A gift for Cait
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Hi all!
This is Cait's friend, Brittney. For those of you who know Cait (or follow her Instagram/Goodreads/etc @pagewithaview), she's one of the most supportive, kind people in the book community. Cait battles Lyme disease, and it's taken an extremely challenging turn on her this year. I'm going to post the latest updates from her father below, regarding her health, from her Instagram account. But what I would really love to do is offer some financial support to Cait and her family (and her treatments) as much as possible, so if anyone is willing and able, any additional help is so very much appreciated! Every cent helps. (Her family has full access to this account.)
Additionally, Cait's dad has a request for American dolls/clothes which I am also pasting below. If you would like to contribute a doll or doll clothes, please email me at [email redacted].
From Cait's Dad:
She’s still alive and hanging in there, but the complexity of the brain injury from Lyme on top of the escalating health situation she’d been enduring for the past decade means she won’t be returning to the internet for a long time. Cait really does miss all of you and is so thankful for the amazing people she met and the opportunities she had with book blogging. All of her books, merch, ARCs, and shelves went to a couple small libraries in rural Wisconsin, so maybe you’ll see some of it pop up in new bookstagram accounts!
Second post from Cait's Dad:
Hi, this is Cait’s dad again with some quick last updates & requests. First, if someone out there happens to have an old American Girl doll or outfit they no longer want and are looking to pass along, could you please email [email redacted]? I know this is a bit of a long shot, but it would help Cait’s recovery process a lot.
One small part of her health situation is that her brain became increasingly hypersensitive to ordinary things over the past decade to the point where almost every food, scent, metals and finally electronics would cause seizures or life-threatening reactions. It’s hard to briefly convey what’s happening, so I’ll just say Cait spent 10 months patiently sitting, eating, and sleeping isolated in the same spot on the wood floor of her almost-empty bedroom.
The miracles that have happened with a new treatment program this spring are difficult to convey because they look like such tiny steps, but please know this is the most hopeful progress yet and prayers are definitely being answered (so thank you)! Changing Cait’s clothes is still too challenging, but she is now able to tolerate standing and talking, and can lift and hold objects!
I was thinking changing doll clothes would be a good way for her to have colors, visual change, choices, and a connection to the outside world. She’s been in love with those American Girls dolls and books for most of her life (and evidently that dream never faded), so I thought I’d throw this idea out there just in case.
Caitlin has a new favorite AG character...Nanea ( Hope I got that right) Hawaiian girl. Caitlin loves Hawaii, that time period, the clothes.
This is Cait's friend, Brittney. For those of you who know Cait (or follow her Instagram/Goodreads/etc @pagewithaview), she's one of the most supportive, kind people in the book community. Cait battles Lyme disease, and it's taken an extremely challenging turn on her this year. I'm going to post the latest updates from her father below, regarding her health, from her Instagram account. But what I would really love to do is offer some financial support to Cait and her family (and her treatments) as much as possible, so if anyone is willing and able, any additional help is so very much appreciated! Every cent helps. (Her family has full access to this account.)
Additionally, Cait's dad has a request for American dolls/clothes which I am also pasting below. If you would like to contribute a doll or doll clothes, please email me at [email redacted].
From Cait's Dad:
She’s still alive and hanging in there, but the complexity of the brain injury from Lyme on top of the escalating health situation she’d been enduring for the past decade means she won’t be returning to the internet for a long time. Cait really does miss all of you and is so thankful for the amazing people she met and the opportunities she had with book blogging. All of her books, merch, ARCs, and shelves went to a couple small libraries in rural Wisconsin, so maybe you’ll see some of it pop up in new bookstagram accounts!
Second post from Cait's Dad:
Hi, this is Cait’s dad again with some quick last updates & requests. First, if someone out there happens to have an old American Girl doll or outfit they no longer want and are looking to pass along, could you please email [email redacted]? I know this is a bit of a long shot, but it would help Cait’s recovery process a lot.
One small part of her health situation is that her brain became increasingly hypersensitive to ordinary things over the past decade to the point where almost every food, scent, metals and finally electronics would cause seizures or life-threatening reactions. It’s hard to briefly convey what’s happening, so I’ll just say Cait spent 10 months patiently sitting, eating, and sleeping isolated in the same spot on the wood floor of her almost-empty bedroom.
The miracles that have happened with a new treatment program this spring are difficult to convey because they look like such tiny steps, but please know this is the most hopeful progress yet and prayers are definitely being answered (so thank you)! Changing Cait’s clothes is still too challenging, but she is now able to tolerate standing and talking, and can lift and hold objects!
I was thinking changing doll clothes would be a good way for her to have colors, visual change, choices, and a connection to the outside world. She’s been in love with those American Girls dolls and books for most of her life (and evidently that dream never faded), so I thought I’d throw this idea out there just in case.
Caitlin has a new favorite AG character...Nanea ( Hope I got that right) Hawaiian girl. Caitlin loves Hawaii, that time period, the clothes.
Organizer and beneficiary
Brittney Singleton
Organizer
Waxhaw, NC
jim herold
Beneficiary
