A Day Jayna needed

Planning Gorgeous! visits in cities where you don't know anyone can be very difficult. Finding the right person who will be accepting of our services or finding someone that can find you the right person is not as easy as you might think.

Just days before our arrival to Bloomington, IN for a planned visit at College Mall, I still had not found a candidate to surprise. It was 4:45 on the Friday before the Sunday that the Surprise was to take place and I had noone to make-over. So I said to Mike " As much as I don't want to, I am going to have to call Dena at College Mall and cancel our event. I can't seem to find anyone in Bloomington." Not 2 minutes later my cell phone rang. It was a radiology nurse from Bloomington that had a candidate for me and some contact information. I was so happy that we were able to keep that stop on our tour.

I spoke with Jayna's mom and she was willing to help set up the surprise. Jayna was diagnosed with lung cancer in April of 2010 and was still undergoing treatments. Jayna was having Chemotherapy and Radiation at the same time and, from my understanding, still had a way to go before being finished with her treatments.

We arranged for Jayna to be at Macy's at College Mall at noon for the surprise, and it went off with out a hitch. We whisked her away into the Mobile Day Spa for a complete transformation. The only word that Jayna kept saying was, "Wow! Wow!" We pampered Jayna with spa services. Jayna was in the process of loosing her hair due to the chemo so I shaved her head then we tried on a new wig.

The girls from Macy's; Cassie, Danielle and Jenna; were fantastic. They worked very hard to help make Jayna's day perfect. Macy's provided her with a new outfit and Jenna from Estee Lauder applied Jayna's makeup. When Jayna was finished, and looking even more Gorgeous!, we drove her over to Longhorn Steakhouse where 20 members of her family and some close friends had gathered ( which Longhorn donated) for her reveal. What a great day! Jayna looked Gorgeous! and had a renewed strength to keep fighting. I knew we had done a great job when Jayna's 14 year old daughter grabbed her when she first saw her mom. Need I say more.

(Jayna Before)