Hi Everyone,
How exciting. Not long now till the big day. The registrations and prizes continue to come in . Such creative and generous ideas.
And everyone is posting raffle butts back to Anglesea Motel in time for the big draw on Sunday.
Thanks massively to you all for the hard work.
All we need is the sun shining - or maybe gentle clouds, but rain is banned.
See you all there at 1pm to tee off. And still alittle room left if you still want to play.
Love Viv, Tim and family, And the team at Anglesea - Mark, Lorena, and Nicole.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Intensity to Come
Hi Everyone,
Things back in Hamilton started pretty well and I settled into my new routine quickly. I've been seeing friends and family heaps, going home for meals and reestablishing my social lifestyle pronto. All my equipment such as bed, tilt table, arm bike and wheelchairs have slowly been filtering through the door. My teams of carers are getting sorted with some leaving and some being asked to leave. My motel unit is really nice, and the interior decorator (motel owner Mark), put up my massive Chiefs banner and an oil painting Sally painted and gave me for Xmas. I managed to get a sound system and TV sorted too. I found an adaptive X box controller on an American website, so have enjoyed some gaming.
Unfortunately an incident falling out of my wheelchair landed me on bedrest for a few weeks. If that wasnt frustrating enough, towards the end of the duration of my bedrest, my knee started swelling up, causing me to sweat with every turn. We didn't know the cause and neither did my GP, until about 5 days later when my thigh became swollen as well. So I called Mum (who was holidaying in Kerikeri with her sister Janet), called my GP and went to A & E, where Dad kept me company for the four hours I was there. The next afternoon during an ultrasound, they diagnosed what we all predicted - two clots (DVT deep vein thrombosis) behind my knee. So my left hip and thigh remain extremely swollen (9cms larger than right side).
New Years was surprisingly successful for bedrest. Having friends camp in the lounge before and after New Years, and getting up to party on the night. I've watched heaps of DVD's, and highly recommend Freedom Writers, Babel, and The Great Debaters.
In the next couple of weeks I'm looking forward to the Charity Golf Tournament on the 31st January, ACDC on the 4th Feb and on the 6th Feb, a party with some of my friends for my 21st last year. Being on a ventilator makes it hard to seriously party.
(Something to finish)
Tim
Things back in Hamilton started pretty well and I settled into my new routine quickly. I've been seeing friends and family heaps, going home for meals and reestablishing my social lifestyle pronto. All my equipment such as bed, tilt table, arm bike and wheelchairs have slowly been filtering through the door. My teams of carers are getting sorted with some leaving and some being asked to leave. My motel unit is really nice, and the interior decorator (motel owner Mark), put up my massive Chiefs banner and an oil painting Sally painted and gave me for Xmas. I managed to get a sound system and TV sorted too. I found an adaptive X box controller on an American website, so have enjoyed some gaming.
Unfortunately an incident falling out of my wheelchair landed me on bedrest for a few weeks. If that wasnt frustrating enough, towards the end of the duration of my bedrest, my knee started swelling up, causing me to sweat with every turn. We didn't know the cause and neither did my GP, until about 5 days later when my thigh became swollen as well. So I called Mum (who was holidaying in Kerikeri with her sister Janet), called my GP and went to A & E, where Dad kept me company for the four hours I was there. The next afternoon during an ultrasound, they diagnosed what we all predicted - two clots (DVT deep vein thrombosis) behind my knee. So my left hip and thigh remain extremely swollen (9cms larger than right side).
New Years was surprisingly successful for bedrest. Having friends camp in the lounge before and after New Years, and getting up to party on the night. I've watched heaps of DVD's, and highly recommend Freedom Writers, Babel, and The Great Debaters.
In the next couple of weeks I'm looking forward to the Charity Golf Tournament on the 31st January, ACDC on the 4th Feb and on the 6th Feb, a party with some of my friends for my 21st last year. Being on a ventilator makes it hard to seriously party.
(Something to finish)
Tim
Friday, January 22, 2010
Only 9 days to go till the Tim Young Charity Golf Tournament
Hi Everyone,
There's much excitement brewing at Anglesea Motel and everyone is working hard to make Tim's day a great success. The support is rolling in and we are blown away by everyones generosity.
There are a variety of ways people are supporting the tournament and further support is welcome:
Register to play in the tournament
Sponsor a player @ $50 per player
Purchase raffle tickets for $10 each or a book for $100
Donate prizes for spot prizes and for the auction.
Every team member will receive a drink, platter of food and prize after the event. And the prizes are so awesome. So how can you lose. Come and have a great day of golf. Lochiel is a lovely course and there will be refreshments to sustain you along the way. Love to have you with us. There's still time to register though its filling up fast.
There's much excitement brewing at Anglesea Motel and everyone is working hard to make Tim's day a great success. The support is rolling in and we are blown away by everyones generosity.
There are a variety of ways people are supporting the tournament and further support is welcome:
Register to play in the tournament
Sponsor a player @ $50 per player
Purchase raffle tickets for $10 each or a book for $100
Donate prizes for spot prizes and for the auction.
Every team member will receive a drink, platter of food and prize after the event. And the prizes are so awesome. So how can you lose. Come and have a great day of golf. Lochiel is a lovely course and there will be refreshments to sustain you along the way. Love to have you with us. There's still time to register though its filling up fast.
Huge thanks to Sponsors to date:
- Anglesea Motel
- Bay Radiology
- Beautiful You
- Brian Perry Foundation
- Collins Footwear, Hamilton
- Colonial Lodge, Taupo
- Convex Plastics
- Daytona Raceway
- East Side Foods
- Gilmours
- Golf Pacifer
- Hamilton 400
- Hamilton Squash & Tennis Pro Sho
- Highway Supplies
- Hose Supplies
- Lochiel Pro Shop
- Liquor King
- Pro Drive
- Radio Networks
- Progressive Accountants
- Solid Energy
- Speights Ale House
- Smith Family, Australia
- St Andrews Pro Shop
- The Cut (golf magazine)
- The Dunn Family - The Boatshed Studio, Kerikeri
- ''The Gunit'' (Tims grandparents), Mt Mauganui
- The Mill Liquor Save
- Urban Seating
- Vivien Young Psychotherapy Ltd
We will update you at the conclusion of the event, about the total proceeds we have successfully raised for T J Young Family Trust, from the Raffle and Tournament.
Once again thankyou for your kind support.
Warm regards, Viv
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