If you've been following me on Twitter or Facebook, I had mentioned that my Dad was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. He starts his treatment on Monday.I had been wracking my brain what to send along as a care package for him. I looked online and nothing seemed fitting for his personality.
Then I got an idea! My Dad is a gazillion miler on more than a handful or airlines. Having worked in Hong Kong, Sydney, Brussels, and a billion more places all very far away.
I thought hmmmm "an 8 hour Chemo session in a La-Z-Boy would be similar to a transatlantic flight!"
So I whipped up a little tongue-in-cheek parody logo and Chemo Airlines was born!
I went to Target and got all the things one would find in a First Class amenity kit and a few more. Lotion, handwipes, tooth brush + tooth paste, slippers, eye mask, complimentary nuts, mouthwash, bag to put everything in ... then a DVD player and DVD for the "inflight movie"
I created labels for each item and covered up the original packaging with new Chemo Airlines labels. Here's a photo so you can see:
go here to see the photo in Flickr with notes on the items identifying them.
If you look on the right, you can also see a hat that I ironed on the logo using inkjet printable iron on sheets which I cut using a 1" circle punch.
I also included a luggage tag for the bag that says "I'm Flying Chemo Airlines"
To top it all off I altered a safety card that I found online and adjusted:
Although this care package won't make the treatment any easier at least we can have a little laugh and some fun. We're learning from our friend Sean, cancer doesn't like it when you have a laugh!
Here's to you Dad! Love you!!!
xoxoxoxo
