Before launching into the latest long-overdue update, I want to post information about the 2011 St. Jude Give Thanks. Walk that is taking place across the country this weekend. We are going to New York City on Saturday, November 19, to support the hospital in a walk across the Brooklyn [...]
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Even on the cusp of summer, Memphis is unforgivingly hot, but the weather is nearly irrelevant when you’re back for check-ups at St. Jude, which we were at the end of June. 0 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. 0 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. 0 Colin’s final radiation treatments found us at Methodist Central, an adult hospital not far from St. Jude in midtown Memphis. 0 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). 0 Life doesn’t offer real do-overs, but there are times when an experience follows the parallel track of something that has come before. 0 [imagebrowser id=13]Colin’s habit of throwing us for a loop has continued unabated. 0 Oh, wait. That’s just snow. Target House Elephants: Normally, this is a fountain, and through the holidays the pachyderms were adorned with white lights. 0 We and others have often commented that cancer treatment is a marathon, not a sprint. 0 |
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