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Ode to Lady Liberty

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled [brain tissue] yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my [high-energy photon] lamp beside the golden door!” → Click here to read more of Ode to Lady Liberty (or register for access)

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March 4th, 2010 | Category: Complications, Effects of Cancer and Treatment, Local Color, Radiation | 7 comments

Predator vs. Alien

Since finding out about Colin’s blood clot, we have settled into a normal non-medically intense lifestyle punctuated by the possibility of crisis. → Click here to read more of Predator vs. Alien (or register for access)

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February 18th, 2010 | Category: Diagnosis, Neurosurgery, Understanding Hospitals | 5 comments

Sword of Damocles

Colin is always full of surprises and has continued to not disappoint us. → Click here to read more of Sword of Damocles (or register for access)

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February 6th, 2010 | Category: Complications, Decisions, Diagnosis, Interpreting MRIs, Physical Therapy, Post-Neurosurgery, Radiation, Understanding Hospitals | 9 comments

Prepare the Photon Torpedoes

With the family reunited and Colin enjoying his time out of the hospital, we are getting ready to move on to the next phase of treatment.

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February 4th, 2010 | Category: Effects of Cancer and Treatment, Perspective on Cancer, Radiation | 3 comments

Out of the Nest

Colin Mugging for the Camera at Le Bonheur

Colin Mugging for the Camera at Le Bonheur (Post-Ops)

Our little fledgling has returned to Target House for good, following his last inpatient stay at St. Jude (barring unexpected events, of course).

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February 1st, 2010 | Category: Neurological Deficits, Occupational Therapy, Perspective on Cancer, Physical Therapy, Post-Neurosurgery, Radiation, Rehabilitation, Speech Therapy | 12 comments

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. → Click here to read more of Home Sweet St. Jude (or register for access)

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January 28th, 2010 | Category: Local Color, Neurosurgery, Post-Neurosurgery, Radiation, Speech Therapy, Understanding Hospitals | 5 comments

Rising Storm

On Sunday afternoon, I left Le Bonheur to pick up a few things at the grocery store, walking out of the sterile air into the openness of a springlike day. → Click here to read more of Rising Storm (or register for access)

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January 25th, 2010 | Category: Complications, Diagnosis, Interpreting MRIs, Post-Neurosurgery | 9 comments

The Jury Foreman Speaks

When juries wrap up quickly with a verdict, it can be a good sign or a bad sign, but it usually means that they have found the suspect not guilty. → Click here to read more of The Jury Foreman Speaks (or register for access)

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January 22nd, 2010 | Category: Local Color, Neurological Deficits, Neurosurgery, Post-Neurosurgery | 24 comments

They’re In

Colin went down for surgery at around 7:00 am and I left him in the OR about 45 minutes later. → Click here to read more of They’re In (or register for access)

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January 22nd, 2010 | Category: Lessons on Medicine, Neurosurgery | 15 comments

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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January 20th, 2010 | Category: Complications, Death, Decisions, Local Color, Neurological Deficits, Neurosurgery, Occupational Therapy, Perspective on Cancer, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Speech Therapy | 17 comments
 
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