Terminal Cancer Bucket List Trip to Wizarding World

Hi everyone! I never thought I would set one of these up, but I have a bucket list item that I thought I would have more time to get around to saving up for. When I was diagnosed with Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) two years ago, I had supposedly "beaten the odds" since it is statistically such a slow-moving cancer.

As I have had issues over the last 6 months I was told not to worry as it is SO rare for this cancer to ever go aggressive, it is SO rare to enter the central nervous system. Well, I beat the odds again and now instead of a 25 year prognosis I will be lucky to get a 1 year. Since this is such a rarity, there is no standard treatment and little in the way of information and research due to the small number of people that have this happen. Without any treatment I would not make it to the end of the year, but even with treatment I will be fortunate to get a year.

I was a bit of a latecomer to the Harry Potter fandom, but I was lucky to have a good friend give me the first 3 books as a 30th birthday gift. Since then, my love of all things Harry Potter has grown. When my middle child was hospitalized at 18 months with spinal meningitis, I discovered the wonders of the Audio Books when Order of the Phoenix was released. On road trips I got my husband hooked as well. When we moved to Arizona, Ron stood in line over night to get the books so we could listen to it on the drive out. I even have all four house bracelets. If you stood in line, you know the ones. I used to read them to the kids when they were little, and my son finished reading the set on his own at around 7 years old! Since then, I have also hooked whomever I could and celebrated every time I created a new Potterhead. I am a proud Hufflepuff mom who married a Gryffindor and had Hufflepuff, Gryffindor & Slytherin children. I have wanted to go to the Harry Potter Wizarding World since it first opened. We never seemed to get around to it. Before this recent development I had at least 25 years after all.

I will be starting treatment soon, but something that I really dream of being able to do, is go to the Harry Potter Wizarding World in Florida with my husband and all my children. It was really the only item on my bucket list (unless you want to send us to the Platform 9 ¾ in London of course) and I would love to create memories for my family that will last after I am gone.

Any help would be appreciated.

Tonya