Colin returned home, nearly a year from the completion of radiation and two months short of his fourth birthday, with a good scan and no trach. Continue reading Full Circle
Tag: Dr. Gajjar
True North
Colin is in remission, and it now seems easier to utter the words aloud. His scan from January was still “stable,” with Dr. Gajjar now asserting that the sliver of “whatever” that cradles Colin’s brain stem is scar tissue. Continue reading True North
No, No, No, How are You Doing?
Perhaps I was naively unconcerned about Colin’s latest scan. Continue reading No, No, No, How are You Doing?
Parallels and Contrasts
It is all too easy to feed off of birthdays, anniversaries, and other meaningful demarcations of time. Continue reading Parallels and Contrasts
Survivor: Target House
There is no immunity challenge, and Jeff Probst doesn’t sit us around a campfire to discuss who is next to go, but living here is beginning to feel like a warped version of the Survivor reality show. Continue reading Survivor: Target House
Happy Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is billed as an opportunity for fathers and children to express their gratitude for the other 364 days a year that mothers devote to their families. Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day
Home Sweet St. Jude
Life doesn’t offer real do-overs, but there are times when an experience follows the parallel track of something that has come before. Continue reading Home Sweet St. Jude
They’re In
Colin went down for surgery at around 7:00 am and I left him in the OR about 45 minutes later. Continue reading They’re In
I’m In!
The news of the impending loss of Colin’s port was sobering, but we put it behind us as we launched into the holiday weekend.
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The Best Laid Plans…
With surgery set for Wednesday, Monday was a big prep day for Colin, but he demonstrated yet again that our careful planning can be rendered irrelevant by the result of a single blood culture. Continue reading The Best Laid Plans…