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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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