McKenna Johnson

Our hearts are forever broken by the loss of our sweet little princess, McKenna Dane' Johnson
October 29, 1997 - November 27, 2007
She has left us with 10 years of beautiful memories, filled with love and laughter. We miss you Boo Boo McFoo! Be good and "Don't forget to remember me!" (one of her favorite songs!)

McKenna's journey with Lymphoma is chronicled in this journal and her Story is pasted into a journal entry for February 1, 2008.

Please support your local Leukemia and Lymphoma Society chapters. They give hope to thousands as they continue to seek a cure for these devastating diseases.
THANK YOU FOR DONATING TO THE MILES FOR MCKENNA TEAM IN TRAINING!!
Our team of 7 girls raised over 28K and our entire team of 3400 runners from across the nation, raised 12.5 MILLION for this one event! We ROCKED and finished the Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon in San Diego on June 1st, 2008.

Journal

Sunday, September 7, 2008 8:48 PM CDT

The Allianz HopeDay Festival was awesome! I got there early to help set up and some of my Allianz coworkers were there as well. It rained during the setup and we were really worried that it would be a total washout but by noon, the rain was done and it turned out to be a beautiful day. There were a total of 50 Allianz volunteers there and many of them also signed up to be baone marrow donors. Once again, I am so proud of the people I work with and the company we all work for.

Our kids had a great time and we had lots of extended family and friends there. I'm going to post some pictures of the day so make sure to check out the photos! It was also great to see all of our friends and many of the families we've gotten to know over the years. Of course, Gina Cousineau was there, running the bone marrow registration tent and all of the mom's helping out were our friends from the BMT unit..some of the mom's still have their kids and many of them have lost, just like us. Everywhere I went, I ran into old and new friends. Lots of hugs and even some tears as I watched a little 4 year old girl named Brooke, who was bald and beautiful. She reminded me so much of McKenna at that age during McKenna's frist transplant. I shared this with her mom and told her how BEAUTIFUL her little girl is. Turns out, they had followed along with McKenna's journey on CaringBridge and she knew all about us.

My nieces were with us all day today too so my sister, her husband and the older boys could go to Valley Fair. We rounded out the night by giving them more of JJ and Kenna's clothes. Once again, I emptied out McKenna's closet of all her favorite things. I am find that this is one of the hardest "chores" to do. I know that Bella and Dani will love all the clothes so that helps.

Last year at this time, McKenna was in the hospital, still suffering from all the chemo, radiation, side effects of the tranpslant and GVHD, weak, sick and miserable. She wanted nothing more than to get out of the hospial and come home. My poor, sweet girl....I'll miss her forever.

Please pray for all the kids who couldn't come to the festival today, for there are many hospital floors filled to capacity with kids fighting for their lives right now. They are all heroes!!

Praying for a cure.
Krista

Hospital Information:

Patient Room: Left the hospital via her Pink Angel Wings, and flew to heaven on 11/27/07 @ 5:30PM

HEAVEN
WITH GOD
NEWEST ANGEL
ON JESUS'S LAP

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E-mail Author: krista.johnson@allianzlife.com

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