Colin lies down on the table, head nestled in a custom head rest that still contains long strands of the hair we had to cut off a week before. I help him settle into his spot, but he knows the drill better than I do. I straighten his head and the tech puts the mask in place. He closes his eyes under the plastic mesh without complaint and she rotates clips that keep it in firmly in place during treatment. They show me how they line him up, red lines crossing to match pen marks on his skin that they redraw over small tattooed dots and lines on the chin of the mask.
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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
Out of the Nest
Our little fledgling has returned to Target House for good, following his last inpatient stay at St. Jude (barring unexpected events, of course).
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
This Tuna’s Not Going to Japan
Many years ago (well in excess of a decade), there was a magazine article about tuna fishing and the process of selecting the premium fish caught here in the North Atlantic that would fly to Japan. Continue reading This Tuna’s Not Going to Japan
Trick or Treat
The children of St. Jude are now asleep, comatose in the aftermath of an orgy of candy consumption. Continue reading Trick or Treat
TPN at 10 P.M.
Friday was an eventful day for the whole family. Continue reading TPN at 10 P.M.
Home Again
Tomorrow, we plan on bringing Colin home again. Continue reading Home Again
Graceland in the Rain
Tennessee has been inundated with rain, and Sunday was no exception. A Continue reading Graceland in the Rain
A *What* Transplant?!
Today, we continued to put Colin through the paces. Continue reading A *What* Transplant?!