
But now, Alec had gotten his port out in April, so we could treat Alec like any child with a fever if he got one. This was all new to us and so wonderful and unusual to be able to know we didn't have to call the clinic if he had a fever. So we felt now was the time to take off, to finally go on a real family vacation, just us.
Alec has always had the chance for a wish from Make-a-Wish ,since he was a baby . He was too little to make a wish and we wanted it to be his wish. We now offered it to him because he had said he wanted to go to Disney and the only way we could afford Disney was to use the wish. So we told him about the wish and told him he could use it for Disney or we could go to Hershey Park and he could save his wish. He decided that he wanted to go go to Hershey Park, (this relieved me, I always had a fear of using the wish). I had this very strong feeling that we had to go on vacation before Alec's next MRI, which was in July. We had to go while his port was out or else we may not get to.
We had the best road trip, it was so fun to be traveling together and following where we were on the maps. Cass and Al were so excited. It took about 8 hours and then we got to The Hershey Lodge. It was huge; and the best part? They had escalators!! Alec loved escalators, we were just as excited as him, I mean what Hotel has escalators?
And Giant Candy Bar Characters and a kids check in. Wow , it felt so great to be together, having fun, no worries, just us.