Colin’s second week of radiation was grueling: vomiting, utter fatigue, dangerous aspiration and an unexpected stay in the hospital. Continue reading Reset Button
Tag: St. Jude
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!” Continue reading Ode to Lady Liberty
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. Continue reading Predator vs. Alien
Sword of Damocles
Colin is always full of surprises and has continued to not disappoint us. Continue reading Sword of Damocles
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
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
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…
One-Upmanship
After Thursday’s flood of good news, it seemed impossible that the trend would continue.