Transplant Games - Day 2

Day 2 felt like it was 96 hours long, no exaggeration here. We did not even set an alarm and the babies did not wake up at the crack of dawn. We started out with breakfast then headed down to the transplant games around 10. We spent a couple of hours looking around, getting some swag, took a team picture.

The team seemed much bigger this year. Now you can play where's Neal...

After that we decided to walk around downtown Madison. They had a huge farmers market. It was very nice.

The babies sporting their OH - IO shirts.

After that Neal headed to basketball practice and the babies took a short nap in the car. Next thing was a tailgate and the opening ceremonies. Grandpa Moustache did quite a few laps and finally got the babies asleep at about 8:30 (typically they go to bed at 7). We positioned them so we could see them from the stands.


It is quite inspiring to see all of the lives that were saved by transplantation. I again had tears when the living donors and donor families proceeded out. It truly is a miracle the sacrifices these people have made, not to mention the fact that they are supporting the cause. I believe there were over 130 living donors in attendance. I immediately thought of how lucky we were to have Ryan make the decision to donate to Neal. This is my favorite event at the games.

Unfortunately Grady and Gwen had other plans. This is when the screaming, whining, honestly I do not even know because at this point mommy was 100% exhausted that she wanted to cry too. It was at this point (about 12 hours after we left the hotel in the morning) that mommy made the executive decision to head home. Daddy got a call to get outside or find a ride home. Finally we arrived home at about 10:00 and everyone went right to sleep.