Monthly Archive: July 2019

Maintenance is and isn’t

We haven’t written much about Wesley’s treatment lately for a bunch of reasons, but he’s certainly not done, or even near done – there are twice as many months ahead as behind us, and...

Huge News

For months we’d been hearing that COG – the body that designs the standard treatment protocols that Wes’ treatment follows – was rolling out a shortened protocol for Standard Risk boys. Under the previous...

Beads of Courage

Today Wes hit Maintenance. He’s done with Frontline – the first four horrific phases of treatment for #acutelymphoblasticleukemia ⁣⁣⁣⁣ This string of beads is about 20 feet long with about 600 beads. Each bead represents something...

Long Term Maintenance

Eight months of treatment reached a fever pitch (pun intended) last month with Delayed Intensification, that landed him in the hospital for over 19 days in June, ending early last week when his ANC...