Elissa And Her Trip To Maui

[gshase]

Elissa was granted a trip to a beach and she asked to go to Hawaii. My wife's friend has a house a block from the beach in Maui and invited us to stay with her. Elissa's Doctors gave her 30 days to remain on this earth so this became a Rush Priority.
The flight on American was great till we were running low on batteries for her 2 oxygen concentrators. We were told every seat on the 777 had a plug for 110 volt. Let it be known that the 110 outlets have a 50ma rating. This was our first time to fly with Elissa on oxygen and we had batteries for around 14 hours under perfect conditions. TSA took over 1 hour for us with 3 bags of only medical supplies batteries and oxygen machines then throw in a flight delay of 30 minutes I was starting to freak out. Now no power on the flight, talking to maintenance and the flight attendance looking a real 110/10 amp outlet.......There is a 10 amp outlet for the ground cleaning crew that Boeing put by each exit. Maintenance pops off the cover and it is like a round special use outlet...Nothing in the galley either. The cabin altitude was going to be at 7000 feet and i figured we would be in a bind before we landed. I asked what would happen id we needed oxygen before we landed and the flight attendants said don't worry we have 15 bottles of oxygen. One oxygen concentrator would maintain Elissa at 7000 feet and the smaller one would not. We were monitoring oxygen levels and after walking to the head Elissa felt week. They bring us a tank of oxygen and we and an hour later we were in Maui. I had to order 2 $400 batteries and pay for next day air so we would not run short on the flight back. The AA crew treated Elissa with 2 bottles of first class wine as a gift. The trip was wonderful and the flight back was uneventful. Elissa got 1.3 hours in a Jet Ranger.

[rwest]

Every great trip has to start with difficulties! So glad everything went well afterwards. Looks like a you all had lots of fun.

[KFC911]

I have nothing but admiration, and other words that I can't think of right now...

Some threads are a true "reality check" in this virtual community....thank you for sharing your journey.

Wishing you all the very best...

[astrochex]

Great smiles.

[billybek]

Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy!
Looks like you had a wonderful time once you arrived.
Cheers,

[rfuerst911sc]

What a lovely young lady you have there , to be able to smile after being through so much speaks highly of her character . So happy you were able to spend this time as a family . I wish you the very best in the future .

[masraum]

It sounds like a fantastic trip.

[recycled sixtie]

Fantastic parents. Great daughter. Thoughts are with you.
Guy

[Seahawk]

My goodness what a pleasure to see this. She has a universe of kindness in her eyes.

Nothing like a Jet Ranger to put a smile on your face.

All the best!

[HardDrive]

So happy that you have your family got to do this together!

Dang it....got something in my eye....

[WPOZZZ]

That's a million dollar smile in the chopper! Enjoy the rest of your stay, and don't worry, we aren't getting nuked.

So glad you guys got to do this trip!

[widgeon13]

Great, what a super treat for such a strong young lady!!

[nvr2mny]

What beautiful smiles and a beautiful family you have. Great memories made there. Glad you were able to do that. Blessings and prayers being lifted up.

[tevake]

It's wonderful seeing you all having such a happy trip. You could all use the break and pleasure together!

Thanks for the great pics.

Cheers Richard