Mia's 113th blood transfusion

 

Mia's 113th Blood Transfusion...bless her heart. No port probs this time...PTL!

 

Here she is sporting her Tito Ortiz shirt that he gave her... #Represent Legends Live Forever.

 

Look who we saw!! Ron from - Pepped Up!! It's always a pleasure to see him! Both him and Mia are fighters...he BEAT cancer. Whoo! Now he goes around and gives kids in the hospital electronics. He gave Mia a Kindle Fire HD!!! Boredom buster right there!!

 

Immediately after her transfusion we headed down to US Airways Center...for something special.

Involving the Phoenix Mercury.

 

They signed her as their new 'Coach' for the playoff season!! More to come!!

Fight For Life Blood Drive - Tito Ortiz

 I knew UBS had a connection to Tito Ortiz...so I bravely sent out a tweet, to which he replied right away saying, anything I can do to help, let me know. Seriously, how awesome is that??! So now here we are at the Fight For Life Blood drive at Paradise Valley Mall, WITH Tito Ortiz.

First stop...to be on Power MMA Radio! Click Here

 

 

I am telling you...if you have never had Powered By Pancakes protein pancake/cookie mix, you are missing out. REALLY bad! Rachel, the owner brought her goodies to share for everyone who donated blood. Yeah, they were all gone too! Make sure to check it out, you will not be sorry!

 

 

We LOVE you Rachel...thank you for always being so supportive of Miss Mia!

 

It's funny how in life, the people who really want to donate...Can't.

Sorry Mia, that will never happen. But God see's your heart...and you would if you could!

 

There were lots of news station there...Mia rocked her interviews! Just telling her story.

Click Here to watch her news interview.

 

Way to go Mia!! Shine your light...God will use your story to inspire others!

Seriously, 2 of my favorite people right here...Aubrie from Be The Match, and Sharon from United Blood Services. If you only knew how hard these ladies work helping and trying to save lives everyday...it would bring you to tears. Relentlessly...and they are more than happy to do it. Sigh...love them. We would not be where we are today without them.

 

This really warms my heart...Nathan, one of the new owners of Rage in the Cage...came out and donated blood in honor of Mia.(This go a lot of re-tweets #RITC!) Thank you SO much Nathan. As if you weren't busy enough!

 

If you've seen all the awesome shirts and tanks my family has been sporting lately...it's because KAOS MEDIA is so awesome! I can't recommend them enough. My goodness, it's the best shirt we've ever made for any of Mia's walks. Every where I go, people ask about them. Go 'like' their facebook page because they are awesome! Oh, and they came and donated blood. Love it!

Our sweet friends the Mohan's came to donate after Church. So sweet, they brought the fam so the kids could hang out. How cute! Thank you Stephen & Kelly...love y'all so much!

Thank you Kelly for always being so supportive of Miss Mia, and all the lovely photos of erin the hospital. I will treasure them always

Even Mia's nurse Miss Christine came to see her...and her husband 'Sponge Bob' came out and donated blood. Thank you guys...we love you!

 

Our Tito Pics...we took so many, haha! What a GREAT guy.

 

Haha love this one...selfie!!

I'm SO thankful my whole family go to come and help out. It's always good to do something awesome to help our community. I hop my girls will carry on the tradition for me! It was a great event for sure. I'm just so thankful.

I just want to say a hue thank you to Tito Ortiz for coming out to Arizona and helping us raise awareness for people who need blood to live! Who does that...with a very busy schedule. Tito flew out to Thailand the very next day for 3 weeks...but he stopped in to help us. So kind and AWESOME. Mia loved it. Anyone who takes time out of their busy life to help a little girl, a stranger, is amazing. Talk about being selfless. Thank you SO much Tito!!

Rage in the Cage - We Met Tito Ortiz!

Here's another example of how Mia is sharing her story...she was a special guest at a recent Rage in the Cage fight. For those of you who don't know...

I love these photos by James Patrick Photography...SO awesome! It was perfect timing for Mia's next upcoming blood drive...hosted by UFC Champ Tito Ortiz.

It was SO awesome to meet him. We met him at the Rage in the Cage fight...where he came out and introduced Mia as another fighter...she just happens to 'Fight For her Life.'

 

OF COURSE, Mia fell off a stool 2 hours before our ride came to pick us up. I thought she broke hr ankle...after lots of tears an a mega dose of Advil, an a trip to Urgent Care, she was fine. Just a huge scrape and bruise, which turned into a huge hematoma. They wrapped up her ankle and sent us on our way.

 

 

In the cage...front and center, Mia. What a tough girl.

 

And her big sis Ash!

 

 

We love the RITC announcer Rockin Ric Reyes! He is so awesome and has such a booming voice! Love it...

 

Huddle up...family pic in the cage before all the real action starts!

 

Mia and I actually walked into this team meeting of many, many fighters getting ready to rumble. Awkward! But it was really neat because the new owner of RITC - Nathan Hyland, introduced us...and explained that Mia fights too. So sweet.

 

It was pretty cool. Mia's favorite fighter that she met is Estevan Payan and the guy in the cowboy hat who dedicated his fight for Mia, and he won. So did Estevan!

This was a REALLY awesome part...when Pastor Phil prayed over all the fighters.

 

Down below...we had a tiny room reserved for Mia an Tito...

 

We met Tito before the show started. He brought his oldest so Jacob who is very, very sweet with him. It was pretty awesome to meet him. What a cool guy!

 

Of course we had to take pics!! Mia was having fun 'punching' him. Haha

 

Too funny...Jacob had fun too!

 

Nathan, one of the new owners of RITC grew up watching Tito, so it was really cool they got to meet.

 

Then Pastor Phil saw us in the hallway and prayed for Mia. It was SO awesome...I wish I ha a video, his words were straight up from the heart. Thank you Pastor Phil!

 

Mia and Jacob in Celebrity Theatre.

 

We saw former Miss Arizona...Jennifer Smestad, she sang the NA! Ugh, she is SO good.

 

AND Kendra who also has DBA like Mia, drove all the way over from Cali to support Mia at the blood drive and to watch the fights...we love you Kendra!! Bless your heart!