Jason Schechterle
John's special day with Jason Schechterle and his wife Suzie. They are Phoenix heros and it was a great day for John when they came to visit him at Phoenix Children's Hospital.
John and Eugene Scott
Eugene was the reporter for the Arizona Republic when Jason and Suzie came to see John. Eugene wrote a great article about the visit.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2008/05/08/20080508hospital0508.html
Eugene, Shannon and John
Outside the Teen Room at Phoenix Children's with Eugene and Shannon one of John's many wonderful nurses. I think they fight over who gets to have John as their patient!
Shannon, Lisette, John
Relaxing in the hallway after Jason and Suzie's visit.
Riding Star at John's birthday party.
Star is the pony at Nana and Tata's house. Star is a great pony and provides lots of fun for the kids at family gatherings.
Happy Birthday John!
Barbie, Nana, John and Anita celebrating the day. Lots of family and friends to help make it a special day for John.
Getting Star ready to ride.
Grandpa Manny getting Star all ready for the kids to ride. What a great place for a birthday party!
John and his webkinz.
John is a great fan of Webkinz. In fact, he has 53 of them! He goes on the website almost every day and takes very good care of all his pets. He has shared his love of webkinz with many of the kids at the hospital and gave one to the teen room and the school at the hospital so kids can go on and play the games if they don't have their own webkinz.
Webkinz Fun!
John at Mrs. Robinson's house adopting the new webkinz she got him! So fun!!!
John should work for Webkinz!
John and Smokey
John and his second webkinz, Smokey. Yippe!! And a collection is born!
John's friend Zach.
Zach is a wonderful parent from John's school that has volunteered to help us raise funds to get to Ohio. We are very grateful for all his help! His boss also donated a Wii to the teen room after someone stole the one they had! The kids are thrilled!
Some friends from school.
Everyone at school loves John! He is very well known and a great friend to all.
Ms. Janice, Ms. Cathy, Ms. Ida, Ms. Dee, and Mr. Lindner John's 3rd grade teacher.
Anita graduates with Honors!
Congratulations Anita! What great fun to have
you come to see Buddy in your cap and gown!
You are a great sister to Buddy.
John goes home! John with Lisa and Shannon.
After 5 weeks and 6 days John goes home! He was very excited to go home and see his dog and be with his family again but he will miss all his great friends at the hospital. Thank you to all the wonderful people at Phoenix Children's Hospital who made his stay so nice. He felt very loved by all of you.
Amanda
Amanda is one of the many fantastic nurses and staff at Phoenix Children's Hospital. She always gives John such great care and is now a proud Webkinz member! She has the panda! Thanks to Amanda, Lisa, Shannon, Chris, Teresa, Jessica, Nick, Katie, Megan, Richard - all of you who make John's stay at PCH so enjoyable. We are all so appreciative of the work you all do for the kids.
The Webkinz are here!
The Webkinz arrived while John just happened to be in the hospital so they let him go around to all the rooms and deliver them to the kids. This is John with a wagon full of Webkinz taking them around to the rooms. We said, "Smile, John" and I know there is a big smile under there! He is never happier than when he is giving to others.
More Webkinz deliveries!
What a great day Webkinz gave to many, many children at Phoenix Children's Hospital! Thank you so much Mindy at Ganz for donating all those webkinz for the kids. They loved them. All ages. John had a great time delivering them to all the rooms and there are many left to make many more kids happy. John suggested they keep some in the emergency room for the kids that come there so they won't be so scared. He is always so creative and thoughtful. He will be a great addition to the PCH Children's Advisory Board.