Saturday, March 31, 2007

R3D3

Now on her 3rd day of treatment, Erica is a little fatigued today. She was able to get on the treadmill this morning for about 10 minutes, so she is happy about that. Although, yesterday she outdid herself and was able to get on the treadmill 2 times for 15 minutes each.

She was very happy to see her older brother Todd today, who came up from North Carolina to run in the Cherry Blossom Run tomorrow with his high school friend Henry. Even tired, Erica was able to give Todd a few pointers for his first 10 miler.

Erica says thank you to everyone for their continued well wishes and truly appreciates all the thoughts and prayers and postings on the blog.

Janna

5 comments:

Mary said...

Even during treatment, you'll shame most of us with your treadmill work! But I'll be getting even more daily walks in now . . . we got a dog today. I'm still not sure how that happened!

Susan and Jon said...

Keep it up Erica! Always thinking of you.

Jason said...

We love you Erica! Hope that you are feeling good and getting ready to get back home tommorrow or Tuesday morning. We look forward to seeing you soon. Xander talks about his trips to "see Erica's house and Mrs. Lipman be there". He is looking forward to another walk to the park. Sweet dreams. Our love, Jason, Chandra and Xander

Jenny said...

Getting on the treadmill during treatment that's awesome, you rock girl.

Karen said...

We hope you get to go home soon Erica. We've been thinking of you!
love,
Karen and Nate

Team Erica to Run/Walk with Melanoma International Foundation

A smaller Team Erica will head to Villanova, PA for Melanoma International Foundation's (MIF) Safe in the Sun Walk & 5K Run on April 5, 2009.

MIF will also honor Erica by rewarding the top female finisher with an award in Erica's name. Team Erica will be on hand to congratulate the winner.

Anyone is welcome to join Team Erica. For more information, visit: http://melanomaintl.org/.

Team Erica

Congratulations Team Run for Erica!

Team Run for Erica completed the Baltimore Relay Marathon on Saturday, October 11th. The team raised over $1000 for both melanoma organizations (Melanoma International Foundation and Melanoma Research Foundation).

Thank you Team Run for Erica on an awesome race and thank you to those who donated. Below are a few pictures of the team in action!

Team Run for Erica (minus Omar)

Omar getting ready to run

Mary, Chandra and Liz finish their 6 miles

Star and Christian run for the crowd

Tony and Jaime waving to the crowd

Team Run for Erica after the marathon (minus Jenny and Jaime)

Team Erica to run Baltimore Relay Marathon, October 11th

In Memory of Erica....

Baltimore Relay Marathon
Saturday, October 11, 2008, 8:00 AM
http://www.thebaltimoremarathon.com/

Team Erica relay runners: Christian, Chandra, Jason, Kelly, Jim, Liz, Tony, Mary, Jason, Jenny, Jaime, Omar, and Star are training together Sunday mornings.

What can you do?

Support the team members with lots of encouragement
Make a pledge to a runner or the whole team (donations will be sent to the Melanoma International Foundation)
Go to Baltimore on October 11 to cheer the team on.

Watch the blog for more information to come!!

Erica's Tree @ Upton Hill

Erica's Tree @ Upton Hill
Look how Erica's tree is growing and blooming!

Upton Hill Memorial to Erica

Upton Hill Memorial to Erica
Erica's crepe myrtle tree by the batting cages at Upton Hill Regional Park, Arlington, VA

Plaque dedicating tree in Erica's memory

Plaque dedicating the tree in Erica's memory

A week before admission to Hospice

A week before admission to Hospice
What a beautiful smile!

March 26: Liz, Star, Chandra, Erica and Kelly

March 26: Star, Chandra and Erica

March 12-13: Erica and Christian...check out those smiles!

With Uncle David

Dad, Mom, Erica, Megan, Heather, Chase and Uncle Bill