Recently, we have had contact with two of our young heroes. If you read the Blog called, "The value of One," you remember our little friend that wanted to meet Mommy and gave her the poem, and the woman that gave Mommy and Daddy a hug because she realized her daughter would experience true love one day because of their story.
We were happy to find out both young heroes are doing well and are happily enjoying life. We even found out one of them lives very close to us! She was inspired by Mommy's writing and has been writing stories of her own. We look forward to reading them.
The other young girl is now going to school full time and enjoys swimming.
In the last week, we were also contacted by mothers of two 7 year olds. One is local and the other lives in Georgia. They both had wonderful things to say about Rudy Gets A Transplant.
The local mom used the book to explain the transplant their uncle had 4 years ago. She thanked us and the library for having a book like Rudy Gets A Transplant. She said it described the process exactly and was very entertaining for her son, too.
The Georgia mom said her daughter loved the book and loved "that a little dog had a transplant just like me!" She was so excited about the book, the mom just had to write and let us know. She is also going to recommend it to her transplant team.
It's too bad large publishers can't understand the importance of books like Rudy Gets A Transplant. Many children like to learn. Not everything has to have vampires or princesses. Just little dogs named Rudy explaining difficult topics.
It's nice to know that even though we are not reaching thousands of people at a time, we can still reach out to one at a time. In some ways that's actually better. We get to hear their stories and they get to know we've walked the same road. That makes it worth the effort.
Love,
Boomer! aka El Poochino the Mellow Yellow Lab. (I'm not sure what name I like better!)
Mommy and one of our little heroes
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