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For three days, strangers have been in Ludnie Pierre-Gilles' apartment.

She wasn't sure what exactly they were doing, but she had a feeling she'd be pleasantly surprised. Pierre-Gilles and her family have been living in the stark apartment with little more than their mattresses. It hasn't been a very comfortable place to live for her 7-year-old son, Walsonn, who suffers from sickle cell anemia.

But the family's apartment has just been renovated by Healing Spaces, a group that totally refurbishes the homes of sick and less fortunate children.

Today, Pierre-Gilles and her daughter, Widginie, got to tour their new space. They were shocked and ecstatic when they saw the results.

Walsonn hasn't been able to see his newly renovated home, and he hasn't been let in on the surprise yet, either. He's at Cohen's Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, recovering after receiving his second bone marrow transplant from his sister earlier this month.

Doctors say Walsonn may make it home later this week, perhaps even in time for Christmas. His mother says he will jump with excitement when he sees his new room.

For three days, strangers have been in Ludnie Pierre-Gilles' apartment.    She wasn't sure what exactly they were doing, but she had a feeling she'd be pleasantly surprised. Pierre-Gilles and her family

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LI | Weather

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At least we'll have that sunshine to kick off your Thursday. So in the morning, we're in the twenties in the afternoon, Kings Park 41 degrees. It will become mostly cloudy again. Uh Tomorrow is very similar to today. We could have a couple of flurries in the afternoon, not a big deal. And then we have sunshine and warmer weather on the way. Look at our numbers the next few days. They're on the rise, especially Saturday to Sunday, Sunday. We are near 60 degrees, but our weather will slow, go downhill through the day. So at the bus stop in the morning, 28 heading home from school 42. With that passing flurry, you can see that we are dry to wake up. The blue color is showing you that cold weather in place. Three o'clock in the afternoon. We have those thirties to near 40 at night into Friday morning, not as cold thirties. And then we get up into the upper forties nearing 50 by Friday afternoon. It's dry with more of a southwest wind. Saturday is my pick of the week. It will be beautiful, sunny and warm Sunday starts out dry with some sun, the breeze out of the south will pick up through the day. Late afternoon. There may be a very brief shower, but you see most of the rain is just sitting off to our west throughout the day and it will approach late in the evening. This is nine o'clock. We have that rain in New Jersey to New York City on our door up most of the rainfalls overnight. So most of us will be sleeping through it. It could be heavy at times with gusty winds and it's out of here by Monday morning, Monday afternoon will improve, but we'll have some lingering gusty winds. So get ready for a cold night. We see those warming temperatures through the weekend with that rain. Sunday night, Monday morning could be a little bit wet and windy with sunshine.

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Healing Spaces renovates apartment for family of Baldwin boy with sickle cell anemia