December 20, 2024 • 17 mins
Today we grant a Christmas Wish for the Pearson family, whose 2 year old daughter was just diagnosed with leukemia.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Believe in the magic of the Hull Day Dave Royan's
Christmas Wish and here we go with what is pretty
much the last Christmas Wish of the season. We do
have one more for Youth Link, but that is just
to help out the homeless youth and the work that
they do. So there's really not a lot of like
I don't know, there's really not a lot of tears.
There's a lot of power behind the wish. But this
(00:21):
is one where I give you a mascara alert and
definitely something that we want to do for Christmas Wish.
This is Wish number I want to say sixteen or seventeen. Yeah, sixteen,
We've done so many. Let's meet Jamie. Hi, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Jamie and I were talking about how long you've been
listening to KATBB since you were like a.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Little kid, as long as I can remember.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
And I said, did you ever call in to request
a song?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
You said, many times, but I never got through.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Never got through, never got through. The request lines were
always busy, they were. And then it wasn't a KWBE concert,
but it was back in the day when you were
listening to KTBB. What was the show you went to?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
You kids on the blocket here at Island.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Mariot Island back when you were you were probably like
eight years old back.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Then, yea ten tennis.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah wow, yeah, thanks for listening all these years. You
and I talked on the phone a week or so ago, yep,
about this family. How do you know this family that
we're about to help out.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
With a wish?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Well. Jordan Pearson is my daughter's softball coach. So I
have two daughters, Lydia sixteen and Elias fourteen. He has
been Lydia's varsity coach and Ellie's summer softball coach as well.
So he's had a very big impact and they've gotten
very close to his family as well.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
And then something happened kind of out of the blue,
just a couple of weeks ago, literally like two and
a half weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Something like that.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
On December second, their two year old Sawyer, who also
goes by Bean, was diagnosed with leukemia, very unexpectedly.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, they just went to the doctors. She had a cough. Yeah,
is that what it was. She went she had a cough,
and they said, okay, well let's take her down to
the pediatrician men find out what's going on exactly yet
two years old yep, two.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Years old had a lingering cough that was going on
and on, and found out that same day that it
was not just a cough, it was leukema.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
That same day, same day where you think you're gonna
go to the CVS pharmacy and get some sort of
you know, antibiotic or whatever. And then they actually went
that day yep, to probably children's or I.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Think pediatrician first, and then they saw something on one
of the scans that mom kind of pushed to get
them to do more scans and immediately were sent by ambulance.
Actually two children's from the pediatrician, two children's within two hours.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
And you think about how life turned on a time
for that family that day. Yep, just awful. Let's call Jordan,
who's the father correct right now, But first let's check
in with our boy Brandon from college muscle movers. Brandon,
good morning, Martin. What part of town are you in today? Brandon?
Speaker 4 (02:43):
We are in Shoreview?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Okay, gotcha. I always get shore Wood and shore View
mixed up. Shore View is the one out by white
Bear Lake. A shout that way, yep. And I remember
that because you have a view of the KDWB tower
out there. Can you see the KDWB tower where you are, Brandon.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
I'm not sure, okay, I didn't know that information for
her though.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Keep looking, keep looking anyway, Brandon, thanks to you guys
and all the whole team everybody at College Muscle Movers
for being such great partners with Christmas Wish this year.
Here is your plug. The College Muscle Movers gives free
fifteen free muscle boxes and an on time guarantee with
every single move. Brandon passed the word along to everybody
at College Muscle Movers how much we appreciate all that
(03:26):
you have done, and you especially for helping out deliver
the wishes of course. All right, Brandon, please hold, let's
call Jordan right now.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
So we have coached Jordan, correct, and we've got your
girls in studio with us right now. Yes, just one
is the coach, one of them. One of you guys
has Jordan as a coach, both of them, both of them. Okay,
sorry miss that earlier. That's fun. Yeah, it's always fun
to have like a great coach because I remember how
impactful my coaches were when I did sports in high
school and middle school and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah. So yeah, he's great, great cook guide to both
of them.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Hello, hey, coach, is this coach Jordan? Yes, hey, coach,
it's Dave Ryan over at kd WB radio. How are
you this morning?
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Good? Good?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
You sound like you're out of breath. Did you just
carry something heavy up the stairs, Coach?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
No? No, just running to Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
I want to jump into your day with some good news. Here, Jordan.
I've got Jamie here, who you might know because you
coach her daughters in softball, and she has done what
we do here on Katie wob called a Christmas wish
for your family where she told us about the situation
that your family has been facing and she wanted to
(05:02):
help with some support and some joy and some love
and say hi Jamie, so he knows that you're here.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Hi Jordan, Hello, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
She actually wrote a letter in to katiewb about your situation.
And have you got a minute, Jordan to listen to
the letter that she wrote. I do, Okay, whenever you're ready, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
All right.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Coach Jordan Pearson has served as a softball coach for
my daughters, Lydia and Ellie over the past few years
and has made a huge impact in their lives. He
leads the Mounds U High School softball program as the
varsity coach, as well as coaches and trains for the
Minnesota Stampede and MBSA softball organizations. He dedicates countless hours
of softball to our community. While he is busy coaching
(05:47):
and training athletes, his amazing wife, Mary is holding down
the fort at home taking care of their four young children.
Their family truly sacrifices so much for these athletes. His
commitment as a coach surpasses that of any other coach,
as he believes in each girl within the program and
helps them reach their full potential. He is not only
a coach, but also a great friend to the athletes
(06:08):
and to their families. Coach Pearson is also a devoted
husband to his wife, Mary and their father, and a
father to four young children. Dawson is six and in kindergarten,
Lyla is four, Sawyer is two, and Teddy, who is
just nine months old. On December second, the Pearson's life
turned upside down in the blink of an eye. A
sick visit to the pediatrician revealed that Sawyer, aged two,
(06:30):
not only had pneumonia and strep throat, but she was
also diagnosed with al tell leukemia. The following day, Sawyer
began her battle as they met with many specialists and
landed on a plan. First was a CT scan to
find out more about the mass in her chest. They
concluded that it was pressing on her windpipe and the
original plan of intubating her and putting her in a
(06:50):
port for chemo was not an option. It was no
longer safe for her to be put under the next
plan was to put her under light sedation and insert
a central line into her arm. The following day, on Tuesday,
December third, she received her first round of chemotherapy. Overnight,
she was monitored closely in the Picke Sawyer, also known
as Bean, has since moved out of the Picke You,
(07:11):
but remains at the hospital as she continues her fight,
and will remain in the hospital through Christmas. This little
two year old might be small, but she is fierce
and is fighting cancer head on. Each member of the
Pearson family significantly impacts our community, often sacrificing their own
family time to support Moundsview athletes by coaching, attending their events,
and encouraging all of their endeavors.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
They deserve a little.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Happiness this year in spite of some tough times ahead
as Sawyer fights this battle. I speak for the entire
Mounds You community when asking Katie w B to grant
this amazing family a Christmas wish so they can feel
loved and supported during this very difficult time.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Jordan, I can't even imagine what that day would have
been like when little Sawyer went to the pediatrician for
a cough and you just expected it would be a
cough and you get some medication and life would go
on as normal, right, yes, yep, but a very tough day.
And she started chemo the very next day.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
The very next day, yep, very next day.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
How is she doing? She's at she's at the hospital
now and it looks like she'll be there through Christmas.
How is she doing?
Speaker 4 (08:21):
There's there's a lot of ups and downs. She sleeps
a lot. She's tired, as you can imagine a two
year old, yea through she doesn't get out of that much.
She loved the compotato in Shread of Cheese.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
I love that, And I'm going to guess, just kind
of putting together the whole story here, you've got three
other kids that are like what's six and under? And
you've got work and obligations and snow dishovel and things
to do, and then trips back and forth to the hospital.
So you're it sounds like you're at home right now,
up at.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
Home right now. Yep. School every day. Okay, So the
four year old, yeah, she goes to school three times
a week. Driving a lot of.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Driving, a lot of a lot of stress, a lot
of a lot of a lot, just a lot and
and a lot to handle. And you've got married by
your side to help you out. And we heard about
this wish and we thought, you know, it's one of
those wishes where we can do something. We wish we
could do everything, but we want to do something to
(09:32):
show your some support and love to your family and
bring some smiles and some love into your Christmas and
take some things off of your plate that you won't
have to worry about, like buying Christmas presents. So here
are some of the things that we've got for your kids.
Let's start off with Dawson. He is six years old
and we got him some This is just presents for
(09:54):
your kids, and you can set him out under the
tree or give them to him later, say whatever you
want to do. We got everything from hoodies and some shirts.
We got a Jurassic Park Dino. We got a spider
Man webshooter, which we question whether it was a good idea.
It sounds like it's messy, but it sounds like it's
a lot of fun. A model Ford Bronco. We got
an eight pack of Matchbox cars. We got the Hot
Wheels Loop Madness track. So because he is a six
(10:17):
year old boy, and that's what six year old boys
a lot of the time are into. How old is Lila.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Four?
Speaker 1 (10:25):
We got her some baby dolls with accessories, some Barbies,
a pink Barbie convertible, an Lol doll at Disney, Mawana doll,
a pink radio flyer four and one stroll and trike
that sounds cool, and six new outfits, a doctor kit.
That's for Lila. Let's talk about Sawyer, who is in
the hospital. But you will do You'll do the best
(10:46):
Christmas you can with Sawyer in the hospital. Absolutely for Sawyer,
we got her a baby doll with accessories, and the
Barbie Peak Convertible, some new outfits and some barbies. And
then Teddy you're a little nine month old not aware
of what's going on at Christmas, but they're still like, hey,
what's up. So, uh, We've got Melissa and Doug Latch's barn,
(11:08):
a wooden puzzle, a dump truck. We got some other
cool stuff a piano, rainbow toy, and some new clothes too.
So just some things for the kids to happ under
the tree. And I know that you probably and Mary
have been out shopping and trying to get all the
things done. There's probably a lot of presents under the tree, right.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
No, there hasn't been much shopping and being.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Done, and that makes sense. I mean, seriously, that's not
going to be one of your priorities. So I'm glad
we can put do you have a do you have
a tree?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Up?
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Jordan? We are up? Okay, good now we got some
things to put under the tree. Good for all the kids.
We got something it's a it's called go to Studio
Mixed media art case. We got Crayola jumbo crayons and
washable paintsticks and canvases and a bunch of art stuff
because they're into art. They love car like coloring and
(11:54):
crafting and things like that.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Absolutely okay, good.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
So there's some things for the kids, so be things
taken care of under the tree. I think some of
them are rapped too, don't they wrap them.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Jenny, Yes, they do.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
They are wrapped. So that's taking care of. There's going
to be a guy outside your door in a second
from College muscle movers, and he is going to load
all these things in your house. We have some things
for your family too. For the family, we've got a
one thousand dollars Target gift card and you can spend
(12:26):
that on anything you need, whether it's like Clorox wipes
or dish soap or Pj's, whatever you need down at Target.
That's one thousand dollars. A one year family membership to
the Shoreview Community Center. So because I know that you
guys are like into athletics and staying healthy and active,
so we got a one year membership for the Shoreview
Community Center and some other things. For Dad, you're into sports,
(12:50):
We're gonna send you to Dick Sporting Goods when you
get time with a five hundred dollars gift card to
Dick Sporting Goods. That's for you. What department are you
going to go to first? Jordan would just say, over
it Dicks probably shoes. Yeah, good choice, good choice, and
a five hundred dollars gift card for mom Mary to
(13:11):
get anything she wants over at Target as well. And uh,
and then just for fun, Wedding Day Diamonds is is
going to get Mary a pair of diamond study of
rings from Wedding Day Diamonds. And they're just there. They
heard about this and they said, hey, what can we do?
So here's a pair of diamond study of rings for Mary. So,
like I said, I wish we could do everything. We
(13:33):
can't do everything, but we just wanted to give you
guys some support and love. And we can't even imagine.
Nearly everyone listening who has kids has healthy kids that
if they go to the pediatrician, they give them some
penicillin or they give them some whatever, and they go
home and they're back to being obnoxious kids the next
day or a couple of days later. And that didn't
(13:54):
happen with Sawyer. She will be back to being an
obnoxious two or three year old very very soon. But meantime,
it's going to be a different Christmas. But we're happy
it is. Wait, news flash, one more thing you're doing
a lot of driving back and forth to the hospital Jordan.
So Holiday Station Stores is going to give your family
(14:14):
a one thousand dollars gas card one thousand dollars and
that'll ease some of the burden, because I know there's
there's not only the emotional burden, but the financial burden too, absolutely,
and it's got to be tough with with because you're
you're spending so much attention and rightfully so with Sawyer
that you can't short the other kids with all of
(14:38):
the things. How are the other kids holding up? I
know that your baby is not old enough to understand.
How are the old the other kids holding up?
Speaker 4 (14:45):
They got plenty of to do during the week. Gowsin's
pretty in the sports, and Lilah's busy being mom around
the house, so they've been staying to a normal schedule.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Well good. I know that you're to hold down the
fort as best you can. We wish you nothing but
the best for Christmas, and our hearts go out to
you and your family and little Sawyer, and we hope
this helps you have a little bit brighter of the Christmas.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
Okay, Yes, thank you, Thank you to kat w B.
Thank you to the mounths View community and everybody else
that's been saying prayer.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Absolutely, you were not the only one, Jamie, if I
remember right that sending a wish for this family. But
we were honored to have you in to read this wish. Jamie,
I'll let you say goodbye to coach Jordan.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Thank you, Katie Debbe. We really appreciate it. Thank you Jordan.
We know what's going to be tough these next couple
weeks and months, and we're all here to support you.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
So glad we could do a little something for you
this Christmas.
Speaker 4 (15:48):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Of course, I want to thank some of our sponsors
who have been so generous. I mean, first of all,
Holiday Station Stores, this just happened like minutes ago. They
heard about this just minutes ago, and they're like, hey,
going back and forth to the gas station, going back
and forth to visits and not to the gas station,
but let's go buy Holiday for a thousand dollars gas card.
And that is presented by Holiday Station Stores, and thanks
(16:11):
for all that they have done for Christmas wish.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
Yeah, and if you get a gift card with them
right now, you can help fight childhood hunger because they
are donating a portion of proceeds of gift cards to
no Kid Hungry.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
I love that they do that, you know what I mean.
They don't have to, but they do it anyway. So
I appreciate that thanks to Wedding Day Diamonds. I'm going
to give them a plug because they threw in some
joy with the Diamond Study rings. So if you're looking
for the perfect Christmas gift, grab those ear rings that
are on sale now through the holidays for all budgets
at all nine Wedding Day Diamonds locations and online at
(16:43):
Wedding Day Diamonds dot com. And don't forget, it's Engagement
Season two, So get that engagement ring at Wedding Day Diamonds.
Why Engagement season because all the family is going to
be around and you can show off that beautiful ring
from Wedding Day Diamonds at this And thanks to of course,
Treasure Island Resort and Casino and Jamie, thank you for
We appreciate it. Christmas wish on one oh one point
(17:03):
three k d w B
Believe in the magic of the Hull Day Dave Royan's
Christmas Wish and here we go with what is pretty
much the last Christmas Wish of the season. We do
have one more for Youth Link, but that is just
to help out the homeless youth and the work that
they do. So there's really not a lot of like
I don't know, there's really not a lot of tears.
There's a lot of power behind the wish. But this
(00:21):
is one where I give you a mascara alert and
definitely something that we want to do for Christmas Wish.
This is Wish number I want to say sixteen or seventeen. Yeah, sixteen,
We've done so many. Let's meet Jamie. Hi, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Jamie and I were talking about how long you've been
listening to KATBB since you were like a.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Little kid, as long as I can remember.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
And I said, did you ever call in to request
a song?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
You said, many times, but I never got through.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Never got through, never got through. The request lines were
always busy, they were. And then it wasn't a KWBE concert,
but it was back in the day when you were
listening to KTBB. What was the show you went to?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
You kids on the blocket here at Island.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Mariot Island back when you were you were probably like
eight years old back.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Then, yea ten tennis.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah wow, yeah, thanks for listening all these years. You
and I talked on the phone a week or so ago, yep,
about this family. How do you know this family that
we're about to help out.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
With a wish?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Well. Jordan Pearson is my daughter's softball coach. So I
have two daughters, Lydia sixteen and Elias fourteen. He has
been Lydia's varsity coach and Ellie's summer softball coach as well.
So he's had a very big impact and they've gotten
very close to his family as well.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
And then something happened kind of out of the blue,
just a couple of weeks ago, literally like two and
a half weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Something like that.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
On December second, their two year old Sawyer, who also
goes by Bean, was diagnosed with leukemia, very unexpectedly.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, they just went to the doctors. She had a cough. Yeah,
is that what it was. She went she had a cough,
and they said, okay, well let's take her down to
the pediatrician men find out what's going on exactly yet
two years old yep, two.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Years old had a lingering cough that was going on
and on, and found out that same day that it
was not just a cough, it was leukema.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
That same day, same day where you think you're gonna
go to the CVS pharmacy and get some sort of
you know, antibiotic or whatever. And then they actually went
that day yep, to probably children's or I.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Think pediatrician first, and then they saw something on one
of the scans that mom kind of pushed to get
them to do more scans and immediately were sent by ambulance.
Actually two children's from the pediatrician, two children's within two hours.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
And you think about how life turned on a time
for that family that day. Yep, just awful. Let's call Jordan,
who's the father correct right now, But first let's check
in with our boy Brandon from college muscle movers. Brandon,
good morning, Martin. What part of town are you in today? Brandon?
Speaker 4 (02:43):
We are in Shoreview?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Okay, gotcha. I always get shore Wood and shore View
mixed up. Shore View is the one out by white
Bear Lake. A shout that way, yep. And I remember
that because you have a view of the KDWB tower
out there. Can you see the KDWB tower where you are, Brandon.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
I'm not sure, okay, I didn't know that information for
her though.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Keep looking, keep looking anyway, Brandon, thanks to you guys
and all the whole team everybody at College Muscle Movers
for being such great partners with Christmas Wish this year.
Here is your plug. The College Muscle Movers gives free
fifteen free muscle boxes and an on time guarantee with
every single move. Brandon passed the word along to everybody
at College Muscle Movers how much we appreciate all that
(03:26):
you have done, and you especially for helping out deliver
the wishes of course. All right, Brandon, please hold, let's
call Jordan right now.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
So we have coached Jordan, correct, and we've got your
girls in studio with us right now. Yes, just one
is the coach, one of them. One of you guys
has Jordan as a coach, both of them, both of them. Okay,
sorry miss that earlier. That's fun. Yeah, it's always fun
to have like a great coach because I remember how
impactful my coaches were when I did sports in high
school and middle school and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah. So yeah, he's great, great cook guide to both
of them.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Hello, hey, coach, is this coach Jordan? Yes, hey, coach,
it's Dave Ryan over at kd WB radio. How are
you this morning?
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Good? Good?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
You sound like you're out of breath. Did you just
carry something heavy up the stairs, Coach?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
No? No, just running to Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
I want to jump into your day with some good news. Here, Jordan.
I've got Jamie here, who you might know because you
coach her daughters in softball, and she has done what
we do here on Katie wob called a Christmas wish
for your family where she told us about the situation
that your family has been facing and she wanted to
(05:02):
help with some support and some joy and some love
and say hi Jamie, so he knows that you're here.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Hi Jordan, Hello, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
She actually wrote a letter in to katiewb about your situation.
And have you got a minute, Jordan to listen to
the letter that she wrote. I do, Okay, whenever you're ready, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
All right.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Coach Jordan Pearson has served as a softball coach for
my daughters, Lydia and Ellie over the past few years
and has made a huge impact in their lives. He
leads the Mounds U High School softball program as the
varsity coach, as well as coaches and trains for the
Minnesota Stampede and MBSA softball organizations. He dedicates countless hours
of softball to our community. While he is busy coaching
(05:47):
and training athletes, his amazing wife, Mary is holding down
the fort at home taking care of their four young children.
Their family truly sacrifices so much for these athletes. His
commitment as a coach surpasses that of any other coach,
as he believes in each girl within the program and
helps them reach their full potential. He is not only
a coach, but also a great friend to the athletes
(06:08):
and to their families. Coach Pearson is also a devoted
husband to his wife, Mary and their father, and a
father to four young children. Dawson is six and in kindergarten,
Lyla is four, Sawyer is two, and Teddy, who is
just nine months old. On December second, the Pearson's life
turned upside down in the blink of an eye. A
sick visit to the pediatrician revealed that Sawyer, aged two,
(06:30):
not only had pneumonia and strep throat, but she was
also diagnosed with al tell leukemia. The following day, Sawyer
began her battle as they met with many specialists and
landed on a plan. First was a CT scan to
find out more about the mass in her chest. They
concluded that it was pressing on her windpipe and the
original plan of intubating her and putting her in a
(06:50):
port for chemo was not an option. It was no
longer safe for her to be put under the next
plan was to put her under light sedation and insert
a central line into her arm. The following day, on Tuesday,
December third, she received her first round of chemotherapy. Overnight,
she was monitored closely in the Picke Sawyer, also known
as Bean, has since moved out of the Picke You,
(07:11):
but remains at the hospital as she continues her fight,
and will remain in the hospital through Christmas. This little
two year old might be small, but she is fierce
and is fighting cancer head on. Each member of the
Pearson family significantly impacts our community, often sacrificing their own
family time to support Moundsview athletes by coaching, attending their events,
and encouraging all of their endeavors.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
They deserve a little.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Happiness this year in spite of some tough times ahead
as Sawyer fights this battle. I speak for the entire
Mounds You community when asking Katie w B to grant
this amazing family a Christmas wish so they can feel
loved and supported during this very difficult time.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Jordan, I can't even imagine what that day would have
been like when little Sawyer went to the pediatrician for
a cough and you just expected it would be a
cough and you get some medication and life would go
on as normal, right, yes, yep, but a very tough day.
And she started chemo the very next day.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
The very next day, yep, very next day.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
How is she doing? She's at she's at the hospital
now and it looks like she'll be there through Christmas.
How is she doing?
Speaker 4 (08:21):
There's there's a lot of ups and downs. She sleeps
a lot. She's tired, as you can imagine a two
year old, yea through she doesn't get out of that much.
She loved the compotato in Shread of Cheese.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
I love that, And I'm going to guess, just kind
of putting together the whole story here, you've got three
other kids that are like what's six and under? And
you've got work and obligations and snow dishovel and things
to do, and then trips back and forth to the hospital.
So you're it sounds like you're at home right now,
up at.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
Home right now. Yep. School every day. Okay, So the
four year old, yeah, she goes to school three times
a week. Driving a lot of.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Driving, a lot of a lot of stress, a lot
of a lot of a lot, just a lot and
and a lot to handle. And you've got married by
your side to help you out. And we heard about
this wish and we thought, you know, it's one of
those wishes where we can do something. We wish we
could do everything, but we want to do something to
(09:32):
show your some support and love to your family and
bring some smiles and some love into your Christmas and
take some things off of your plate that you won't
have to worry about, like buying Christmas presents. So here
are some of the things that we've got for your kids.
Let's start off with Dawson. He is six years old
and we got him some This is just presents for
(09:54):
your kids, and you can set him out under the
tree or give them to him later, say whatever you
want to do. We got everything from hoodies and some shirts.
We got a Jurassic Park Dino. We got a spider
Man webshooter, which we question whether it was a good idea.
It sounds like it's messy, but it sounds like it's
a lot of fun. A model Ford Bronco. We got
an eight pack of Matchbox cars. We got the Hot
Wheels Loop Madness track. So because he is a six
(10:17):
year old boy, and that's what six year old boys
a lot of the time are into. How old is Lila.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Four?
Speaker 1 (10:25):
We got her some baby dolls with accessories, some Barbies,
a pink Barbie convertible, an Lol doll at Disney, Mawana doll,
a pink radio flyer four and one stroll and trike
that sounds cool, and six new outfits, a doctor kit.
That's for Lila. Let's talk about Sawyer, who is in
the hospital. But you will do You'll do the best
(10:46):
Christmas you can with Sawyer in the hospital. Absolutely for Sawyer,
we got her a baby doll with accessories, and the
Barbie Peak Convertible, some new outfits and some barbies. And
then Teddy you're a little nine month old not aware
of what's going on at Christmas, but they're still like, hey,
what's up. So, uh, We've got Melissa and Doug Latch's barn,
(11:08):
a wooden puzzle, a dump truck. We got some other
cool stuff a piano, rainbow toy, and some new clothes too.
So just some things for the kids to happ under
the tree. And I know that you probably and Mary
have been out shopping and trying to get all the
things done. There's probably a lot of presents under the tree, right.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
No, there hasn't been much shopping and being.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Done, and that makes sense. I mean, seriously, that's not
going to be one of your priorities. So I'm glad
we can put do you have a do you have
a tree?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Up?
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Jordan? We are up? Okay, good now we got some
things to put under the tree. Good for all the kids.
We got something it's a it's called go to Studio
Mixed media art case. We got Crayola jumbo crayons and
washable paintsticks and canvases and a bunch of art stuff
because they're into art. They love car like coloring and
(11:54):
crafting and things like that.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Absolutely okay, good.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
So there's some things for the kids, so be things
taken care of under the tree. I think some of
them are rapped too, don't they wrap them.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Jenny, Yes, they do.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
They are wrapped. So that's taking care of. There's going
to be a guy outside your door in a second
from College muscle movers, and he is going to load
all these things in your house. We have some things
for your family too. For the family, we've got a
one thousand dollars Target gift card and you can spend
(12:26):
that on anything you need, whether it's like Clorox wipes
or dish soap or Pj's, whatever you need down at Target.
That's one thousand dollars. A one year family membership to
the Shoreview Community Center. So because I know that you
guys are like into athletics and staying healthy and active,
so we got a one year membership for the Shoreview
Community Center and some other things. For Dad, you're into sports,
(12:50):
We're gonna send you to Dick Sporting Goods when you
get time with a five hundred dollars gift card to
Dick Sporting Goods. That's for you. What department are you
going to go to first? Jordan would just say, over
it Dicks probably shoes. Yeah, good choice, good choice, and
a five hundred dollars gift card for mom Mary to
(13:11):
get anything she wants over at Target as well. And uh,
and then just for fun, Wedding Day Diamonds is is
going to get Mary a pair of diamond study of
rings from Wedding Day Diamonds. And they're just there. They
heard about this and they said, hey, what can we do?
So here's a pair of diamond study of rings for Mary. So,
like I said, I wish we could do everything. We
(13:33):
can't do everything, but we just wanted to give you
guys some support and love. And we can't even imagine.
Nearly everyone listening who has kids has healthy kids that
if they go to the pediatrician, they give them some
penicillin or they give them some whatever, and they go
home and they're back to being obnoxious kids the next
day or a couple of days later. And that didn't
(13:54):
happen with Sawyer. She will be back to being an
obnoxious two or three year old very very soon. But meantime,
it's going to be a different Christmas. But we're happy
it is. Wait, news flash, one more thing you're doing
a lot of driving back and forth to the hospital Jordan.
So Holiday Station Stores is going to give your family
(14:14):
a one thousand dollars gas card one thousand dollars and
that'll ease some of the burden, because I know there's
there's not only the emotional burden, but the financial burden too, absolutely,
and it's got to be tough with with because you're
you're spending so much attention and rightfully so with Sawyer
that you can't short the other kids with all of
(14:38):
the things. How are the other kids holding up? I
know that your baby is not old enough to understand.
How are the old the other kids holding up?
Speaker 4 (14:45):
They got plenty of to do during the week. Gowsin's
pretty in the sports, and Lilah's busy being mom around
the house, so they've been staying to a normal schedule.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Well good. I know that you're to hold down the
fort as best you can. We wish you nothing but
the best for Christmas, and our hearts go out to
you and your family and little Sawyer, and we hope
this helps you have a little bit brighter of the Christmas.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
Okay, Yes, thank you, Thank you to kat w B.
Thank you to the mounths View community and everybody else
that's been saying prayer.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Absolutely, you were not the only one, Jamie, if I
remember right that sending a wish for this family. But
we were honored to have you in to read this wish. Jamie,
I'll let you say goodbye to coach Jordan.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Thank you, Katie Debbe. We really appreciate it. Thank you Jordan.
We know what's going to be tough these next couple
weeks and months, and we're all here to support you.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
So glad we could do a little something for you
this Christmas.
Speaker 4 (15:48):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Of course, I want to thank some of our sponsors
who have been so generous. I mean, first of all,
Holiday Station Stores, this just happened like minutes ago. They
heard about this just minutes ago, and they're like, hey,
going back and forth to the gas station, going back
and forth to visits and not to the gas station,
but let's go buy Holiday for a thousand dollars gas card.
And that is presented by Holiday Station Stores, and thanks
(16:11):
for all that they have done for Christmas wish.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
Yeah, and if you get a gift card with them
right now, you can help fight childhood hunger because they
are donating a portion of proceeds of gift cards to
no Kid Hungry.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
I love that they do that, you know what I mean.
They don't have to, but they do it anyway. So
I appreciate that thanks to Wedding Day Diamonds. I'm going
to give them a plug because they threw in some
joy with the Diamond Study rings. So if you're looking
for the perfect Christmas gift, grab those ear rings that
are on sale now through the holidays for all budgets
at all nine Wedding Day Diamonds locations and online at
(16:43):
Wedding Day Diamonds dot com. And don't forget, it's Engagement
Season two, So get that engagement ring at Wedding Day Diamonds.
Why Engagement season because all the family is going to
be around and you can show off that beautiful ring
from Wedding Day Diamonds at this And thanks to of course,
Treasure Island Resort and Casino and Jamie, thank you for
We appreciate it. Christmas wish on one oh one point
(17:03):
three k d w B
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