to buy the gifts, sign the card and deliver it. I am so glad that he is feeling better and seems to be in good spirits. I'm sure you two chatted up a storm. We sure have a wonderful family here and we are so supportive of one another that it gives me comfort knowing you are all here. Thank you again for all you did. You deserve a big hug :)

    Kim
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    Awesome
    Awesome! Davinci is perfect! I'm so glad Craig was feeling well enough for a visit, and I know he was happy to see you, Eric. I can't wait to see the pictures on your expressions page.

    Thank you, Eric, for heading this up. And thank you, everyone here, for being so wonderful. I love y'all!

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • idlehunters
    idlehunters Member Posts: 1,787 Member
    tootsie1 said:

    Awesome
    Awesome! Davinci is perfect! I'm so glad Craig was feeling well enough for a visit, and I know he was happy to see you, Eric. I can't wait to see the pictures on your expressions page.

    Thank you, Eric, for heading this up. And thank you, everyone here, for being so wonderful. I love y'all!

    *hugs*
    Gail

    Great
    Eric...... Thanks so much for seeing to it that Craig got what he deserved from a family near and dear to his heart. I have wrote in to the Ellen Degeneres show and told her all about us. Who knows... maybe she will make it happen for us all to meet one day. For now.... my prayers have been answered with Craig

    Peace................ Jennie
  • coolvdub
    coolvdub Member Posts: 408 Member

    Great
    Eric...... Thanks so much for seeing to it that Craig got what he deserved from a family near and dear to his heart. I have wrote in to the Ellen Degeneres show and told her all about us. Who knows... maybe she will make it happen for us all to meet one day. For now.... my prayers have been answered with Craig

    Peace................ Jennie

    Just got home
    Eric,
    Glad you got to see Craig for all of us. Sounds like maybe we put a smile on his speechless face, that's great. Once again, thanks for stepping up bro.

    Don
  • thready
    thready Member Posts: 474
    Thank you,
    Eric,
    Thank you so much!
    Jan
  • grammadebbie
    grammadebbie Member Posts: 464
    Thank you
    Eric,

    Thanks so much for all you have done. Sorry I didn't know about it or would have participated. You have done a wonderful thing that has touched many of us. It's so great to be involved with such a great group of people.

    Thanks to all,

    Debbie (gramma)
  • Kathleen808
    Kathleen808 Member Posts: 2,342 Member
    Beautiuful!
    Beautiful, what a group! Thanks for sharing about your time together.

    Aloha,
    Kathleen
  • eric38
    eric38 Member Posts: 583

    Beautiuful!
    Beautiful, what a group! Thanks for sharing about your time together.

    Aloha,
    Kathleen

    Posted Pictures
    The pictures are now posted on my expressions page.

    Eric
  • sfmarie
    sfmarie Member Posts: 602
    eric38 said:

    Posted Pictures
    The pictures are now posted on my expressions page.

    Eric

    You are a great friend
    Eric, thank you for organizing such a beautiful gift for Craig. I am sure it will be something he will remember his whole life! I am amazed at the kindness of your spirit and how you are such a giver even going through what you are going through. I feel as if I know so many of you on this board even if I have not met any of you in person. Marie
  • cowman
    cowman Member Posts: 61
    Thank You Eric!
    Eric,
    You did a great job with the gift and plaque and everything. And the song just topped it all off, I'll bet. Thank you for doing that and for the visit- Craig probably liked that the best. I kept checking for the "Craig Update" all weekend so glad to hear he is doing well. You did a fantastic job of representing The Semi-Colons!!
    Diane
  • Fight for my love
    Fight for my love Member Posts: 1,522 Member
    Hi dear Eric,thank you so
    Hi dear Eric,thank you so very much that you did all these sweet and lovely things for all of us.You know,you just made the whole thing a big difference.What you brought Craig is not just fun,but happiness;not just cheer,but support;not just sweetness,but love;you are not just a friend,but the best friend of all of us.Please allow me to bow to you to show my respect.Thank you for being so kind and generous.Thank you for sharing the whole thing with us.
  • ittapp
    ittapp Member Posts: 383 Member
    Thanks Eric for being such a
    Thanks Eric for being such a great friend and human being!! Patti
  • butterfly23
    butterfly23 Member Posts: 256
    Hi Eric!
    What a wonderful friend you are! I'm sure you made Craig's day!. I've been off the computer for a few days, I wish I would have known, I would have loved to be a part of it! Keep us posted!
    HUGS!
    Karyn
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    thank you Eric
    Hi Eric,

    Thank you for being so kind and for doing this for Craig. I feel badly that I missed even signing the card (not sure how that was done). I suppose I'll just write a heartfelt message directly to Craig's PM at this point & imagine he'll read it soon.
    The idea for the "Da Vinci" robot was a great one!

    Take care and have a great day!
    Lisa
  • dasspears
    dasspears Member Posts: 227
    The best..
    story I have ever heard! My heart is warmed.