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Regular blog readers have heard me mention Janet, an HPS’er who is currently seeking a lung transplant. Lung transplant surgery is very, very expensive and there are a number of expenses that don’t get covered by insurance. It’s often necessary, for example, to temporarily relocate to be near the center...

Let's give a big shout out to the Springfield Falcons Hockey Team in Mass. They held two HPS Awareness Nights (and gave HPS a portion of ticket sales) - one in March and one in April. Pictured here are Sara, her little girl Christina, Ashley and Carmen being presented with a check at the second hockey...

Team HPS raised more than $2,500 for HPS - the total isn't completely in yet.

While the Falcons were playing hockey, in Greensboro team HPS was walking in The Human Race. I especially want to point out the woman sitting next to Karen at the table. This is Karen Bailey. Karen Bailey spent most of the last year in the hospital after contracting MRSA. She's made a miracle recovery...

Pictured here is the HPS Hockey gang, mius Christina's dad. Pictured here are: Rebecca, Veronica, Christina (one of our newer little HPS'ers), her mom Sarah and Carmen. A special thanks to the Springfield Falcons for donating a percentage of their ticket sales to HPS!!!!!

I hear this was one of the more popular raffle items - grin!

Here are the three musketeers from Boston - Rebecca, Veronica and Carmen.

As many of you know, this was quite the fundraiser weekend. We had a number of HPS fundraisers underway this weekend. I'm waiting on info from all of them to flow in. Here are some pictures from the fundraiser in Springfield, Mass. organized by the McGillicuddy family. Here, Carmen, Rebecca and Veronica...

I am happy, although perhaps a bit late, to report that both of the hospital twins are out of the hospital. Sheena is doing well at home and drinking her little heart out so as to not get dehydrated again. Karen is also home, although her white blood cell count is low, probably because of the Imuran...