Daughter delivered baby 2 months early, can't go to LA!

MellowCatMellowCat Posts: 38
edited October 2009 in The Porch
I can't leave my daughter and fragile new grandson to attend the LA show on 10/6! :( We were going to drive there from Texas. He only weighs 3.8 lbs and will be struggling to survive for a while, but I have faith. My husband is having a brain mass removed in a couple of weeks as well. Why oh why does all this stuff have to happen to my loved ones?

I guess our tickets will go to waste since there are no exchanges, refunds, etc. I am so so SO disappointed to be missing my favorite band, but am praying for my loved ones right now. The money down the toilet on the tickets hurts, but not in the grand scheme of things, I guess. Hope everyone that gets to attend has a great experience!
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    congrats on new baby! hope things go well being so early. call or email tenclub. email them a copy of the birth certificate. ask if they would be willing to refund. if no ask if they would allow you to trade. if not ask them if they will just give your tix away.
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  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,100
    Congrats on your arrival

    you'll see pj again

    savour every minute
  • MellowCat wrote:
    I can't leave my daughter and fragile new grandson to attend the LA show on 10/6! :( We were going to drive there from Texas. He only weighs 3.8 lbs and will be struggling to survive for a while, but I have faith. My husband is having a brain mass removed in a couple of weeks as well. Why oh why does all this stuff have to happen to my loved ones?

    I guess our tickets will go to waste since there are no exchanges, refunds, etc. I am so so SO disappointed to be missing my favorite band, but am praying for my loved ones right now. The money down the toilet on the tickets hurts, but not in the grand scheme of things, I guess. Hope everyone that gets to attend has a great experience!


    10c makes exceptions, and this is one of those times, they WILL make an exception, get in touch with them. I just had a new son a month ago and I cant even imagine how I would be feeling right now in your position.
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  • PRLJM1PRLJM1 Posts: 584
    MellowCat wrote:
    I can't leave my daughter and fragile new grandson to attend the LA show on 10/6! :( We were going to drive there from Texas. He only weighs 3.8 lbs and will be struggling to survive for a while, but I have faith. My husband is having a brain mass removed in a couple of weeks as well. Why oh why does all this stuff have to happen to my loved ones?

    I guess our tickets will go to waste since there are no exchanges, refunds, etc. I am so so SO disappointed to be missing my favorite band, but am praying for my loved ones right now. The money down the toilet on the tickets hurts, but not in the grand scheme of things, I guess. Hope everyone that gets to attend has a great experience!

    Congrats on the little one, and best wishes for your husband. My son was born 2 1/2 months early, only 1 lb. 14.5 oz. He was born in 2001 and is now a very healthy 8 yr. old. I also just had a friend who had a son 2 months early, 2 lbs. He is also doing just fine at 5 months old now. The next couple months will be the hardest to deal with, assuming that the baby must stay in the hospital as did mine and my friends. Having to go home at night without your(in your case, your daughter's) child was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I wish you and your family the best, and hope for all to work out for everyone.

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  • Thanks for the responses. It gives me great hope!

    I just heard from the 10 Club and they will not exchange or refund my tickets, as if they made an exception for me, they would have to for everybody. I certainly understand, but it does feel kind of like a slap in the face. They said they will sell them to someone with "less fortunate" seats (my # is 149XXX). I guess it is a good business deal for them, as they get paid twice for the same tickets - right?

    Missing the show tonight is going to suck, but my grandson is worth it. Hope everybody has fun!
  • G ForceG Force Posts: 1,393
    There are much more important things that Pearl Jam. Sending positive vibes to your family. Evertyhing will be all right.
  • Congrats! :)

    Pearl Jam will play again, everybody is right.

    Corin Tucker wrote this song for her infant son and it seems perfect for your situation:

    Sleater-Kinney - "Sympathy"

    I know I come to you only when in need
    I'm not the best believer
    not the most deserving
    but all I have all I am all I can
    For him
    I'd beg you on bended knees for him:
    Precious baby, is your life hanging by a thread?
    A thread I'm standing on, praying on today
    All I have all I am all I can
    For him
    I'd beg you on bended knees for him
    I've got this curse in my hands
    All I touch fades to black
    Turns to dust turns to sand
    I've got this curse on my tongue
    All I taste is the rust
    This decay in my blood
    I don't like the doctor with the deep long face
    Only wants to give us the very worst case
    I'd rather shout out and shake him and do anything
    For him
    I'd beg you on bended knees for him
    When the moment strikes
    it takes you by surprise and
    leaves you naked in the face of death and life
    there is no righteousness in your darkest moment
    We're all equal in the face of what we're most afraid of
    And I'm so sorry
    for those who didn't make it
    and for the mommies who are left with their heart breaking
    Search for meaning in sores
    The sentences they might form
    It's the grammar of skin
    Peel it back, let me in
    Look for hope in the dark
    The shadow cast by your heart
    It's the grammar of faith
    No more rules, no restraint
    How angry I would be
    If you'd taken him away
    I wish I was wiser but instead
    I'll be grateful I'll say thanks
    For the joy for the love for the smile on his face
    I'd beg you on bended knees for him
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  • wishing all of you all the best! Hang in there our thought s and prayers are w/you!
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  • Paul AndrewsPaul Andrews Posts: 2,489
    Congratualtions on the little one. I hope mother and daughter are both well. (and your husband).

    My 3 and a half year old daughter is the apple of my eye and I just got off msn video chat talking to her and I'm about to walk across the road to LA3. I don't know how I'd cope without the video hook up over the internet every day.

    You have made the right choice, family is way more important than a concert. I don't think I could travel like this again without them, so many things I do and see I wish they were here to experience with me - I think this is the reason PJ are planning mini-tours these days - they also believe in and value their families.

    Keep on rockin' in the free world!
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Congratulations! Things will be OK, I have a feeling they will for you.

    And like someone else said, there are so many other things in life that are much more important than Pearl Jam. They will be around again, you will get another chance. Sending positive vibes your way...
  • Things will work our for u.
    I can get you a toe by three o'clock...
  • teskeincteskeinc Posts: 1,784
    man , i emailed 10 club this morning asking if there were any spare tickets available i would gladly take them off their hands. that was at 8:30 AM. I never got a response. too bad they couldnt make it work. congrats on the baby.
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Congrats, gramma.

    My advice: Don't look at the set list from last night! :shock:
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,561
    congrats and those issues pale in comparison to a rock show

    good luck with the little one and the procedure
  • Thanks for all your kind words. Those sleater-kinney lyrics are PERFECT! I'm almost in tears. Am bracing myself for setlist - but no time to look right now - Gotta go see the little guy now, so ....Off She Goes....
  • mach271mach271 Posts: 562
    Congrats, and God bless your new baby boy!
  • MellowCat wrote:
    Thanks for all your kind words. Those sleater-kinney lyrics are PERFECT! I'm almost in tears. Am bracing myself for setlist - but no time to look right now - Gotta go see the little guy now, so ....Off She Goes....

    My sister had complications with my nephew when he was born (he's healthy and happy now!) and we're both huge Sleater-Kinney fans. Needless to say she can't listen to it anymore without tearing up.
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  • Shit, screw a Pearl Jam show, you just had a child!!

    Congrats.

    I am blessed by two beautiful baby boys myself.
  • ponner1usponner1us Posts: 738
    My daughter was born 10 weeks early and only weighed 2lbs 3oz at birth, she is now 2years8months and as healthy as can be. Congratulations!!!
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