Leukemia and Wes Blog
The months ahead
If we seem chipper and productive I think a lot is owed to focusing on a few days at a time, maybe looking as far out as two weeks. As a coping mechanism this...
Signposts of his illness
We’ve never been helicopter parents, hovering over our kid worried about every little sniffle and scrape, but there’s no escaping the necessity now of careful monitoring. His weight, his temperature, how quickly incisions and...
Never home for long
Last week’s hospitalization shook me. Because Wes seems healthy – all of his visible symptoms are related to treatment more than the underlying leukemia – it was easy to get comfortable after returning home...
Thankful
I have been thinking a lot lately about how thankful and fortunate I feel, and what better day to say so? This blog is about a deeply personal struggle, but I no longer feel I’m...
The new normal
Over the weekend Wes seemed to be rebounding from the end of his dex treatment – mood, interest in food, and activity were all getting better than they’d been in two weeks – but...
Soon to be four
In late summer we shared the great news that Stephanie is pregnant again, an incredibly happy moment we’d been waiting for ever since we found out just how great this parenthood thing fits us....