Spring Arrives in Southern California #realestate #news #socal
Do You Trust the Ground Hog to Get It Right?
All I can say is WOW! I am sitting here at my computer thinking of how grateful I am for the value so many, like you, bring to my real estate business, looking out my home office window and the skies are blue. Spring is here and we can be thankful of our wonderful Southern California weather.
For many across this great country it’s still freezing COLD and snowy! We in the Greater Los Angeles area never see a snowflake all winter long unless we decide to go skiiing. It very well could be super stormy or drought dry today here (but it’s not). One thing is for sure, this winter season is coming to an end. It does every year without fail.
Just like the weather seasons come and seasons go, so do the seasons of life. I’m sure you have noticed, as I have, the older I get the faster the seasons move by. These “seasons of life” go by so fast, my hope is that you enjoy each one or at least grow from each one. Yes. Some of life’s seasons will be HOT and others will be COLD, some high and some low. The lows we want to move by quickly, the highs we want to stay in forever.
So, what does this have to do with you or your home or real estate?
Well, spring is a time of action, people busy trying to get things done they could not do during the winter months. Sort of a renewing of the mind, spirit, of many things GOOD! Hopefully this special season will bring awesome happenings your way as your year unfolds. Wouldn’t it be great to simply just grab your favorite book along with your favorite lounge chair, set it right down in your favorite spot somewhere, outside or next to your window, while looking out on a beautiful Spring day and simply ‘RELAX”. Yea, that would be nice. My hope is that you will get to something like that on more than one occasion this Spring. Really enjoy the place you call home! The NEXT season will be here before you know it.
Unfortunately, there are some that will have a Spring Time they would much rather forget. Like it says in the Seasons of Life, with all the beauty this time of year brings, there is also the ugly for some. Just down the street from where I am typing this, Children’s Hosptial Los Angeles has a full house of kids fighting for their lives. For them and their families, the Ground Hog seeing or not seeing its shadow is the furthest thing from their mind. Don’t get me wrong, these families long to see their kids out in the yard playing or riding their bikes – but for now, they are praying this Spring will be a season of healing.
Your Referrals Help the Kids…
As you may have heard, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is front and center in the fight against nasty diseases that destroy or cut short the lives of children. We are thankful to have such a wonderful facility close by, doing such great work to help heal and save young people. Even though we are eager to enjoy Spring, others are simply hoping they can be here to see it. This is why we here at the Corey Chambers Team have resolved to do what we can to help.
As you know Children’s Hospital depends on sponsorships and donations to help in their work to heal and save the kids. So we have pledged to donate a portion of our income from home sales to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Our goal is to raise $25,000 (we have already raised over $2,500) to help them in their quest to heal, save, cure and comfort children under their care.
This is where you can help…
Life moves fast for some and we are eager to make the Home Selling or Home Buying experience a smooth and rewarding one. Over the last 15 years of helping thousands of home buyers, sellers, landlords and renters, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people. People like you!
For anyone considering a move that we help, you can rest assured that not only will they get the award-winning service we are known for, but that a portion of the income we receive from the transaction will go toward a very worthy cause.
Your Referrals Really Do Help the Kids…
I want to make it easy to refer your friends, neighbors, associates or family members considering making a move, so here are your options:
1. You can fill out the enclosed response card with who you know considering a move and mail back to me.
2. You can pass along our business card to them, I have enclosed a couple here for that purpose.
3. You can go to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info on line or forward the link to who you know considering a move.
Of course you can always call me direct as well at 888-240-2500.
You and your referrals mean more than ever to my team and me. As we move forward in this new season, please know we are extremely thankful for you being a special part of our business.
With all my appreciation.
P.S. The story of this young person enclosed may cause you to look at your loved ones differently. It did me. Check it out.
It’s easy to refer those you know considering buying or selling a home. Here are the 4 Options Again:
1. You can fill out the enclosed response card with who you know considering a move and mail back to me.
2. You can pass along our business card to them, I have enclosed a couple here for that purpose.
3. You can go to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info on line or forward the link to who you know considering a move.
4. Of course you can always call me direct as well at 888-240-2500.
Why I Support Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
I grew up right here in Los Angeles. Born right nearby at St. Francis Hospital. I remember when I first heard about a young person close to our family suffering from a nasty disease and getting treated for that at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. It was then that I began to pay closer attention to the work they do at that hospital. Since then, I have learned that it is a collection of hard working health care professionals, most making their home right here in the Los Angeles area, all coming together for a common cause. That cause is to help young people over come unfortunate health issues that life sometimes throws our way. Being a Los Angeles area, California native, I take pride in supporting in any way that I can the good work these people do at Children’s. My team rally’s around our annual goal of raising money and donating portions of our income to help Children’s in their quest to heal young people when they need healing. My team and I are committed to providing outstanding results for buyers and sellers referred to us by our past clients. I have discovered that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles shares similar commitments to their patients. And since their services survive on sponsorships and donations we are happy to contribute and proud to support them.
Sincerely,
888-240-2500
Worth the Wait: A Year of ‘Will’ Power
On a picture-perfect summer day at the lake in August 2016, William Lievense, then 9, stood at the edge of the dock, ready to jump gleefully into the water one more time. At that moment, his life was still the normal life he had always known. In that life, he was the fastest kid on the soccer field, ran the most laps at his school’s jog-a-thon, and went on endless adventures with his big brother, James, and his best friend, “Big Will,” both in the online game of Minecraft and in the real-life world of his backyard. But when William’s body plunged into the water that day, that normal life vanished. Suddenly, he didn’t feel right. A minute later, he climbed out of the lake, made a strange sound—and passed out cold on the dock.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/DqXhI4bDZVE
A shocking day
Although William woke up quickly and seemed OK, his mom, Stephenie Lievense, felt a worry begin to gnaw at her: Could William have a problem with his heart? The idea wasn’t far-fetched. Stephenie has a heart condition called arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), a genetic condition that causes the muscle in the heart’s right ventricle to slowly be replaced with fatty, fibrous tissue. ARVD can cause arrhythmias—abnormal heart rhythms—that can cause sudden death. Stephenie’s ARVD is relatively mild, but William had a 50 percent chance of inheriting it. The condition typically doesn’t show symptoms in childhood, but when the family returned home to Altadena from their vacation, they took William to a cardiologist affiliated with CHLA. The news was not good. He had telltale signs of ARVD, and his right ventricle was twice the normal size. The incident at the lake had likely been an arrhythmia. Will’s cadiologist cautioned that he would need to stop all sports and running immediately.
No alternative
Less than a week later, William passed out on the playground at school. His parents rushed him to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where doctors put him on anti-arrhythmia medication and implanted a defibrillator in his chest—a pacemaker-like device that could shock his heart into normal rhythm if needed. But a month later, while on a planned trip to Cambria, William’s heart went into a life-threatening, inconvertible arrhythmia—one so severe that even his new defibrillator couldn’t correct it without help. Fortunately, during the ambulance ride to the nearest hospital, with the assistance of his defibrillator and two intravenous medications, his heart returned to a normal rhythm. A few hours later, Stephenie and William were strapped into a helicopter, charging down the California coast. At midnight on Oct. 18, 2016, they landed on the rooftop of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. A few days later, doctors broke the news: William’s condition was so severe that he had no alternative but a heart transplant. William would also have to move into the hospital and undergo continuous monitoring of his heart. Although he felt OK, his risk of death from a sudden arrhythmia was high. He had to be hooked up 24/7 to IV medication; he couldn’t even leave the hospital floor. And it might be a long time before he could get a new heart, as there are few donor hearts available for children his age. Stephenie and Dan Lievense, William’s dad, were stunned. Just two months ago, their son had been getting ready for soccer season. How could their lives have changed so fast? “At first, we were just trying to survive,” Stephenie says. “Then we settled in for the long haul.”
Minecraft and mischief
They fell into a routine. William had an hour of school each day, plus music and art therapy and physical and occupational therapy weekly. Every day, he read his favorite Rick Riordan books, did homework, watched movies, and played Minecraft with James and Big Will via a FaceTime connection. The family tried to keep life in a hospital room as interesting as possible. Stephenie ordered science experiment kits online, and she and William dissected a frog and a cow eyeball. The pair became notorious for playing practical jokes on the nurses, which included the science experiments (don’t ask). The nurses and staff on the Cardiovascular Acute Unit became their family—people like Penda, charge nurse Ani, and nurses Bri (whom he nicknamed “Fancy Cheese”) and Kat, who became “Kitty Kat.” Jondavid Menteer, MD, medical director of the Heart Transplant Program at CHLA, gave William a remote-controlled Minion as a gift. Every day, William took the Minion on his walk down the hallway. “It was those extra little things that the people at CHLA do,” Stephenie says. “They’re just awesome. You can tell they’re not just doing a job. They really take care of people.” Still, the months dragged on. William’s heart needed continual medicine just to keep pumping. There was a reason he only took one short walk a day: His heart couldn’t handle any more. “On the outside he looked pretty good,” Menteer says, “but his heart was getting worse on a daily basis.”
‘Every day was good’
In the early-morning hours of Sept. 3, 2017, William received his new heart. Two weeks later—after 336 days at CHLA—he finally went home. It was a day of celebration. Nurses, doctors and staff cheered as William took one final victory walk down the hallway. Everyone posed for one last photo. Outside, firefighters from the Los Angeles City Fire Department, where Dan is a fire captain, were on hand to send them off. Today, it’s been nearly six months since William’s transplant. Now 11, he’s back riding his bike and walking his dog. In April, he’ll return to school with his fifth-grade class. “I’m doing awesome,” he says cheerily, talking a mile a minute. “Now I’m able to run around outside. We got two new kittens when I got out of the hospital. And me and my brother and my best friend like to do Nerf gun wars,” he continues excitedly, describing a fort they’ve created out of a shrub in the backyard. “It’s really fun.” With perfect 11-year-old honesty, he says life in the hospital was “pretty boring.” But he has some people to thank. “I want to thank the doctors, who were really sweet and nice, and the nurses—they were really cool and chill—and my teacher, Miss Aloi,” he says. “And I want to thank the donor for my new heart.” His mom says her own happiness is always mixed with thoughts of the donor family and the generous decision they made that saved William’s life. “We are so grateful to that family. I think about them all the time,” she says. She realizes now that their long wait at CHLA was a good thing. “Every day that we waited,” she adds, “was another day that family got to have with their child.” The long wait gave her something else, too: a new way of looking at life. “It really forced me to live in the moment-by-momentness of life and to appreciate what each day had for us,” she explains. “And you know what? Every day was good.”
How you can help
To help kids just like William, refer a friend at www.ReferralsHelpKids.com or call Corey at 888-240-2500.
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